Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking for Principal / Sr Principal Project Management team member in Palmdale, CA or Rancho Bernardo, CA. The candidate should be a self-starter with familiarity working in an Integrated Product Team construct.
Roles and Responsibilities will include:
- Manage EVMS across a diverse set of engineering and logistic teams.
- Decompose and track cost/schedule changes into how they impact our team.
- Ensure further decomposition is accurate and upward summary captures current situation accurately.
- Create, maintain, validate, and report key performance metrics up to leadership.
- Work with the teams to schedule resources and remove roadblocks.
- Coordinate with other project managers, teams, and leadership to deconflict tasking, identify risks/issues/opportunities, and help the team execute mitigation/capture steps in accordance with program leadership goals.
- Utilize a database to track task progression and provide actionable summary reporting.
The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is no remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 25% may be required.
This position may be offered as a Principal (Level 3) or Sr Principal (Level 4)
Basic Qualifications Principal Project Management:
- Bachelor’s Degree and 5 years of related experience; OR a Master’s degree and 3 years of related experience; OR a PhD and 1 year of related experience.
- Active US Government Secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Top Secret SCI clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
- Experience in project management and scheduling.
Basic Qualifications Sr Principal Project Management:
- Bachelor’s Degree and 8 years of related experience; OR a Master’s degree and 6 years of related experience; OR a PhD and 4 years of related experience.
- Active US Government Secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Top Secret SCI clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
- Experience in project management and scheduling.
Preferred Qualifications Both Levels
- Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
- Current applicable US Government Top Secret clearance.
- Familiarity with software languages.
- Familiarity with military maintenance requirements.
- Experience in an engineering related discipline.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of related experience, or master’s degree and 3 years, or PhD and 1 year for Principal level
- Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of related experience, or master’s degree and 6 years, or PhD and 4 years for Senior Principal level
- Active US Government Secret clearance with a background investigation within the past five years or enrollment in Continuous Evaluation
- Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Top Secret SCI clearance and Special Access Program clearance
- Experience in project management and scheduling
- Current applicable Special Access Program clearance
- Current applicable US Government Top Secret clearance
- Familiarity with software languages
- Familiarity with military maintenance requirements
- Experience in an engineering-related discipline
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