Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking Principal / Sr Principal Project Management. This position is in Roy, UT.
What You’ll Get To Do:
Support Engineering Change Management throughout the Design Review lifecycle. Will be engrained with IPTs and oversee integration between IPTs and the manufacturing team.
- Facilitate internal meetings across each IPT and functional stakeholders for approvals
- Support Engineering Change Management throughout the Design Review lifecycle. Will be engrained with IPTs and oversee integration between IPTs and the manufacturing team.
- Facilitate internal meetings across each IPT and functional stakeholders for approvals
- Will maintain data, visibility, and metrics supporting Hardware deliveries.
- Tools utilized to support will be in the MS Office Suite, cPLM, SharePoint, and Tableau.
- Organize action items and ensure their closure plans in a timely fashion by meeting the estimated completion date (ECD).
- Serve as an overall integration function for the program engaging in many ad hoc activities required to ensure streamlined cadence for program operations and execution
- Coordinate performance visibility to Program Office.
- Develop and deliver high level briefings to Program Leadership and/or customer
- Provide solutions to complex problems that are consistent with the organizations objectives
- Identify opportunities for change and champion needed changes in the organization.
Position Benefits:
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
- Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
- 401k
- Educational Assistance
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
- Paid Time Off
- Health & Wellness Resources
- Employee Discounts
This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.
Basic Qualifications
• Principal Operations Project Manager: 5 Years experience with Bachelors; 3 Years with Masters; 1 Year with PhD; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Sr Principal Operations Project Manager: 8 Years experience with Bachelors; 6 Years with Masters; 4 Year with PhD; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Must be a US Citizen with an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application with an investigation completed within the last 6 years.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company to meet its business need.
• Demonstrated knowledge of project management principles and execution of large projects.
• Proficiency in creating, maintain and utilizing metrics in excel, and SharePoint. Strong data analytic skill set required.
• Experience working within an Integrated Product Team (IPT).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (PowerPoint, Word, Excel).
• Ability to work independently and multitask.
• 3 year’s experience in manufacturing or production environment
Preferred Qualifications
• ICBM / Aerospace Systems Industry Experience
• Strong Scheduling and Analytical skills
• Greater than 2 years of documented experience working in a robust IPT environment
• Experience standing up tools / processes / production schedules / metrics
• Experience in high rate and/or high mix, low rating manufacturing environments
• Knowledge of MRP Systems
Skills Required
- Active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance with investigation completed within the last 6 years
- Must be a U.S. Citizen
- Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval
- Experience thresholds: Principal 15 years with Bachelors; 3 years with Masters; 1 year with PhD (or +4 years experience in lieu); Sr Principal 8 years with Bachelors; 6 years with Masters; 4 years with PhD (or +4 years experience in lieu)
- Demonstrated knowledge of project management principles and execution of large projects
- Proficiency creating, maintaining and utilizing metrics in Excel and SharePoint; strong data analytic skill set
- Experience working within an Integrated Product Team (IPT)
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)
- Ability to work independently and multitask
- Minimum 3 years' experience in a manufacturing or production environment
- Familiarity with cPLM and Tableau (tools utilized to support program operations)
- ICBM / Aerospace systems industry experience
- Strong scheduling and analytical skills
- Greater than 2 years documented experience working in a robust IPT environment
- Experience standing up tools, processes, production schedules, and metrics
- Experience in high-rate and/or high-mix, low-rate manufacturing environments
- Knowledge of MRP systems
Northrop Grumman Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Northrop Grumman and has not been reviewed or approved by Northrop Grumman.
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Retirement Support — 401(k) matching is considered strong, with additional defined-benefit coverage for certain cohorts and options like catch-up contributions. Retirement programs are repeatedly highlighted as a core strength of the total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO, company-paid holidays, and compressed work schedules (such as 9/80) provide meaningful time away and flexibility. These scheduling options are cited as a major quality-of-life benefit across many locations.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave alongside caregiver leave, adoption assistance, and back-up care supports a range of family needs. These programs have been expanded recently, signaling continued investment in family support.
Northrop Grumman Insights
What We Do
We are a close-knit community of big thinkers collaborating to keep the world safe. Our passion, creativity and expertise bring next-level technology solutions to life in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, strike, space, and logistics and modernization for our customers around the globe. On the Northrop Grumman team, you’ll join our pursuit of excellence immersed in a dynamic culture of innovation and respect. Your unique perspective will help achieve our shared vision for the future of global security. Every step of the way, you'll be supported by world-class training, employee resource groups and a comprehensive benefits package that enables greater health and happiness for you and your family. Worldwide and across disciplines, we’re challenging what’s possible for technology to protect people and places from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace. And we see the impact of our performance every day. We are Northrop Grumman, and we work on what matters—now, you too can make a difference. Explore opportunities in engineering, IT, manufacturing, business management, cybersecurity and more with us. Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.








