Project Manager/Principal Project Management – Mission Systems

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Please note that this opportunity is contingent on program funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Project manager or Principal Project Manager to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals driving high quality program execution through their direct support and performance as a member of the Program Operations & Integration team. This role is located in Melbourne, FL.

Due to the nature of the role, an on-site presence is required and cannot be performed remotely.

The position will follow our 9/80 schedule and allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. 

This is an individual contributor, non-manager role with no direct reports.

This position will functionally report to the Program Operations team and deploy to Mission Systems.

The successful candidate is expected to be a highly motivated, resourceful, self-starter able to work collaboratively with internal teams and external customers in high-tempo environments. This role will actively work the Program Management Office to integrate, control, and manage program requirements to ensure success of a restricted program. You will integrate the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serve as liaison between program management, program integration and project teams. This position will be expected to assist the program with reviewing status of projects and budgets, resource planning, preparing for and facilitating meetings, and supporting various administrative functions tied to the PMO business rhythm. They should be comfortable with applying analytical reasoning skills, identifying continuous improvement opportunities in PMO operations, dealing effectively with change and being a flexible team member, and possess solid organizational abilities.

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Support the Program Management Office and Leadership to accomplish a variety of precise, time-sensitive monthly deliverables, metrics, and presentations
• Collaborate across Functions to ensure all objectives are met
• Assist with monitoring progress, assessing project issues and driving actions to closure to meet program goals and objectives
• Perform program resource management, including coordination of project staffing baselines and forecasts
• Facilitate Risk, Issue and Opportunity management
• Data synthesis, aggregation, analysis, and communication
• Organize knowledge sharing, assist with improvements to team SharePoint site
• Promote team engagement activities including lunch and learns, team recognition and organizational highlights
• Support new business proposals and facilitation
• Proactively manage strategic rhythm of the organization to ensure preparedness for program and customer deadlines
• Drive a sense of urgency and act with speed to meet all needs of the business and stakeholders
• Project and control account management
• Coordination across multiple disciplines and product teams
• Preparing status reports and maintaining detailed project logs
• Assessing project issues and developing resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer-satisfaction goals and objectives
• Establish and maintain the program strategic rhythm
• Review change board packages and assess for potential impacts
• Continuous process improvement focus
• Assist in development of program metrics and coordinate with Tableau administrators to build products for the program
• Administration of Jira and Confluence sites; adhering to and creating new process documentation and controls to ensure configuration control of data
• Coordinate and manage program meetings

This role may be filled at a Project Management or Principal Project Management level based on the qualifications below.

Basic Qualifications for Project Management:

• Bachelor’s degree with 2 years’ experience in project management', OR Master’s degree with some experience in project management
• Experience with Microsoft Office Products (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)
• At least 2 years of experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience working with and manipulating detail-oriented data
• Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret Clearance (DoD must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company

Basic Qualifications for Principal Project Management:

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years’ experience in project management', OR Master’s degree with 3 years' experience in project management
• Experience with Microsoft Office Products (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)
• At least 2 years of experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience working with and manipulating detail-oriented data
• Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret Clearance (DoD must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to influence and drive results without direct authority of personnel
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and accuracy

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Primary Level Salary Range: $65,500.00 - $98,300.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $81,400.00 - $122,000.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.