Principal Project Management

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance 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. Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal Project Manager to support our hardware design and development team with overall execution on a restricted program located in Melbourne, FL. This role requires a candidate skilled in the core competencies of project management, specifically risk and opportunity management and change management. The successful candidate will support the team lead in day to day execution, coordinating with multiple stakeholders to ensure cost, schedule, and technical objectives are being met. They will work with leadership to gather performance metrics and execution status for presentation at internal checks and reviews, preparing briefing material for both customers and leadership. The successful candidate should possess enough technical acumen and situational awareness to ensure seamless integration with other teams to achieve program objectives. This role is in person supporting 9/80 work schedule at our Melbourne, FL site and requires an active or in scope security clearance to start.

Work closely with program leadership to ensure continuous on-time delivery of capabilities Facilitate weekly heading checks and regular communications to keep all affected parties informed of progress, changes and issues Integrate cost, schedule, and technical requirements and identify risks and opportunities throughout execution Manage multiple work packages and support team leads and CAMs through the business management cycle Participate in Risk and Opportunity Management Participate in proposal activities for new projects Provide upwards reporting for senior management program reviews Participate in process improvement initiatives and the change management process Basic Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree with 5 Years of experience in project management (or equivalent military experience); OR Master's Degree with 3 Years of project management experience Experience using Microsoft Office products (i.e. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, MSProject) Current in scope US Government Secret Clearance and the ability to attain Special Program Access within a reasonable amount of time deemed by business needs Preferred Qualifications: Experience with Agile methodology Experience working with cross-functional teams in an agile environment Proficiency in Earned Value Management System (EVMS) techniques, which includes program cost and schedule management Strong teamwork and communication skills to ensure changes to plans are fully understood Ability to influence and drive results