Principal Project Management/Sr. Principal Project Management

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

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 Aeronautics Systems sector is currently hiring a Principal Project Management /Sr. Principal Project Management professional to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Iuka, Mississippi. This is an individual contributor role, a non-manager role with no direct reports.

This position is for the role of a Program Integrator. The selected candidate will be part of a diverse organization of program integrator's within the Aeronautics Division Integration Team, providing direct support to the Development Business Area. This individual contributor will work side by side with the Development Business Area Program Integration lead & senior management on program reporting, maintaining the strategic rhythm, staffing management, risk, issue, and opportunity management, preparing and/or presenting executive level presentations, and may be assigned to special projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversees and manages the day-to-day operations of the business area, ensuring effective execution of the strategic rhythm (to include staffing management, earned value performance, risk, issue, and opportunity management, etc.) and business processes/strategies to meet organizational objectives
• Serves as liaison between program/project management and cross-functional teams, facilitating communication and collaboration
• Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives
• Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress for intervention and problem solving with program managers, cross-functional leads, and external customers
• Prepares senior management for internal & external meetings and reviews with relevant information/materials
• Supports special projects, as needed, to improve business area execution

Key Attributes

• Embodies the NG leadership values
• Possess knowledge and understanding of integrated management framework & project management and program integration processes/tools
• Demonstrates ability to understand processes and apply them to achieve program objectives
• Ability to grasp problems and assist with developing solutions – have the understanding to ask the right questions
• Understands prioritization and can independently plan work accordingly – work is reviewed for overall accuracy
• Ability to work with all levels of personnel as a team and take direction from senior team members. Assist with presentations and can make presentations to a small group
• Must be able to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment; identify and proactively determine the best ways to address issues or tasks without specific direction

Basic Qualifications for Principal Project Management:

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of relevant experience or Master’s degree with 3 years of relevant experience in project management or operations
• Experience in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience with interfacing with all levels of employees and Leadership
• Active secret or top-secret clearance (last investigation completed within last 6 years) and the ability to obtain and retain Special Access Program clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs. 

Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal Project Management:

• Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of relevant experience or Master’s degree with 6 years of relevant experience in project management or operations
• Experience in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience with interfacing with all levels of employees and Leadership