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Staff Project Management

Northrop Grumman
CASDRB08, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 1 Dec 2025
💰 $219,500/yr($146,300/yr$219,500/yr)

About the role

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% 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.

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 Sector is seeking a Staff Project Manager (Non-P&L) RQ-4 FMS IPT Lead to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Product Support organization onsite in Rancho Bernardo, CA.

Accomplish

You are expected to be a highly motivated, resourceful, self-starter able to work collaboratively with internal teams and external customers in high-tempo environments. Under the direction and leadership of the RQ-4 Product Support IPT Lead and NATO Program Manager, the FMS Product Support IPT Lead will work with the RQ-4 Product Support Team to ensure quality lifecycle development and logistics products and services are executed in accordance with the Program Statement of Work (SOW) and are within budget, schedule constraints, and closure criteria.

You will lead internal and external Teammates/Suppliers to ensure Program Performance, cost/schedule and quality objectives are achieved in collaboration with the program team.

This position will lead technical coordination between other non-Product Support program IPTs. The FMS IPT Lead will work with the Customer Program Offices, Program Leaders, and Product Support Functions to ensure program requirements defined by the SOW are achieved within budget, schedule, quality, and closure criteria. You will also coordinate and lead preparation of presentation materials to support Program Reviews and proposal efforts. Additionally, you will supervise the organization’s recommendations to Change Board Activity such as Technical Review Board, Configuration Control Board, and Joint CCBs, Risk and Opportunity Review Boards, and will have oversight of what is presented in change packages as necessary.

You will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility.  Once established in role, the position could offer a hybrid work environment. Scheduled telework days are approved at manager's discretion. This position requires the ability to travel up to 20% of the time.

Succeed

The individual we seek will be self-motivated, proactive, goal-oriented to help us grow our services, become even better at what we do and will possess the following qualifications.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor's degree and 12 years of relevant experience; 10 years with a Master's degree.
  • Material and labor account earned value management experience
  • At least 2 years of experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule
  • Experience working with and manipulating detail-oriented data
  • Experience managing aspects of program execution including planning, baselining, and execution across multiple teams.
  • Demonstrated EVM skills including development, analysis, and control of program budgets, Estimate at Complete (EAC) analysis, Estimates to Complete (ETC)analysis, performance index assessment, and program variance analysis
  • Previous experience managing a large, geographically dispersed team.
  • Ability to influence and drive results without direct authority of personnel
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