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Requisition ID: R10162359

• Category: Program Management

• Location: Palmdale, California, United States of America

• Clearance Type: Secret

• Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position

• Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)

• Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time

• Positions Available: 1

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 has an opening for a Project Manager or Principal Project Manager to join our Strike team of qualified, diverse individuals. The selected candidate will be part of the Program Integration Team supporting onsite in Palmdale, CA with some travel between Palmdale and San Diego as required. The overall responsibilities include executable tasks that will enable IPT leadership to achieve operational excellence.

Dynamic Restricted Strike Organization, seeking a team player who will oversee and manage the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serve as a liaison between project management and planning, project team, and program leadership. Reviews status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports. Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives. Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients.

Regular responsibilities may include the following:

• Review status of projects and budgets, manage schedules, and prepare status reports

• Assessment of project issues and development of resolutions to meet productivity, quality,

and client-satisfaction goals and objectives. Development of mechanisms for monitoring

project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line

managers, and clients.

• Support of new business proposal writing and team organization

• Support of internal and customer meetings including meeting logistics, presentation

material templates, collection, and content generation, meeting attendance for on-site

integration, action item tracking, and post-meeting follow-up

• Maintaining organization charts

• Conduct business travel up to 10 % of the time from assigned work location to Palmdale or

Rancho Bernardo, CA. Must be highly detail-oriented, organized, proactive, and a skilled

communicator.

This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below.

B asic Qualifications for Project Manager:

• Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of related experience as defined below, OR a master’s degree and 1 year of related experience as defined below.

• Related experience includes professional and/or military experience to include a background in project management, program management, engineering and engineering leadership, capture efforts, and/or business management related functions.

• Skilled use of Microsoft Office Products (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Project)

• Working knowledge of Project Management principles

• Must have an active DoD Secret (or higher) clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation) with the ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (PAR/SAP) within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.

Basic Qualifications for Principal Project Manager:

• Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of related experience as defined below, OR a master’s degree and 4 years of related experience as defined below.

• Related experience includes professional and/or military experience to include a background in project management, program management, engineering and engineering leadership, capture efforts, and/or business management related functions.

• Skilled use of Microsoft Office Products (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Project)

• Working knowledge of Project Management principles

• Must have an active DoD Secret (or higher) clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation) with the ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (PAR/SAP) within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Current Special Program Access

• Project integration experience

• Supplier management experience

• Risk/issue/opportunities (RIO) experience

• Experience in SCIF/SAPF environments

• Control Account Manager (CAM) experience/certification

• Scheduling experience

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

• Proposal writing experience

• Experience and ability to autonomously assess complex problems and decompose them into a plan of action while coordinating across a large, diverse team of program, business, and technical SMEs

• Aerospace and/or Defense Industry Experience

Salary Range for Project Management: $72,100 - $108,100

Salary Range for Principal Project Management: $88,700 - $133,100

Salary Range: $72,100 - $108,100

Salary Range 2: $88,700 - $133,100

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.

Employees may be eligible for 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 committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.