Northrop Grumman

Staff Project Management

Northrop Grumman$119K — $179K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 12 years of related experience or Master's with 10 years or PhD with 8 years
  • Active US Government Secret clearance required
  • Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance
  • Experience in process development and management across large organizations
  • Knowledge of project management principles and practices
  • Experience in Control Account Management (CAM)
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)

Responsibilities

  • Develop comprehensive project plans with timelines and resource allocations
  • Partner with engineering and procurement teams to align deliverables
  • Manage Control Accounts for Lab ETA efforts
  • Conduct integration meetings to resolve project conflicts
  • Define project milestones and manage risk registers
  • Track and manage training certification compliance metrics
  • Maintain operational cadences and track budget spending
  • Lead development of engineering performance metrics and reporting
  • Coordinate proposal reviews and stakeholder approvals
  • Provide weekly and monthly status reports to leadership
  • Organize staffing meetings to strategize staffing challenges
  • Act as Resource Manager for office relocations and onboarding tasks

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangements
  • 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off
  • Opportunities for learning and development
  • Exposure to diverse projects and customers
  • Friendly team environment
Full Job Description
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for Staff Project Management to join the team of qualified individuals on our Test and Evaluation organization. This role is located onsite in Tinker AFB, OK.

**This is an individual contributor role and will not have direct reports**

In this role, the successful candidate will be required to work closely with the System Test and Lab Operations department and section managers and leads to meet all current and projected technical operations and project management needs and challenges, function as focal point and driver for business metrics, data calls and financial execution to meet current and future program execution needs.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
  • Development of comprehensive project plans that include detailed timelines, resource allocation matrices, and multi-year budget forecasts for T&E System Test and Lab Operations teams
  • Partners with engineering, procurement, and fabrication/manufacturing teams to align objectives, deliverables, and schedule commitments.
  • Control Account Management (CAM) for various Lab ETA efforts
  • Conducts integration meetings to capture dependencies, resolve conflicts, and update the master schedule.
  • Defines clear project milestones and deliverable acceptance criteria. Performs critical-path analysis, identify high-impact risks, and develop contingency or mitigation plans. Maintains a live risk-register and drives corrective actions through the project team.
  • Assists in analyzing training currency (who, what, when) to ensure that training certifications do not lapse. Tracks ASTAR certifications and LX mandatory training compliance metrics, and sends out e-mails to employees who are overdue. Coordinates and reserves training facilities for training classes.
  • Maintains management and communication of operational cadences. Tracks spending on BRAVO, Indirect, Capital, and NCTA projects.
  • Leads development and implementation of EI&E processes, including the collection, reporting, and analysis of staffing, performance, quality, and other engineering metrics.
  • Provide support to technical training and skills development requirements through coordination and collaboration with CoTE and T&E EI&E teams across NGAS Engineering; track and manage associated training budgets
  • Coordinate proposal functional reviews and approval sign offs by all required stakeholders, as applicable
  • Coordinate, author, and deliver weekly and monthly status reports to EI&E leadership
  • Strategizes with the T&E leadership team to implement solutions for all staffing challenges. Organizes and facilitates weekly staffing meetings. Tracks the start dates of incoming candidates. Ensures POST/Workday entries maintenance and reconciliation. Reports status to T&E managers. Pulls data, prepares charts, affirms status, projects status and devises go forward plan. Supports University Relations and Recruiting (UR&R) activities with UR&R POC.
  • Acts as the Resource Manager for the T&E EI&E. Performs Office locations/relocations data entry & validation tasks for new and relocating employees. Supports onboarding tasks prescribed in Workday. Leads Provisioning Tasks (computers, phone, badges, wireless). Assists with arranging loaner laptops for new employees as necessary.


We offer flexible work arrangements, 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.

Basic Qualifications:
  • Must have a Bachelor's degree AND 12 years of related professional/military experience OR a Master's degree AND 10 years of related professional/military experience OR a PhD degree AND 8 years of related professional/military experience
  • Must have an active US Government Secret (or higher) clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
  • Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs
  • Must have experience in developing and managing processes across large organizations.
  • Must have knowledge of project management principles and practices
  • Must have Control Account Management (CAM) experience
  • Must have Microsoft Office skills (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Background in functional leadership roles
  • Current, active Top Secret clearance


Primary Level Salary Range: $119,800.00 - $179,600.00

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.

About Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman is a security company that provides systems, products, and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding, and technical services to government and commercial customers. They design, develop, and build everything from aircraft and spacecraft to cyber security systems. The company is involved in a wide range of defense and technology projects, including the development of aircraft, space systems, cybersecurity solutions, and advanced electronics.

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88,000 employees
Market Cap
$82.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
$3.1 billion
Founded
1939
5 Year Trend
+7.6%
Revenue
$36.7 billion
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