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Sentinel Principal/ Sr Principal Project Management - 15912

Northrop Grumman

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DoE Q or L
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Management
Roy, UT (On-Site/Office)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

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.

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world's biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking an Earned Value Project Manager with the technical expertise, background, and people skills to coordinate and perform a wide range of program planning and business management efforts within the Command & Launch (C&L) Infrastructure Integrated Product Team (IPT). This position will be located in Roy, UT and will support the Sentinel program.

Position Benefits:

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
  • Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
  • 401k
  • Educational Assistance
  • Life Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
  • Paid Time Off
  • Health & Wellness Resources
  • Employee Discounts


This position's standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

What You'll Get To Do:

The Earned Value Project Manager is responsible for working directly with Control Account Managers and Work Package Leads to collect inputs, perform analyses, and develop compliant outputs and reports to both satisfy contractual obligations and provide the necessary data for leadership to make key decisions on program direction, staffing, etc.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
  • Earned Value Metrics and Analysis:
  • Reviewing interim and final earned value metrics to identify cost and schedule performance, identify trends, and screen data integrity issues prior to engaging with program leadership.
  • Performing analysis to determine the key drivers of cost and/or schedule deficiencies and quantify the magnitude of impacts.
  • Supporting budget and staffing analyses to ensure staffing plans/forecasts are aligned with ETC and BCWS.
  • Supporting Risk and Opportunity Management processes to ensure that risks and opportunities are adequately reflected in the EAC and kept up to date with the most accurate data

Coordination:
  • Interfacing directly with Control Account Managers (CAMs), Work Package Leads (WPLs), and other stakeholders as needed to collect the supplemental information required to provide thorough variance explanations, change rationales, and other outputs.
  • Coordinating regularly with Infrastructure IPT leadership to ensure that leadership is aware of the latest status and areas of concern.
  • Coordinate Program Increment, Rolling Wave, and Comprehensive EAC planning exercises across the Infrastructure IPT.
  • Providing regular briefings, reports, and other communications to leadership that are clear, concise, and accurate.

Reporting and Communications:
  • Compiling variance explanations, ETC forecasts, change requests, and other regular business cadence outputs to Infrastructure IPT CAMs for review and approval.
  • Generating Change Control Board packages and Budget Change Requests in coordination with CAMs and WPLs and support briefings to the appropriate review boards.
  • Supporting the integrated planning of complex interdependent projects to support Sentinel program milestones, balancing prioritization of Engineering resources between competing projects and teams.
  • Ensuring schedules and program plans are credible, substantiated by quantitative data, and bounded by risks and opportunities.
  • Supporting a comprehensive risk and opportunity management program for the Infrastructure IPT.

Technical Excellence:
  • Ensuring adherence to Business Management processes and requirements for Earned Value reporting and other planning outputs.
  • Tracking status against the program business rhythm and other deliverable due dates and ensuring on-time delivery.
  • Maintaining consistency and high quality of project management work products.
  • May be required to travel up to 10% of the time.


Basic Qualifications:
Principal Project Manager: Bachelor's degree and 5 years of related experience or a Master's degree and 3 years of related experience or or PhD and 1 year of related experience. In lieu of formal degree, 4 years of relevant experience may be considered.
Sr Principal Project Manager:
Bachelor's degree and 8 years of related experience or a Master's degree and 6 years of related experience or PhD and 4 year of related experience. In lieu of formal degree, 4 years of relevant experience may be considered.
  • 1+ years experience with project management and/or Earned Value Management.
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance.
  • Must have the ability to obtain SAP clearance.


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Active DoD Secret clearance
  • Experience with Microsoft Project
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
  • Experience managing subcontracts and/or Inter-organizational Work Orders (IWO)
  • Strong oral and written communication skills, including demonstrated experience with high value customer presentations, with ability to focus on multiple projects with competing priorities
  • Demonstrated experience in making sound decisions in uncertain and difficult situations


Primary Level Salary Range: $78,700.00 - $118,100.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $98,100.00 - $147,100.00

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.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
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