Senior Principal Project Manager – Staffing Lead

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No 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. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Senior Principal Project Manager – Staffing Lead to support th e RQ-4 organization in Rancho Bernard o, California. This position will serve as a central point of coordination for workforce planning, staffing integration, reporting, and resource-management activities.   The successful candidate will be a proactive, organized self-starter with experience in workforce planning, project management, staffing operations, resource management, or data analysis. The role requires strong cross-functional coordination, analytical, communication, and executive-presentation skills.   Key Responsibilities • Lead workforce planning and staffing integration across program, functional, finance, human resources, and talent acquisition organizations. • Maintain an integrated staffing plan and coordinate mitigation strategies for staffing gaps, surpluses, critical-skill shortages, single points of failure, and aging vacancies. • Coordinate position and requisition activities, including creation, activation, candidate tracking, status reconciliation, and closure. • Consolidate workforce forecasts, requisition status, staffing demand, and resource data into a consistent staffing picture for program leadership. • Develop and maintain dashboards, metrics, reports, and executive-level presentations that connect staffing status to cost, schedule, technical performance, and program priorities. • Lead recurring staffing and resource reviews, including preparing review packages, presenting workforce risks and opportunities, documenting decisions, and tracking actions through closure. • Evaluate workforce skill mix and labor-category alignment against contractual requirements, staffing plans, and program baselines. • Partner with functional leadership, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, and program teams to address staffing misalignments and balance cost, capability, and schedule needs. • Work with integrated teams to identify, assess, and mitigate staffing-related risks and opportunities, including skill gaps, coverage risks, hiring delays, and resource constraints. • Maintain accurate near-term and long-range staffing forecasts aligned with program priorities and changing business needs. • Improve staffing processes, reporting methods, data quality, and cycle times through standardization, automation, and effective use of workforce-management tools. • Advise senior management on workforce strategy, staffing trade-offs, resource scenarios, and mitigation options.   Basic Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree and at least 8 years of relevant military or professional experience in areas such as workforce planning, staffing, resource management, project management, business operations, program operations, or data analytics; OR • Master’s degree and at least