Principal Project Management

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret 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 Mission Systems (NGMS) is seeking a Principal/SR Principal Project Manager to support the US Navy’s Airborne Electronic Attack Integrated Product Team (IPT) as part of the EMW Operating Unit (OU) , operating within the Advanced Missions Capabilities Business Unit (BU) in the Airborne Multifunction Sensors (AMS) Division .  This position will be located at the customer site at Pt Mugu, California . The EMW OU is offering the opportunity for employees to jump-start their careers in program management in the Project Management field. This position will serve the Navy’s Airborne Electronic Attack IPT, providing direct support to the IPT’s Executive Leadership Team. What You'll Get to Do: Serves as liaison between client program management leaders and their planning, logistics, technical leads, and functional management. Reviews status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports. Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and stakeholder-satisfaction goals and objectives. Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving. Potential job duties may also include, but are not limited to: • Working side by side with the Program Manager and Integrated Product Team (IPT) leaders on all program reporting and executive level presentations. • Ensuring that IPT processes and products result in quality, compliant, affordable, and on-time deliverables that achieve customer satisfaction. • Ensures implementation of new processes and implements process improvement changes. • Creating, maintaining, and updating meeting attendance lists, minutes, and rhythm. • Capturing, tracking, and managing meeting action items to closure. • Adherence to budget baselines utilizing Earned Value Management (EVM) or similar cost and schedule control methodologies and tools. • Managing Government/Customer supplied property or information (GFE/CFE, etc). • Adherence to all internal processes, policies and applicable industry standards. • Ensuring IPT understands and adheres to contract scope and manages change through control board activities. • Development and adherence to plans and schedules. This requisition may be filled at either a Principal Project Manager level or a Sr. Principal Project Manager level. Basic Qualifications for Principal Project Manager Level 3: • Bachelor’s degree with 5 years’ or a master's degree with 3 years of relevant professional experience supporting U.S. Government contracts or project management activities.  Additional 4 years of directly related professional work experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree. • Demonstrated experience coordinating work across multiple internal and external stakeholders, including cross-functional teams supporting project an