RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance availableCLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: 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 is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. We have a wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies. Our differentiated battle management and cyber solutions deliver timely, mission-enabling information and provide superior situational awareness and understanding to protect the U.S. and its global allies.
We are looking for you to join our team as a Senior Principal Project Management Analyst based out of San Diego, CA.
As a Project Management/EVMS Analyst you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Through the use of Model-based Engineering, Develops, and Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.
You will support the San Diego campus, multiple Business Units (BU). These BU's create the next generation of communications and signal processing systems. We take ideas from concept to working systems aboard the world's most advanced platforms right here in San Diego. We design in our campus of labs and on-site advanced manufacturing just minutes from the beach and everything for which southern California is famous. It's work that matters and a career that can take you places. You will work in a dynamic people-focused environment where you will interact with users, customers and other developers.
What You'll Get to Do:

• Support the oversight and management of the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management

• Lead status of projects and budgets; manage schedules and prepare status reports as a subject matter expert for Manufacturing planning and execution

• Assess project issues and develop resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives

• Develop and maintain mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients

• Review weekly reports for erroneous charging, open and close charge numbers, generate work authorization files, work with business management personnel on investigation of issues, write variance reports, support ETC updates, and prepare weekly/monthly inputs

• Lead weekly meetings with ability to communicate issues and needs

• Generate initial Quantifiable Backup Data (QBDs) from Schedule information, working with technical leads to document lower level QBD status

• Maintain QBDs with current status and transfer status information across multiple files

• Support internal EVMS Surveillance Reviews to ensure compliance to the 32 guidelines

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with 8 years of related experience in program/project planning and scheduling, logistics, supply chain, and/or Engineering; Master's Degree with 6 years of related experience in program/project planning and scheduling, logistics or supply chain

• Experience with EVMS and Schedule Management skills

• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, including Project, PowerPoint, and Excel (creating formulas, and pivot tables)

• The ability to obtain and maintain a Do

D Secret Clearance is required:

• U.S. citizenship required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the Aerospace/Defense Industry

• Experience reading and extracting information for an IMS schedule

• Experience with Jira or Confluence

• The ability to obtain and maintain a Special Access Program (SAP)

What We Can Offer You:
Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive benefits package and a work environment which encourages your growth and supports the mutual success of our people and our company. Northrop Grumman benefits give you the flexibility and control to choose the benefits that make the most sense for you and your family.
Your benefits will include the following: Health Plan, Savings Plan, Paid Time Off and Additional Benefits including Education Assistance, Training and Development, 9/80 Work Schedule (where available), and much more!
Primary Level Salary Range: $117,500.00 - $176,300.00The 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.