Principal Project Management presso Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) sector and the Navigation and Cockpit Systems (NACS) Operating Unit (OU) is offering a unique opportunity for candidates to jump-start their careers in program management in the Project Management field in a Principal Project Manager capacity for the Lifecycle Product Sustainment organization. This position will be located onsite in Salt Lake City, UT. 

The primary responsibility of the Principal Project Manager will be the delivery of all contractual requirements on cost and on schedule, while achieving all technical requirements and creating customer intimacy to support value creation strategies and actions. The individual will lead a cross-functional organization aligned to common program performance goals. The Project Manager within the Lifecycle Product Sustainment and Customer Service Team is the primary customer point of contact for repairs, spares, services, and product upgrades for Navigation products. This role supports both Government and Commercial contracts, Foreign and Domestic customers.

What You'll Get to Do:

• Manages all phases of program and project execution.
• Manages schedule for repairs, spares, services, and product upgrades along with budgets.
• Provides delivery projections to the customer along with frequent customer status reports.
• Assesses product issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer-satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Communicates priorities for test and assembly and system test managers, material movement team members, quality inspectors, engineering, and shipping / receiving personnel.
• Supports or leads proposal / work scope development and contract negotiations.
• Communicates priorities for sub-tier supplier efforts and material purchasing.
• Provides upwards reporting for senior management program reviews.
• Participates in process improvement initiatives

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 5 years of relevant experience or a Master’s degree and 3 years of relevant experience.
• Prior experience in managing projects in operations or logistics (i.e. cost, schedule, performance).
• High-energy strategic thinker with demonstrated ability to operate and communicate at both a strategic and a hands-on level as needed.
• Proven experience prioritizing and completing multiple tasks within critical deadlines.
• Experience influencing and driving results without direct authority of personnel.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills, as well as analytical, planning and presentation skills are required.
• Demonstrated ability to build and foster effective relationships with others.
• US Citizenship.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience utilizing Tableau.
• Experience leading a team.
• Experience developing proposals.
• Experience supporting DoD/Government contracts.
• Global Customer service.
• Experience interpreting and using Database Analytics in decision making.
• Experience reading engineering drawings and parts list as well as assembly instructions.
• Experience in a production or manufacturing environment.
• Experience in lifecyle and sustainment product lines.
• Experience using SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).
• Advanced to Expert level MS Office Software Suite skills with emphasis on MS Excel, MS Word, MS Project.