Principal Software Project Manager/Sr. Principal Software Project Manager

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 is seeking an IT Project Manager in Rolling Meadows, IL within the DevOps Solutions Group

The selected candidate will be responsible for leading the development of Software products and/or services for the organization. The position includes responsibility for all business aspects of the product/service, including business development, customer interfacing, project management and road mapping, in addition to managing cost and schedule. The position requires strong leadership and communication skills in addition to multi-discipline engineering understanding.

The ideal candidate demonstrates a broad skill set that is balanced between interpersonal and business capabilities. The candidate has excellent communication skills and is comfortable engaging with project stakeholders, functional teams, and both internal and external customers to achieve project goals.  The candidate is committed to ethics, integrity, and innovation while challenging traditional ways of doing business.

Responsibilities include the following:

• Oversee and manage activities of assigned programs/projects
• Act as the primary contact for both internal and external stakeholders/customers
• Maintain and review status of project activities to ensure cost, schedule, and technical commitments are being met
• Experience with software and project development lifecycles (Waterfall, Scrum, Kanban, etc)
• Be responsible for the compliance to all financial tracking processes such as formal and informal EVMS systems.
  Coordinate customer meetings (conference room, visitor requests, agenda planning, action items, meeting minutes, etc)
• Prepare, submit and track letters to customer
• Support proposal development by gathering and organizing data and preparing cost estimates and rationale
• Assess project/technical issues and develop corrective actions to meet productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction goals and objectives
• Lead status review sessions with internal management and customer to discuss status of project cost, schedule, and technical performance
• Develop and maintain schedules, risk registers, lessons learned, status reports and other project documentation to document project execution and performance
• Monitors status of procurement and production hardware for assigned projects

This position can be filled at the Principal or Sr. Principal level:

Basic Qualifications for Principal Software Engineer:

• Bachelor's degree with 5 years of related experience or Master's with 3 years of related experience or in lieu of degree, an additional 4 years of related experience is required.
• Prior experience in Software Project Management
• Working knowledge of Earned Value Management
• Prior experience working with cross-functional organizations (Program Office, Engineering, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Business Management, Field Operations, etc.)
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, Jira, ADO, (or similar) system.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and interim secret clearance is required to start. Once started, must have the ability to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance.

Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal Software Engineer:

• Bachelor's degree with 9 years of related experience or Master's with 7 years of related experience or in lieu of degree, an additional 4 years of related experience is required.
• Prior experience in Software Project Management
• Working knowledge of Earned Value Management
• Prior experience working with cross-functional organizations (Program Office, Engineering, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Business Management, Field Operations, etc.)
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, Jira, ADO, (or similar) system.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and interim secret clearance is required to start. Once started, must have the ability to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMP and Scrum Master certification
• Working knowledge of Earned Value Management
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, leadership, and problem-solving abilities.

Salary Range: $99,800 USD - $149,800 USD

Salary Range 2: $123,800 USD - $185,800 USD

Employees may be eligible for 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 health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.