Manager of Project Management 3

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Melbourne, FL +1 · Project Management (Non-P&L)

Manager of Project Management role at Northrop Grumman, focusing on engineering workforce strategy, staffing, hiring, promotion planning, and labor rate management for approximately 9,500 employees. The role involves defining long-term workforce plans, operational execution of workforce management practices, and administering enterprise workforce platforms. It requires building predictive models for labor forecasting and capacity, and championing data-driven decision-making through visualizations and automated reporting. A Secret clearance is required.

What you'd actually do

  1. Define and evolve long-term workforce plans that align with cost, schedule, and performance objectives.
  2. Partner with VP and Directorlevel engineering leaders to translate business priorities into staffing and talent strategies.
  3. Drive effective workforce management practices across all divisions.
  4. Serve as primary integration point between divisions for staffing interchange.
  5. Oversee promotion planning, labor rate planning and workforce health assessments, delivering periodic reports to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree and 9 years related experience, or a Master’s degree and 6 years related experience
  • 3 years leading workforce‑management or talent‑operations initiatives
  • Direct experience designing, implementing, or governing workforce processes (staffing, promotion, labor‑rate mgmt, contingency‑planning, etc) for a large organization of 1,000+ staff
  • Hands‑on experience with internal job‑board or talent‑acquisition platforms (e.g., POST, Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, or similar)
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills, with experience preparing executive‑level briefings and stakeholder reports
  • Must have a current DoD Secret clearance

Nice to have

  • Success integrating HR, program and staffing data to create and execute strategic workforce plans
  • Demonstrated track record of influencing senior technical leaders (VP/Director level) and cross‑functional teams to adopt workforce strategies
  • Experience constructing multi‑year “what‑if” scenario models (growth, technology disruption, regulatory change) using Monte Carlo, time‑series, or systems‑dynamics techniques
  • Experience defining and implementing guard‑rail policies or metrics that safeguard workforce affordability, skill‑mix, and succession pipelines

What the JD emphasized

  • Must have a current DoD Secret clearance (or ability to obtain one within the company’s standard timeframe) and eligibility for Continuous Evaluation and any required program access.