Sr Principal Project Management

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Rolling Meadows, IL +1 · Project Management (Non-P&L)

This role is for a Senior Principal Project Management Analyst in the defense industry, focusing on manufacturing engineering support. Responsibilities include project leadership, data analysis using tools like SIMPL and Tableau, financial reporting (EVM, Capital management), risk identification, and managing business cadence. The role requires experience with SAP, Tableau, and Excel, and a Secret security clearance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provide assistance and support to leadership to increase efficiency, effectiveness, and reporting of site metrics with data integrity.
  2. Complete Capital Project financial reporting in partnership with technical leaders using SIMPL and Tableau tools.
  3. Give support for site crises, including immediate mitigation, Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) analysis, cross functional coordination, and lessons learned documentation.
  4. Demonstrate communication excellence at all levels of the organization in written, verbal, and presentation modes.
  5. Independently demonstrate the skill and ability to organize and perform complex professional tasks.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience OR a master’s degree and 6 or more years of relevant work experience
  • Experience producing reports and dashboards
  • Experience interpreting data trends, forecasting, and providing actionable insights
  • Experience coordinating project tasks, including planning, scheduling, and tracking progress to achieve all requirements
  • Minimum of 1 year experience with SAP for financial reporting or project data management
  • Minimum of 1 year experience utilizing dashboards or data visualizations in Tableau or similar tools
  • Minimum of 1 year experience with SharePoint for document management, permissions, uploading content, and maintaining organized folders
  • Advanced experience in Excel including pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, filters, and basic data modeling experience
  • US Citizenship required
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. DoD Secret security clearance

Nice to have

  • Active U.S. DoD Secret security clearance
  • Experience in a manufacturing environment
  • Experience with SIMPL for Capital project management
  • Experience working with technical professionals
  • Experience working across functions and leading through influence
  • Advanced experience with Microsoft Office suite of tools

What the JD emphasized

  • Secret security clearance
  • Secret security clearance