
Principal Project Manager
Job Description
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.At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We are looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we ’II support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field, or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you ’II have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems seeks a Principal Project Manager located in Linthicum, MD near the Baltimore area.
The selected training and skills project management professional is responsible for planning, executing and scaling training and capability development initiatives. This role ensures the workforce has the skills, knowledge and competencies required to meet business, operational and quality objectives. This position plays a key role in enabling the organizations quality operating system by translating business needs into structured training programs, competency models and measurable skill development outcomes.
What You'll Get To Do:
Lead training and delivery of key capability initiatives
Manage cross functional project teams and stakeholders
Supports deployment of technical skills training, quality systems training and awareness and quality leadership programs
Aligns training programs to organizational priorities
Develops and maintains skill matrices, competency frameworks, role based training pathways and identifies skill gaps and prioritizes development actions
Partners with SMEs to develop training content, standard work and job aides
Support deployment of training through learning management system (LX) or other learning platforms
Monitors and tracks training KPIs, to include training completion rates, competency rates, training and effectiveness, knowledge retention and performance improvement.
Coordinate with Talent Acquisition on early career demand planning and candidate alignment
Basic Required Qualifications :
Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree and 3 years of relevant experience
Project management experience
Experience with Training and learning development (in operations or quality environments)
Experience with Microsoft SharePoint
Preferred Qualifications:
PMP or Equivalent Project Management Certification
Experience in regulated industries (Aerospace or Manufacturing)
Familiar with industry standards (i.e. AS9100, AS9145)
Experience with curriculum development
Experience with learning management systems