Principal/Sr Principal Project Management - 18582
Northrop Grumman
- Location
- United States-Utah-Roy
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Principal
- Posted
- Sep 16, 2026
Skills
About this role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time 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. Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a experienced Principal Project Manager/Sr Principal Project Manager. This position is located in Roy, UT and will support the Sentinel program. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package What You’ll Get To Do: Perform as the Control Account Manager (CAM) for the totality of the Support Equipment scope. The Support Equipment scope is captured within 8 Control Accounts (CAs) containing hundreds of millions of dollars, and thousands of Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) lines. Quickly learn and adapt to enable you to obtain a thorough understanding of the Support Equipment scope and successfully plan and execute the work to be performed. Understand the tasks each team is performing, ensure EVMS compliance, and build relationships between the team, Integrated Product Team (IPT) and Operations Unit (OU) leadership, and the business management office. Communicating closely with the Support Equipment IPT lead will be at top of your priority list to provide status and obtain feedback/guidance for work planning and execution. Being agile, flexible, and having the capability to communicate effectively with peers and interdepartmental stakeholders to address tasking from multiple sources such as Support Equipment, Functional Homeroom (FHR), Business Management (BM), Program Operations & Execution (PE&O), and Launch Systems (LS). The Support Equipment IPT is part of the Launch Systems Business Unit (BU) for the Sentinel Program located at our Roy, Utah campus with up to 10% travel.
Essential Responsibilities
Apply industry practices, techniques, and standards—leveraging core concepts and principles—to execute moderately complex professional tasks. Familiarity and understanding with project management principles. Develop solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity. Operate independently with only general supervision, delivering work that is subsequently reviewed to ensure sound judgment, adequacy, and accuracy. Contribute to the completion of organizational projects and goals while exercising sound judgment to prevent errors that would otherwise require moderate resources to correct. Engage regularly with internal and external stakeholders, representing the organization on project assignments, and delivering presentations to small groups. This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.
Position
Benefits: As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including: • Medical, Dental & Vision coverage • 401k • Educational Assistance • Life Insurance • Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions • Paid Time Off • Health & Wellness Resources • Employee Discounts Basic Qualifications: Principal Project Management: 5 Years with Bachelors; 3 Years with Masters; 1 Year with PhD. In lieu of formal degree, 4 years of