RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance availableCLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: 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.Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world's biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) Targeting and Survivability Division (TSD) seeks an innovative, high-energy, inquisitive, and self-motivated candidate to join our Electronic Warfare & Targeting (EWT) Business Unit (BU) team as either a Principal or Senior Principal Project Management Business Operations Analyst on-site in Rolling Meadows, IL.
What You'll Get To Do:
The selected candidate will perform data analysis to optimize use of tools such as Salesforce, SIMPL, Tableau with dashboard update of the business pipeline, Non-Contract Technical Activity (NCTA) and Capital management. They will also provide strategic analysis of Business Unit funding to produce actionable management information.  They will support continuous improvement and driving adoption of tools and practices. They will be responsible for reviews and reports on project metrics to benchmark effectiveness and will work closely to ensure that tool data sets are accurately implemented, maintaining metrics, and other project management duties.
Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide assistance, service and support to division and business unit to increase efficiency, effectiveness and reporting of division program execution metrics

• Support Business Unit NCTA and Capital Project financial reporting and Division Resource Board (DRB) utilizing the RDIS/SIMPL and Tableau on-line tools.

• Perform various operations support tasks as needed, such as recording meeting minutes and actions, generating reports and briefing slides, managing miscellaneous tools and submitting data through computer applications and tools.

• Organize and prioritize tasking to successfully execute on multiple simultaneous projects.

• Understanding pipeline/LRSP to ensure accurate NCTA funding and support business growth, Analyze Salesforce data and update dashboards as needed.

• Provides data management and analysis skills with working knowledge of Excel to represent data visually

• Supporting large data analytic projects including but not limited to pipeline reviews, pipeline sufficiency

• Ensures consistency in naming conventions and promotes the sharing and reuse of data across applications

• Independently demonstrates the skill and ability to perform fairly complex professional tasks

• May develop and deliver presentations

This requisition may be filled at either a Principal Project Management or Sr. Principal Project Management level.
Basic Qualifications for a Principal Project Management Level:

• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 5 years related professional experience OR a master's degree AND 3 or more years of related professional experience.

• Demonstrated ability to produce error-free reports, dashboards, or reconciliation summaries with 95% data integrity.

• Demonstrated ability to interpret data trends and provide actionable insights through written and verbal reporting.

• Demonstrated experience coordinating project tasks, including planning, scheduling and tracking progress.

• Minimum of 1 year experience with SAP for financial entries, reporting, procurement, or project data management.  Experience leading the performance of tasks on schedule, and achieving all requirements

• Minimum of 1 year experience with Salesforce or other CRM systems to enter track and retrieve customer or project related data. 

• Minimum of 1 year experience developing dashboards or data visualizations in Tableau or similar data visualization tools.

• Demonstrated advanced proficiency in Excel including pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, filters, and basic data modeling experience. 

• Minimum of 1 year experience with SharePoint for document management, permissions, uploading content, and maintaining organized folders for team use. 

• US Citizenship required.

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. DoD Secret security clearance.


Basic Qualifications for a Sr. Principal Project Management Level:

• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 8 years related professional experience OR a master's degree AND 6 or more years of related professional experience.

• Demonstrated ability to produce error-free reports, dashboards, or reconciliation summaries with 95% data integrity.

• Demonstrated ability to interpret data trends and provide actionable insights through written and verbal reporting.

• Demonstrated experience coordinating project tasks, including planning, scheduling and tracking progress.

• Minimum of 1 year experience with SAP for financial entries, reporting, procurement, or project data management.  Experience leading the performance of tasks on schedule, and achieving all requirements

• Minimum of 1 year experience with Salesforce or other CRM systems to enter track and retrieve customer or project related data. 

• Minimum of 1 year experience developing dashboards or data visualizations in Tableau or similar data visualization tools.

• Demonstrated advanced proficiency in Excel including pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, filters, and basic data modeling experience. 

• Minimum of 1 year experience with SharePoint for document management, permissions, uploading content, and maintaining organized folders for team use. 

• US Citizenship required.

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. DoD Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active U.S. DoD Secret security clearance.

• Demonstrated understanding of Government acquisition models, budgeting process, and financial models.

• Demonstrated experience supporting Department of War or Government contracts

• Demonstrated ability to apply knowledge, insights and understanding of deeper Salesforce (CRM) concepts, tools and processes to the benefit of program decisions, actions, and performance.

• Demonstrated ability to manage communications with stakeholders through organized processes to ensure that information is defined, collected, shared, understood, stored and retrieved in a manner that effectively meets stakeholder needs

• Expert experience with SIMPL, Salesforce, SAP and Dashboards

• Expert experience with Microsoft Office suite of tools (including Excel and Teams).

What We Can Offer You
Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive benefits package and a work environment which encourages your growth and supports the mutual success of our people and our company. Northrop Grumman benefits give you the flexibility and control to choose the benefits that make the most sense for you and your family.
Your benefits will include the following: Health Plan, Savings Plan, Paid Time Off and Additional Benefits including Education Assistance, Training and Development, 9/80 Work Schedule (where available), and much more!
Primary Level Salary Range: $89,900.00 - $134,900.00Secondary Level Salary Range: $112,200.00 - $168,200.00The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.PDN-a08253db-3da4-4aa9-acbf-f81c49126747