RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

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 Principal/Senior Principal Risk Manager. This position will be located in Roy, UT. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

What You'll Get To Do:

• Assists in the definition, planning, organizing, directing and controlling risk and opportunity management efforts.

• Coordinates with suppliers, vendors, higher level managers, and external Customers on general risk and opportunity metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of the risk and opportunity management process and procedures.

• Leads and facilitate meetings, ensures clear communication and seamless execution of risk, issue and opportunity management initiatives.

• Advises senior leadership, on critical project risks, handling plan strategies, and required actions; ensures IMS integration of within risk, issues and opportunities generated by Program.

• Facilitates business management teams through Earned Value Management Lifecyle development analysis and reporting.

• Generates and submits the Risk Management CDRL to the Sentinel customer in strict accordance with contractual obligations, ensuring timely delivery of required documentation.

• Track and report on the status of Sentinel Risk Management Program activities as required.

• Collaborates with business management and project management personnel to ensure accurate reporting of cost, schedule, and technical performance reports.

• Conducts in-depth program risk analyses, uses metric reviews and predictive modeling to forecast cost, schedule, and technical outcomes with high accuracy.

• Utilizes dashboards, milestone charts, EVM data, and other project-management tools to monitor Sentinel Risk Management progress.

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 Risk Manager: 5 Years experience with Bachelors; 3 Years with Masters; 1 Year with PhD; or an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

• Senior Principal Risk Manager: 8 Years experience with Bachelors; 6 Years with Masters; 4 Year with PhD; or an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application with an investigation completed within the last 6 years, current and within scope.

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period, as determined by the company to meet its business need

• 8 Years Experience presenting to groups in a professional setting.

• 5 Years Experience analyzing data and reporting to decision makers.

• Experience using risk management tools and dashboards.

• Must be able to understand and articulate Risk Management concepts.

• Requires advanced experience with Microsoft Office Suite, MS Excel (including use and application of statistical analysis suite), and Power BI.

• Conducts monthly reconciliation including vlookups, pivots, and sumifs.

• Requires experience managing competing priorities and deadlines.

• Strong Oral and Written communication skills.

• Experience with developing tracking and metrics tools in support of programmatic deliverables.

• Advanced lifecycle (Design, Implementation, Integration, and Maintenance) experience in data and visualization tools: Tableau, Power BI, Confluence, SharePoint, Active Risk Manager, and Tracking Risks, Issues, and Opportunities.

• Experience across DoD acquisition life cycle and competent understanding of the fundamentals of the production and deployment phases.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Program Integration and Risk Management experience.

• Experience presenting to upper-level management.

• Background in Leading teams.

• Hands on cost performance reporting/analysis skills.

• Experienced in Risk Management Processes and Toolsets.

• Experience in Business Management.

• PMP Certification.

• Current DoD Top Secret Clearance.

• Experience supporting DOD Programs.

• Currently Sentinel Program Accessed.

• Sharepoint experience.

• Confluence Experience.

• JIRA experience.

Primary Level Salary Range: $81,400.00 - $122,000.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $101,400.00 - $152,200.00

The 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.