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Project Management (Level 2 or Level 3)

Northrop Grumman

San Diego, CAJob$76–114K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago

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Compensation
$76–114K/yr
Location
San Diego, CA
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearance

Job overview

Northrop Grumman seeks a Principal Project Management professional for its Triton Program Integration Team in Rancho Bernardo, California. The role oversees project operations and serves as a liaison among program management, integrated product teams, and other stakeholders. The candidate supports program reporting, staffing management, enterprise operations, schedules, budgets, and project issue resolution, and may work in development, production, or sustainment.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Project ManagementProgram IntegrationProject Management ToolsIntegrated Management FrameworkExcelManaging Multiple ProjectsEmployee and Leadership InterfaceData AnalysisProperty ManagementInventory ManagementSAPProject Management PrinciplesWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationPresentation SkillsSharePointJIRA

Qualifications

Bachelor's+2 or Master'sBachelor's+5, Master's+3 or PhD+1 YearsSecret Clearance or HigherSpecial Program AccessActive Secret or Top-Secret ClearanceAerospace or Defense Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Paid Time Off

Full job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

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.

This position is for the role of a Principal Project Management professional. The selected candidate will be part of a diverse organization of project integrators within the Triton Program Integration Team. The position will be based in our Rancho Bernardo, CA location.

The candidate is responsible for overseeing and managing the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serve as the liaison between program management and integrated product teams. This individual contributor will work side by side with the Enterprise Program Integration Manager on program reporting, staffing management, enterprise operations, and may be assigned to special projects. As required, this role may also be embedded in one of the Triton Program Areas, Development, Production, or Sustainment.

Overseas and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management. Reviews status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports. Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives. Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients.

Responsibilities for this position include (but are not limited to):

  • Knowledge of project management and program integration and associated PM tools. General understanding of integrated management framework and program management process and procedures. Adherence to existing NG processes and demonstrates ability to understand processes and apply them. Demonstrates ability to perform projects with general supervision.

  • Organized, engaged and can work within a team.

  • Develops solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and innovation. Ensures solutions are consistent with organization objectives.– have the understanding to ask the right questions

  • Understands prioritization and can plan work accordingly – ability to work independently with minimal oversight

  • Contributes to the completion of program objectives and long-range goals for the organization

  • Ability to work with internal personnel as a team and take direction from senior internal and external team members. Serves as consultant to management and special external spokesperson for the organization on major matters pertaining to its policies, plans, and objectives. Acts as an advisor to senior management and customers.

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This position can be filled with either a level 2 or level 3 depending upon the education and experience of the candidate.

Basic Qualifications:

Level 2

  • Bachelor's degree and 2 years of related professional/military experience in project management, program management, contracts, program operations, business management, and/or budgeting; OR Master's degree with related professional/military experience in project management, program management, contracts, program operations, business management, and/or budgeting

  • Must be able to obtain a US Government Secret clearance or higher (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).

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

  • Proficient in Excel

  • Proven success managing multiple projects simultaneously Experience with interfacing with all levels of employees and Leadership

Level 3

  • Bachelor's degree and 5 years of related professional/military experience in project management, program management, contracts, program operations, business management, and/or budgeting; OR Master's degree with 3 years of related professional/military experience in project management, program management, contracts, program operations, business management, and/or budgeting; OR Ph.D. with 1 year of related professional/military experience in project management, program management, contracts, program operations, business management, and/or budgeting.

  • Must be able to obtain a US Government Secret clearance or higher (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).

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

  • Proficient in Excel

  • Proven success managing multiple projects simultaneously Experience with interfacing with all levels of employees and Leadership

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Active secret or top-secret clearance (last investigation completed within last 6 years)

  • Experience in data analysis, property management, and/or inventory management

  • SAP experience

  • Understanding of the Integrated Management Framework (IMF)Knowledge of Project Management principles and experience utilizing them professionally

  • Strong written and verbal communication, including presentation skills to senior leadership

  • Aerospace and/or Defense Industry Experience

  • SharePoint & JIRA experience

Primary Level Salary Range: $75,800.00 - $113,800.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $94,200.00 - $141,200.00

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.

Job Category: Program Management

How this job compares

Set against the 15,070 open Project Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$76–114K/yr
  • California median$124–186K/yr957 salary ranges
  • US median$102–166K/yr9,740 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $95K, is 40% below the California median midpoint ($158K) — in the lowest quarter of Project Management salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,224 open Project Management jobs in California and 15,070 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Project Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 12,088 postings).
Education
5,905 of the 15,070 open Project Management jobs (39%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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