RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes
CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret
TRAVEL: No 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.
The Systems Engineering & Integration (SE&I) organization within the Intelligence & Services (I&S) Business Unit delivers mission-critical engineering, integration, and operations solutions for our national security and civil customers. We are built on a heritage of providing innovative, affordable, and reliable capabilities that our customers rely on to achieve mission success. Join the team and help shape how we engineer, integrate, and operate the systems of tomorrow.
SE&I has an opening for a Senior Principal Technical Operations Project Manager in Redondo Beach, CA . The selected candidate will serve as an operational focal point for SE&I leadership and project teams, driving staffing and onboarding activities, team engagement, collaboration tooling, and AI-enabled workflow integration across the organization.
This position is 100% on-site.
Role and Responsibilities:
The selected candidate’s responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:
Operational Project Support
Support the operational aspects of ongoing SE&I projects and initiatives, acting as a liaison between project management, engineering teams, and functional/line management.
Track and report project and organizational status (technical, schedule, and cost, as appropriate) and support preparation of regular status reports, dashboards, and briefing materials for internal and external stakeholders.
Develop and maintain mechanisms (e.g., trackers, metrics, dashboards) for monitoring project and organizational health, and drive issue identification, escalation, and resolution with project leads and functional managers.
Staffing & Onboarding
Coordinate staffing actions for the SE&I organization, including tracking open positions, candidate pipelines, and estimated start dates.
Plan and execute new-hire onboarding activities, including orientation schedules, training checklists, workspace/tool access, and introductions to key stakeholders and teams.
Coordinate with security, HR, and program teams to support clearance initiation, processing, and site access for new hires and transfers.
Own and continuously improve standard onboarding materials, templates, and checklists to ensure a consistent, high-quality experience across SE&I.
Team Engagement & Communications
Plan, coordinate, and execute team engagement activities and events (e.g., all-hands meetings, brown bags, recognition events, offsites, and virtual engagement sessions).
Support internal communications, including newsletters, announcements, and leadership messages, to foster connection, clarity, and transparency across SE&I.
Partner with leadership to implement recognition and appreciation activities (awards, shout-outs, spot recognitions) that reinforce desired culture and behaviors.
SharePoint and Confluence Development
Lead the day-to-day management, structure, and content organization of SE&I collaboration sites (SharePoint, Confluence, and related tools).
Design and maintain intuitive, user-friendly site architectures, including document libraries, dashboards, and…