Sr Principal Change Management Project Manager

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
No

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 25% 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 Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. We have a wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies. Our differentiated battle management and cyber solutions deliver timely, mission-enabling information and provide superior situational awareness and understanding to protect the U.S. and its global allies.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) is looking for a Senior Principal Change Management Project Manager to support the Manufacturing Strategy & Integration (MS&I) organization as Organizational Change Management Lead. There are several multi‑year, sector and enterprise‑wide transformation initiatives across MS&I that require strong organizational change management plans and implementation to be successful. The focus of these projects varies from early collaboration, to training to cycle time reduction.

This is a hybrid position that can be based in Salt Lake City, Rolling Meadows, Baltimore, San Diego, or Sunnyvale. The selected candidate must be within commuting distance of one of these sites to meet in-office requirements.

Position Summary / Responsibilities:

This role will serve as the primary change management authority for the MS&I organization, reporting to the MS&I director, in partnership with Mission Systems Talent & Org Effectiveness (Prosci‑aligned) to embed structured change practices across multiple projects.

What You Will Get To Do:

• Deployment / Change Management Project Management – Lead planning, coordination and execution of deployment and change management activities. Includes resource planning for human resources needed for execution (communications, learning/development, vendors, etc.). Must balance both the high‑level strategic plan and the detailed execution to enable people‑centric ROI of the project from start to finish.

• Define & Execute Change Strategy – In partnership with MS Organization Effectiveness & Talent, build the end‑to‑end change roadmaps (ADKAR‑based), aligning with enterprise architecture and business objectives.

• Strategic Planning & Road Mapping - Consolidate individual project change road maps into a single, phased program roadmap that highlights interdependencies, key milestones, and critical go live dates.

• Stakeholder Analysis – Lead project teams to identify impacted and interested stakeholders. Maintain a master stakeholder register with impact scores, key analyses of impact of processes, roles, etc. and engagement strategies including resistance strategies.

• Integrated Communication Management – In partnership with Communication SMEs, develop a cohesive communications strategy and communications plan, overseeing creation of multi‑channel deliverables.

• Training & Enablement Architecture – Define the training model…