Principal Communications Representative

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
No

CLEARANCE TYPE:
None

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

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.

• Support and help lead efforts to inform and inspire employees and drive business priorities within Northrop Grumman’s Defense Systems sector and selected functional organizations.
• Serve as a primary employee communications partner for assigned functions, providing strategic counsel and account management to functional leaders and their teams.
• Provide executive communications support for functional leaders, including drafting talking points, speeches, presentations, video scripts, employee announcements and executive summaries.
• Lead and coordinate functional organization announcements, ensuring alignment with the sector’s organization announcement process and best practices.
• Work closely with the enterprise team on functional communications by sharing sector insights to shape enterprise plans and executing enterprise functional campaigns, adapting them as needed.
• Write, draft, edit and help facilitate the design of internal materials, employee feature stories and other engaging content.
• Conceptualize, procure and produce a diverse array of inspirational content about our people, technologies, successes and business capabilities, including articles, videos, interviews, Q&As, infographics and photo/caption features.
• Maintain and continuously improve functional internal communications tools, including intranet content, organization charts and distribution lists, ensuring they are accurate, current and aligned to sector and enterprise standards.
• Own and track key communications metrics across channels (such as email, intranet and internal events), developing regular and quarterly metrics reviews that highlight trends, insights and recommendations.
• Provide regular reporting and analysis of internal communications performance to functional and sector stakeholders, partnering with sector and enterprise employee communications teams to refine tactics, channels and approaches based on data and insights.
• Assist in the planning and execution of internal engagements, including webcasts, town halls, leadership calls, site visits and other leadership events, in partnership with sector and functional teams.
• Support maintenance and optimization of internal communications tools, including websites and digital signage, to ensure content is timely, relevant and user‑friendly.
• Provide regular support to sector coordination and production efforts, including posting, maintenance and distribution related to sector channels.
• Be available to surge, back up and support the Sector Channels Owner and division/function employee communicators on message preparation and distribution during peak periods or special initiatives.
• Ensure all communications plans and tactics are consistent with the company’s strategic vision and reflect the Northrop Grumman brand.
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