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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal Information Systems Project Manager - **Company:** Northrop Grumman - **Location:** Redondo Beach, CA, United States (Remote available) - **Salary:** $108,800.0 - $171,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** JIRA, Microsoft Azure, Information Systems, Data Migration, Scrum Methodology, Information Technology, Servicenow - **Published:** September 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9159862/principal-information-systems-project-manager ## About the Role * 5+ years of relevant professional project management experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 3+ years with a Master's; or 1+ year with a PhD. * Demonstrated experience leading IT projects or programs that span multiple functional organizations (e.g., business, IT, security, engineering). * Demonstrated proficiency in cost/schedule management. * Ability to work under general direction, independently determine approaches to solutions, and contribute to the completion of specific programs and projects. * Strong communication and stakeholder-engagement skills, including experience interacting with leadership and cross-functional teams. * Candidates must have a current U.S. Government Secret security clearance (at a minimum), to include a closed investigation date completed within the last 6 years OR must be enrolled in the U.S. Government Continuous Evaluation (CE) Program to be considered. * Candidates must have the ability to obtain, and maintain, access to Special Access Programs as a condition of continued employment., * Experience supporting secure or classified environments, cyber governance, or compliance-driven IT programs. * Understanding of security and compliance frameworks (e.g., DFARS, Risk Management Framework) and related disciplines. * Proven experience managing projects delivering complex, multi-function enterprise IT solutions across business and technical teams. * Experience leading data migration, metrics/dashboards, testing, training, or deployment activities in a program environment. * Experience managing IT solutions that support business processes such as manufacturing, supply chain, finance, procurement, or similar areas. * Current PMP, SAFe, Scrum, ITIL, or other relevant technical/project-management certification strongly preferred. * Experience managing projects using tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps (AzDO), and/or ServiceNow strongly preferred. ## Description * Leads and directs one or more project teams engaged in the design, implementation, and modification of IT projects that span across functional organizations (e.g., business, cyber, engineering, and operations). * Prepares integrated project execution plans and identifies the appropriate technical and business resources needed; establishes roles, responsibilities, and engagement models for matrixed teams. * Ensures projects are completed on schedule, within budget, and meet defined technical, security, and business requirements. * Provides guidance to project teams, applying a thorough understanding and wide application of IT and project-management principles, theories, and concepts. * Keeps current on advances in the field of IT and related disciplines; incorporates best practices, methods, and tools into project strategies and execution. * Independently determines and develops approaches to solutions, working under general direction and exercising delegated authority for project-level decisions (risk, priorities, resource allocation). * Coordinates delivery of information systems and services, ensuring integration of system design, development, security, testing, and deployment activities. * Identifies, analyzes, and mitigates program-level risks, issues, and dependencies; develops imaginative, thorough, and practicable solutions consistent with organizational objectives. * Prepares and presents executive-level status reports, dashboards, and analytics that clearly communicate progress, risks, and recommendations to leadership and stakeholders. * Frequently interfaces with cross-sector and external stakeholders, representing the organization in providing solutions to difficult technical issues associated with specific projects. * Develops and implements business readiness and change-management plans, including communications, training, and adoption strategies to ensure successful transition to operations. ## Related Videos - [Applying Agile Principles to Incident Management ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/101-applying-agile-principles-to-incident-management) - [Crew Management System for Airlines: Plan duties for pilots & flight attendants worldwide](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1444-crew-management-system-for-airlines-plan-duties-for-pilots-flight-attendants-worldwide) - [Swapping a Data Warehouse at Runtime: Zero-Downtime Migration Without Changing a Single Client](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100311-swapping-a-data-warehouse-at-runtime-zero-downtime-migration-without-changing-a-single-client) - [GitOps for the people](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/461-gitops-for-the-people) - [Robots are coming into the wild! 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