Cybersecurity Project Management (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-04-03

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HIA32: Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA, 52498-0505 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

The Cybersecurity organization at Collins Aerospace, within Mission Systems Services, is seeking a Project Manager to support the Cyber team’s operational and organizational needs. The role will be responsible for driving the successful operations, enabling the cybersecurity team to deliver business-critical solutions to our engineering and program management office (PMO) environments. The scope of projects a candidate may anticipate leading include (but not limited to): You will support the team and programs by driving, managing, and organizing project activities, tracking key milestones, and maintaining project documentation.

As the project manager, you will be responsible for working and influencing cross functionally. In many cases, a PM in this role can expect project scope lacking firm requirements, or customer direction.

A successful PM in this role will drive project execution from early inception stages to final completion through close partnership and collaboration with senior leadership, engineers, and PMO leaders to refine requirements, navigate project execution obstacles, and ensure project scope is delivered on-time and within budget.

**This position is onsite in Cedar Rapids, IA, and a relocation package is available if needed. **

What YOU will do:

• Serve as project manager for the Cybersecurity organization in a variety of capacities in support of the overarching execution of cyber services for the Mission Systems strategic business unit.

• Assume ownership and accountability over planning, tracking, and coordinating projects tasks and deliverables alongside mid to senior-level leadership.

• Drive the maintenance of project schedules and ensure project timelines are up to date.

• Manage project budgets and resources, flagging potential risks or issues to senior staff.

• Organize and track project documentation, including meeting notes, timelines, reports, and change requests.

• Work with customers and stakeholders to identify and refine requirements, develop scopes of work, align on priorities, and deconflict blockers. 

• Provide regular project execution status briefings with customer, stakeholders, and various levels of leadership that conveys detailed overall project health, outlook, cost/schedule performance, and potential risks and opportunities. 

• Demonstrate project management principles proven in managing actions and scheduling interdependencies in support of large-scale programs, projects, or initiatives.

• Lead the development and distribution of training materials and guides for tools and processes across the business, leveraging appropriate experts.

• Top candidates will have excellent communication skills with an ability to articulate and adapt complex information to audiences at all levels of the organization, including senior executives and senior customer leadership.

• Quickly build strong relationships foster collaboration with customers, stake holders, and cross-functional teams.

• Grow strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills. Ability to recognize resource constraints and prioritize team efforts.

Qualifications you must have:

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience.

• Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret Security Clearance is required prior to start date.

• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

• Working experience with financial budgets, project management software (e.g., Microsoft Project and Jira), presentations to senior leadership, metrics tracking.

• Excellent relationship skills with the ability to build positive relationships with technical and business personnel.

• Demonstrated experience building and leading a multi-disciplined, matrixed team Substantial knowledge of Collins Aerospace, programs, projects, or systems with the ability to make enhancements and leverage in daily work.

• Ability to travel up to 30%.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• An active and in-scope Top Secret or TS/SCI Security Clearance.

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