Principal Specialist, Cross-Functional Project Manager, Program Work Environment (PWE) (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-09-11

Country:

United States of America

Location:

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

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

The Project & Support Excellence organization, within Mission Systems Services, has an opening for a Cross-Functional Project Manager (CFPM) supporting the Secure Program Work Environments Integrated Product Team (sPWE IPT). The role will be responsible for driving the successful execution of business-critical projects that deliver new secure engineering and program management office capabilities. The scope of projects a candidate may anticipate leading include (but not limited to): The end-to-end delivery of new secure program work environments, renovation and modernization of existing secure environments, and establishing secure inter-connectivity systems across multiple RTX sites. 

 

As the cross-functional project manager (CFPM), you will be responsible for leading cross-functional teams (comprised of Digital Technology, Cyber Security, Industrial Security, Facilities, and Lab Management) supporting multiple challenging projects concurrently. In many cases, a CFPM in this role can expect project scope lacking firm requirements, or customer direction. A strong, innate ability to lead teams to leverage innovative problem-solving techniques is pivotal. 

 

A successful CFPM in this role will drive end-to-end project execution from project concept through occupancy leveraging partnerships and collaboration with senior leadership, value stream, and engineering across all functional pillars.  This role will drive requirements definition, navigate project execution obstacles, and ensure scope is delivered on time and within budget. This position is on site in Cedar Rapids, IA. This is an individual contributor position. 

 

What You Will Do 

• Confidently lead multi discipline cross functional project teams to execute on time delivery of project scope for the Secure Program Work Environment (sPWE) 

• Lead project teams comprised of subject matter experts from Digital Technologies, Cyber Security, Industrial Security, Facilities, and Lab Management in the planning and tactical execution of project scope  

• Support stakeholders to define scope and requirements through effective collaboration across all functional disciplines 

• Accountable for the establishment and tracking of project scope, schedule, and budget across large scale projects including both internal and external resources  

• Tracking and monitoring project costs, forecasting, and AOP budget

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