Senior Manager – Cybersecurity Project Management

Senior Manager – Cybersecurity Project Management

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret Security Clearance is required prior to start date.
• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience or in absence of a degree.
• 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%.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior project manager for the Cybersecurity organization, leading complex and strategic initiatives across cross-functional teams.
• Assume ownership and accountability over planning, tracking, and coordinating projects tasks and deliverables alongside senior-level leadership.
• Drive execution of high-priority cybersecurity initiatives, ensuring alignment with business goals, resource availability, and risk tolerance.
• Provide strategic direction and decision-making across multiple concurrent projects, enabling long-term success of the Cybersecurity Get-Well Plan.
• Own end-to-end project planning, milestone tracking, and stakeholder communication at senior levels.
• Proactively manage risks, develop mitigation plans, and provide transparency to leadership through structured reporting and performance metrics.
• Deliver key insights and decision support to senior leaders, synthesizing complex issues into actionable plans.
• Lead budget planning and resource management efforts, ensuring projects remain on schedule and within scope.
• Champion project governance standards, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement of project execution methodologies.
• Represent the Cybersecurity team in high-visibility forums, driving alignment, trust, and forward momentum.
• Mentor junior project managers and influence the maturity of project management practices across the organization.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• An active and in-scope Top Secret or TS/SCI Security Clearance.
• Experience across the fields of Security, Cybersecurity, Digital Technology, Facilities, Program Management and / or related fields.
• Experience leading project management efforts within Agile / SAFe Framework
• Ability to understand and analyze complex business problems with minimal domain expertise in order to define and develop creative solutions.