Job Description

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 Program Work Environments Integrated Product Team (PWE IPT). The role will be responsible for driving the successful execution of business-critical projects that deliver new engineering and program management office (PMO) capabilities to enable seamless program execution. The scope of projects a candidate may anticipate leading include (but not limited to): The end-to-end construction of new secure lab environments, renovation and modernization of existing secure lab environments, and establishing secure inter-connectivity between program work environments across RTX sites.

As the cross-functional project manager, you will be responsible for leading cross-functional teams (comprised of Facilities, Digital Technology, Security, 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 leverage innovative problem-solving techniques to find creative solutions is pivotal.

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 and can be located in Richardson, TX or Cedar Rapids, IA. This position is an individual contributor position.

What You Will Do

• Serve as project manager for Program Work Environment IPT efforts that leads overarching execution of project scope across functional disciplines

• Assume ownership and accountability for the successful delivery of project scope that is delivered on-time and within budget

• Lead cross-functional, geographically separated project teams comprised of subject matter experts from Digital Technologies, Cybersecurity, Security, Facilities, and other partnering organizations in the tactical execution of project scope

• 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

• 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

• Demonstrated experience working multiple projects simultaneously with diverse groups and customers, with tight deadlines under stressful conditions

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

• Demonstrate the ability to lead and manage diverse groups of people to accomplish complex operations

• 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

• Experience working in closed areas or secure lab environments with understanding of government security-based regulations, protocols, and build standards

• Ability to travel up to 30%

• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) is required for this role

Qualifications We Prefer

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

• Experience across the fields of Security, Cybersecurity, Digital Technology, Facilities, Program Management and / or related fields is Preferred

• In-depth experience leading large-scale projects efforts comprised of the physical buildout and technological deployment of closed area engineering lab spaces

• Experience leading project management efforts within Agile / SAFe Framework

• 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 understand and analyze complex business problems with minimal domain expertise in order to define and develop creative solutions