Associate Director, Civil Space Project Management Excellence Lead (Onsite)

Civil Space Project Management Excellence Lead

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 Civil Space Project Management Excellence Lead plays a critical role in navigating complex matrix programs, aligning stakeholders, and driving measurable outcomes across multiple dimensions. As a strategic partner rather than just a project coordinator, the Project Management Excellence Lead ensures that tactical initiatives contribute to meaningful business impact. With a focus on agile methodologies, remote work dynamics, and cross-functional collaboration, this role is essential to the success of the organization and its civil space initiatives. The Project Management Excellence Lead will be responsible for delivering on strategic objectives, fostering collaboration across teams, and ensuring programs meet scope, schedule, and performance targets.

What You Will Do

• Develop and implement comprehensive project strategies specifically tailored to the objectives and mission of the Civil Space Organization, ensuring alignment with broader business goals
• Oversee program budgets ranging from $1M to $10M and maintaining accountability for high-visibility projects within the civil space portfolio
• Lead cross-functional teams of 15-30+ professionals, coordinating efforts across multiple complex projects focused on advancing civil space initiatives
• Establish and maintain project governance structures, processes, and success metrics to ensure effective oversight and delivery of Civil Space Organization projects
• Drive strategic alignment by bridging the gap between executive leadership's vision and the tactical execution of civil space programs
• Proactively identify and mitigate project-level risks while managing interdependencies across different projects within the civil space domain
• Facilitate clear and consistent communication with stakeholders, including executive leadership, through detailed reporting on program progress, challenges, and milestones
• Lead organizational change management efforts to ensure smooth adoption of new processes, technologies, and strategies across Civil Space Organization business units
• Optimize resource allocation and capacity planning to effectively manage project portfolios and meet the evolving demands of the civil space program
• Ensure all projects comply with quality assurance gates to maintain the highest levels of operational and delivery excellence
• Travel approximately 10%

Qualifications You Must Have

What We Offer

Learn More & Apply Now! Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military, and government customers complete their most complex missions whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. By joining our team, you'll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today.

Onsite : Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form with our customers and with each other propel us all higher, again and again.

Apply now and be part of the team that's redefining aerospace, every day.