As a Senior IT Project Management Specialist, you will lead complex IT initiatives from conception through execution, ensuring alignment with business objectives and enterprise strategy. You will work across Finance, Vendors, and multiple internal and external teams, taking end‑to‑end ownership of delivery, governance, and outcomes.
This role requires strong decision‑making, problem‑solving, and stakeholder leadership, with the ability to bring the right people together, drive clarity, and resolve delivery challenges in a fast‑paced, matrixed environment.
ResponsibilitiesKey Responsibilities
Project & Program Execution
- Lead the planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery of medium to large‑scale IT projects, ensuring adherence to scope, schedule, budget, and quality commitments.
- Drive execution by coordinating multiple internal teams (IT, Finance, Business, Architecture, Security, Operations) and external partners/vendors to ensure seamless project delivery.
- Ensure consistent application of project management methodologies, governance, and compliance standards across all initiatives.
Financial & Vendor Management
- Own project financial management, including budgeting, forecasting, cost tracking, and variance analysis and working with Finance team
- Manage vendor relationships, including onboarding, scope alignment, performance tracking, financial governance, and issue resolution.
- Ensure effective utilization of internal and external resources while maintaining financial discipline and transparency.
- Should have experience in managing the Projects in the tool like JIRA / ITPPM etc.,
Leadership, Decision‑Making & Governance
- Act as a decision‑maker and delivery leader, proactively identifying risks, dependencies, and roadblocks.
- Bring the right stakeholders to the right forum to enable timely decisions, escalations, and resolution of complex issues.
- Lead governance forums, project reviews, and steering discussions with senior stakeholders to maintain alignment and momentum.
Problem Solving & Risk Management
- Demonstrate strong problem‑solving skills, independently analyzing complex situations, evaluating options, and driving practical, outcome‑focused solutions.
- Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks; escalate issues with clear recommendations and action plans.
- Drive continuous improvement by applying lessons learned and best practices across projects and teams.
Team Leadership & Collaboration
- Lead and mentor IT project managers and specialists, providing guidance, coaching, and support for professional growth.
- Foster a collaborative, accountable, and execution‑focused culture across cross‑functional and geographically distributed teams.
- Serve as a subject matter expert in IT project management, providing thought leadership and best practices to stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
- 5 to 7 years of experience in IT Project Management.
- At least 3 years in a leadership or project management role.
Proven experience managing:
- Project financials and budgets
- External vendors and partners
- Multiple internal and external teams in a matrix organization
Demonstrated ability to make data‑driven decisions, influence stakeholders, and resolve complex delivery challenges.
Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills.
Key Competencies
IT Project & Program Management
Financial & Cost Management
Vendor & Partner Management
Cross‑Functional Leadership
Decision‑Making & Stakeholder Influence
Risk Management & Problem Solving
Governance & Execution Discipline
Skills Required
- 5 to 7 years of experience in IT Project Management
- At least 3 years in a leadership or project management role
- Experience managing project financials and budgets
- Experience managing external vendors and partners
- Experience coordinating multiple internal and external teams in a matrix organization
- Experience using project tools such as JIRA and ITPPM
- Demonstrated ability to make data-driven decisions and influence stakeholders
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
The Aerospace Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about The Aerospace Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by The Aerospace Corporation.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) plan provides a company‑paid contribution of 8–12% based on years of service with immediate eligibility and vesting, and eligible employees can access retiree medical benefits.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off includes 15 vacation days (rising to 20 after five years), nine paid holidays, and unlimited sick time for exempt employees with accruals for non‑exempt staff.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible work models include a 9/80 schedule with alternating Fridays off, supported by backup care services, an EAP, relocation assistance, and home‑office stipends where applicable.
The Aerospace Corporation Insights
What We Do
The space enterprise has been transformed by rapid change and growth. New vehicles for national security space, a more rapid launch cadence, proliferated satellite constellations, the pursuit of interplanetary exploration, and thriving commercial ventures are changing the nature of the space industry. The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) is a leading architect for U.S. space programs, shaping efforts to outpace threats to our national security while cultivating the technologies needed to further this new era of space commercialization and exploration. Aerospace works across the space enterprise in service of the public interest. In addition to supporting the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community, our customers include NASA, NOAA, numerous federal agencies, and commercial space — all of whom benefit from our deep technical knowledge. We only pursue business related to the space mission and complementary fields, operating as the nation’s trusted partner to solve the toughest challenges and develop reliable and innovative technologies. Innovation in space occurs when people have the freedom to imagine and do. At Aerospace, we take pride in our readiness to solve some of the most complex challenges in the space enterprise.
Why Work With Us
We are a non-profit corporation chartered by the government to work on the hardest problems in space. We employ technical experts in every discipline of space-related science and engineering who touch every part of the US space program. Come join us as we make an impact bigger than ourselves.
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