Lead, IT Infrastructure and Security Project/Portfolio Manager

Rocketdyne is seeking a Lead, IT Infrastructure and Security Project/Portfolio Manager to lead an assigned IT program and its projects from planning through closure, coordinating cross-functional teams, dependencies, budgets, risks, and business outcomes. During delivery, establish the planning and governance foundations for an ongoing technology portfolio. Following formal program closure and an approved transfer of responsibilities, transition to IT Portfolio Manager, aligning investments, programs, projects, and related operational activities with business and IT strategy.

Key Responsibilities

Specialization

• Infrastructure, Operations, and Security: Coordinate infrastructure, cloud, network, operational, and cybersecurity initiatives, including migrations, cutovers, recovery, and service readiness.
• Balance lifecycle renewal, sustainment, resilience, and security investments using service criticality, reliability, risk reduction, and total cost of ownership.

Project and Program Delivery

• Maintain integrated plans, roadmaps, budgets, resource forecasts, milestones, and success criteria; manage assigned projects through closure.
• Coordinate project managers, technical teams, sponsors, and service owners to align scope, architecture, dependencies, and expected benefits.
• Manage delivery performance, risks, issues, and changes; provide accurate forecasts and decision-ready governance reporting.
• Coordinate security, privacy, compliance, technical reviews, adoption, training, operational readiness, and support handoffs.

Portfolio Establishment and Transition

• Develop the portfolio charter, management plan, intake, prioritization, governance, and reporting processes for approval.
• Partner with Service Area Owners to identify modernization, sustainment, technical debt, security, capability, funding, and resource needs.
• Transfer program knowledge, financials, dependencies, risks, and benefits tracking; complete closure and lessons learned.
• Secure approval of the portfolio assignment, delegated authority, decision rights, and reporting relationships.

Ongoing Portfolio Management

• Translate strategy into a prioritized portfolio; maintain its roadmap, component inventory, and management plans.
• Evaluate investments for strategic alignment, value, feasibility, cost, dependencies, and risk; recommend authorization, sequencing, reprioritization, modification, suspension, or termination.
• Balance demand with capacity and operational commitments; manage budgets and forecasts with Finance and technology leaders.
• Monitor aggregate performance, benefits sustainment, and portfolio-wide risks; support executive engagement, transparent decisions, and continuous optimization.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated management of complex, cross-functional IT projects/programs.
• Proficiency in governance, financial and resource planning, risk, change control, benefits realization, and delivery tools.
• Working knowledge of the selected specialization, strong executive communication and influence, and strategic portfolio-level thinking.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP/PgMP; PfMP or demonstrated portfolio-management development.
• Experience in business cases, prioritization, capacity planning, and portfolio governance.
• Relevant technology or ITIL credentials.