IT Project & Portfolio Manager

Job Description What’s it like working for a company where your project decisions directly support national security missions? At BAE Systems, meaningful work, collaboration, and continuous growth come together to help our customers deliver critical capabilities with confidence.

As an IT Project & Portfolio Manager, you will lead technology projects and manage a portfolio of IT capabilities from requirements and acquisition through delivery, sustainment, and continual improvement. This role integrates project management, IT investment planning, cybersecurity, supply-chain risk management, service management, and lifecycle cost oversight to ensure investments remain aligned with mission and enterprise priorities.

This position is designated as a DoD Cyber Workforce Framework (DCWF) cyber workforce role aligned to Work Role 802 (IT Project Manager) and Work Role 804 (IT Investment/Portfolio Manager). The successful candidate will apply cybersecurity and risk-management considerations throughout project, acquisition, contracting, cloud, supplier, and service-management activities while supporting classified and mission-critical environments.

In this job, you will:
- Plan, organize, schedule, and execute concurrent IT projects and portfolio initiatives, maintaining scope, cost, schedule, quality, risk, dependencies, and performance measures aligned with enterprise mission objectives.
- Translate mission needs and requirements into prioritized IT investments, acquisition strategies, lifecycle plans, and measurable outcomes; recommend improvements, upgrades, and business-process solutions.
- Lead project and portfolio governance activities, including resource planning, budgeting, contracting, lifecycle cost estimates, corrective actions, and executive-level reporting.
- Integrate cybersecurity, network, system, cloud, performance, and supply-chain security requirements into project plans, acquisition packages, statements of work, service agreements, and acceptance criteria.
- Evaluate procurement and supplier activities for information-security and supply-chain risk; assess supplier/product trustworthiness and support acquisition decisions throughout the procurement lifecycle.
- Develop and monitor risk, compliance, and assurance measures, including RMF-informed risk analysis, threat assessment, mitigation planning, audit support, and documentation of supply-chain risks for critical system elements.
- Coordinate and service end-to-end IT service delivery with internal process owners, service managers, product owners, customers, vendors, and cybersecurity stakeholders; help define operating-level agreements, SLAs, and underpinning contracts.
- Review service and project performance data, customer feedback, issues, variances, and corrective actions to drive continual improvement and ensure required outcomes are achieved.
- Apply enterprise architecture, system lifecycle, networking, cloud-service, and cloud-deployment concepts when evaluating solution options across on-premises, private, public, and hybrid environments.
- Support continuity, resilience, and operational planning by incorporating enterprise cybersecurity and supply-chain risk-management considerations into project and portfolio decisions.
- Navigate applicable laws, regulations, policies, standards, ethics, and import/export considerations affecting cybersecurity technologies, cryptography, acquisition, and supply-chain risk.
- Communicate effectively with technical teams, business leaders, customers, contracting personnel, security professionals, and senior stakeholders to resolve conflicts, establish priorities, and sustain mission alignment.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, Business, Project Management, or a related field, plus relevant professional experience managing complex IT projects, programs, or investment portfolios; equivalent military or additional directly relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree requirements.
- Demonstrated experience managing IT projects across the full lifecycle, including requirements analysis, planning, scheduling, cost/budget management, resource allocation, risk management, performance measurement, stakeholder coordination, and delivery of IT services or products.
- Working knowledge of enterprise IT goals, IT architecture concepts and frameworks, system lifecycle management, service-management concepts, networking fundamentals, and cloud service/deployment models (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS; public, private, hybrid, and on-premises).
- Working knowledge of cybersecurity principles, cyber threats and vulnerabilities, operational impacts of cybersecurity lapses, and risk-management processes, with the ability to integrate security practices throughout project and acquisition activities.
- Experience supporting IT acquisition/procurement activities and ensuring cybersecurity, supply-chain, network, system, performance, and operational-security requirements are addressed in acquisition packages, outsourcing arrangements, contracts, and deliverables.
- Knowledge of supply-chain risk-management standards, policies, processes, and practices, with the ability to evaluate supplier/product trustworthiness and assess procurement effectiveness in addressing information-security and supply-chain risks.
- Ability to develop and use measures for project, system, service, risk, compliance, and assurance performance; analyze variances; initiate corrective action; and communicate status, issues, and recommendations to decision-makers.
- Experience coordinating with IT process owners and ability to service stakeholders and define service expectations, operating-level agreements, SLAs, performance reporting, customer feedback, and continual-improvement actions.
- Knowledge of applicable cybersecurity laws, regulations, policies, standards, and ethical requirements, with sound judgment in resolving conflicting requirements and escalating risk appropriately.
- Strong written and verbal communication, facilitation, negotiation, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work across technical, acquisition, contracting, cybersecurity, and mission organizations.
- Ability to obtain and maintain the security clearance required for the assigned program; current SECRET clearance is strongly preferred for classified program support.
- Must meet DoD 8140.03 qualification requirements for the assigned DCWF work role(s) within the timeframe established by the program or customer.
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
- Project Management Professional (PMP), Program Management Professional (PgMP), PMI-ACP, Certified ScrumMaster, or comparable project/program management credential.
- ITIL Foundation or higher, DAU acquisition training, FAC-P/PM or equivalent acquisition/program management education, or demonstrated experience working within federal/DoD acquisition environments.
- Experience managing and executing an IT investment portfolio, technology roadmap, capital-planning process, lifecycle cost estimate, or portfolio prioritization process that balances mission value, risk, cost, schedule, cybersecurity, and resource constraints.
- Experience with DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF), security authorization processes, compliance/assurance metrics, or collaboration with ISSMs, ISSOs, security control assessors, network/security engineers, and cyber operations teams.
- Experience drafting or reviewing cybersecurity and supply-chain risk-management documentation, acquisition requirements, contract language, statements of work, SLAs/OLAs, and acceptance criteria.
- Knowledge of organizational process improvement and maturity models such as CMMI, and experience applying continual-improvement methods to project, procurement, or IT-service delivery.
- Experience with current and emerging cyber technologies and the ability to evaluate solution alternatives, technology trends, research, industry capabilities, and external technical expertise from government, academia, research centers, or industry.
- Knowledge of import/export control requirements affecting cryptography, cybersecurity technologies, systems, and software, including the ability to support acquisition or import/export reviews when required.
- Experience supporting classified networks, National Security Systems, SIPRNET-connected environments, or other high-assurance DoD/federal IT environments.
- Advanced degree in a related discipline and/or experience leading multi-disciplinary teams, budgets, staffing, contracting, audits, or executive governance reviews.

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $79365 - $134921

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems, Inc. BAE Systems, Inc. is a defense, aerospace, and security company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, with more than 40,000 employees worldwide. We serve, supply, and protect those who protect us. As one of the most geographically diverse international defense companies, we deliver a full range of products and services spanning air, land, maritime, space, and cyber, including advanced electronics, intelligence solutions, and dedicated customer support.

Our culture is performance-driven and values-led, built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. Purpose isn't a tagline here. It's what drives us. We're developing breakthrough technologies that defend national security and make a lasting impact on our communities and our planet. When you join BAE Systems, you're not just building a career. You're contributing to a mission that truly matters.

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.