Posting/External Job Title
Project Delivery and Portfolio Manager
Location
Schriever Space Force Base, CO 80930 US (Primary)
Remote/Onsite/Hybrid
100% Onsite
Job Type
Full-time
# of Hires Needed
1
Education
None
Travel
Up to 10%
Security Clearance Required
Secret
Pay Range (All offers will be based on experience)
$133,000 - $173,000/yr.
Position Introduction/Key Duties
Cimarron is seeking a
Project Delivery and Portfolio Manager to support the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on the Integrated Research and Development for Enterprise Solutions (IRES) contract at Schriever Space Force Base in the Colorado Springs, CO area.
Key Duties:- Be a working lead, managing their share of the projects, along with the PjM team
- Directly oversee, mentor, and lead the team of MDSEA Project Managers (PjMs) while serving as the direct manager for the Release Train Engineer (RTE), providing support and guidance while empowering the RTE to independently own, execute, and facilitate Agile
- Release Train (ART) operations, Release Train Board (RTB) cadences, and continuous flow.
- Conduct recurring performance evaluations, routine one-on-one check-ins, and ongoing professional development for team members, establishing training plans, providing functional guidance, and fostering continuous skill growth across the project delivery team.
- Serve as the Control Account Manager (CAM) for baseline portfolio management labor, managing Documentation requirements and Individual Work Authorizations Documents (iWADs), budget planning, auditing timecard charging accuracy, and conducting monthly Cost and Schedule Variance analyses.
- Support the timely development, review, and submittal of recurring monthly program deliverables, including Task Order Status Reports (TOSR), and applicable Service
- Summary Item metrics, and executive status briefings.
- Ensure schedule compliance and governance across MDSEA efforts, partnering with and actively supporting the RTE who maintains the MDSEA program roadmap, and milestones across the MDSEA enterprise.
- Oversee and support project teams through the project lifecycle, ensuring adherence to scope, cost, schedule, and quality standards established by the Task Order.
- Oversee the intake, evaluation, and execution of new project requests, Technical Direction
- Letters (TDLs) and Task Change Requests (TCRs) using MDSEA enterprise workflow tools.
- Support and oversee the proper development of Statements of Work (SOWs), Basis of
- Estimates (BOEs), and project Bills of Materials (pBOM), ensuring adherence to contractual process controls.
- Partner with and actively support the MDSEA Risk , Issue, and Opportunity process across the portfolio, ensuring project teams identify and track mitigation strategies, participate in MDSEA risk reviews, and escalate critical blockers to Task Order leadership.
- Facilitate, lead, or ensure representation at mandatory project and engineering milestone boards.
- Foster close collaboration between functional teams, mission customers, establishing comprehensive communication plans and maintaining transparent stakeholder engagement.
- Demonstrate multi-disciplinary leadership by bridging operational and technical gaps across engineering domains to maintain effective and efficient mission operations.
- Provide regular leadership pass-downs and strategic alignment to the Project Manager and RTE functions, serving as the team's primary representative to upper management and ensuring the team has the necessary leadership backing, resources, and barrier removal to execute their duties.
Required/Desired Skills, Experience, and Education
Required Skills, Experience, and Education:- Due to facility security requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for consideration at the time.
- This position requires access to federal facilities. Candidates must possess a valid, unexpired Real ID-compliant driver's license or state-issued identification card at the time of hire. If you are unsure whether your ID is Real ID-compliant, please check for the star symbol in the upper portion of your driver's license or state ID.
- Active Secret Clearance.
- 10 or more years of full-time work experience.
- May be reduced with completion of advanced education.
- 5 or more years of directly related experience.
- 6 or more months of experience working in a management or leadership role.
- Direct experience in a project management leadership or senior project management role.
- Established experience in a general leadership, team lead, or supervisory role, with demonstrated ability to guide, mentor, and support professional staff.
- Experience serving as a Control Account Manager (CAM) with practical knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM), WADs/iWADs, labor charging compliance, and baseline variance analysis.
- Proficiency with enterprise project management and workflow toolsets, such as (but not limited to) MS Project, GitLab (boards and roadmaps), Aspen, Jira, and SharePoint.
- Demonstrated experience overseeing project proposal lifecycles, including BOE generation, pBOM tracking, and contractual change management.
- Established history of effective root cause analysis, complex problem-solving, and supporting risk/issue/opportunity management (RIOM).
- Demonstrate the ability to effectively collaborate across multiple multi-disciplinary teams, coordinating assets and resources to ensure continuous mission capability.
- Experience managing recurring program deliverables, contractual performance metrics (such as Service Summary Items), and delivering formal presentations to leadership.
Desired Skills, Experience, and Education:- Established experience directly leading project managers and collaborating with or managing Agile roles (such as Release Train Engineers or Scrum Masters) within a matrixed enterprise environment.
- Direct experience in a project management leadership or senior project management role supporting Missile Defense Agency (MDA) customers within the IRES contract.
- Direct experience supporting the MDSEA task order (TO 4100) and familiarity with Space Operations and MDSEA enterprise mission integration.
- Possess a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification and/or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certification (e.g., SAFe Agilist, SAFe RTE).
- Familiarity with cross-functional operational methodologies (such as the PIPE process) and continuous improvement workflows.
This position is anticipated to close to applications on October 15, 2026. If the application window is extended, this posting will be updated.
Resumes should list employment dates in month/year format (e.g., January 2020 - March 2024) for each position to meet customer and contract documentation requirements.
