IT Project Manager II

Blue Canyon Technologies, RTX's small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, is solving some of the toughest challenges in space. Our components and bus platforms have completed missions ranging from very-low Earth orbits to lunar and interplanetary journeys at a fraction of the cost of traditional space systems. We support premier defense, commercial and civil organizations including the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, MIT Lincoln Lab, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Colorado and more. Join our innovative and dynamic company as we build, test and operate the small spacecraft of the future.

Position Purpose: The IT Project Manager II will plan, organize, and drive execution of projects and tasks across the Information Technology organization. This role translates priorities set by system owners and IT leadership into clearly tracked work, coordinates and assigns resources across IT teams to meet delivery timelines, facilitates agile ceremonies, and reports progress and risks to stakeholders.

Title: IT Project Manager II

Position Type: Full Time

Pay Range: $80,000 - $120,000

(Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.)

Location: Lafayette, CO

Job Responsibilities:

• Organizes, tracks, and drives execution of IT projects and agile work items initiated by system owners and other IT leaders, ensuring work is properly scoped, sequenced, and progressing toward completion.
• Assigns and coordinates resources across the IT organization to meet project timelines and priorities, partnering with People Managers and system owners to balance workload.
• Facilitates daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and other agile ceremonies to maintain team alignment and momentum.
• Tracks and reports project status, risks, and progress to system owners, IT leadership, and other stakeholders.
• Maintains project documentation, backlogs, and tracking tools (e.g., Jira) to ensure visibility into work in progress.
• Identifies and helps resolve scheduling conflicts, resource constraints, and process bottlenecks that could impact delivery timelines.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.
  

Required Qualifications/Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Project Management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years of professional IT experience, with a solid working knowledge of IT systems, operations, and terminology.
• Project management or Scrum Master certification (e.g., CAPM, PMI-ACP, or Certified ScrumMaster) or equivalent coursework in project management/Agile methodologies; certification in progress will be considered.
• Working knowledge of Agile/Scrum practices and project tracking tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project).
• Strong organizational, facilitation, and communication skills, with the ability to coordinate work across multiple technical teams and disciplines.
• Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education.

Working Conditions:

This job operates in a professional office environment, but in a manufacturing company. This role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, filing cabinets and fax machines. BCT anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted.  However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require BCT to shorten or extend the application window.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time. The employee is occasionally required to stand, bend, reach, and walk. The position requires some light physical effort. This would require the ability to lift or move objects up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move objects up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities are required by this job which includes close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Blue Canyon Technologies is a drug-free workplace and an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected factor. Colorado Residents:  In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation.  You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.  Blue Canyon Technologies is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact Melissa Po at
[email protected].

We recommend applying directly via the Blue Canyon Technologies website, careers page: 
https://www.bluecanyontech.com/careers