Job Description Summary

Job Description

Job Title

Senior Security Manager

Company Intro/About GE Aerospace

GE Aerospace is a global aerospace leader advancing the future of flight through innovative technologies services and solutions for commercial and defense customers. We are committed to delivering advanced safety-critical products and services while upholding the highest standards of integrity compliance and operational excellence.

Site Business OR Functional Area Overview

This role supports GE Aerospace security operations across assigned businesses programs and facilities with primary location inGrand Rapids MIand additional location inClearwater FL. The position sits within theBusiness Securityfunction and plays a key role in enabling the secure delivery of advanced aerospace and defense work including programs involving controlled or classified information where applicable.

Role Overview

The Senior Security Manager leads an integrated security organization responsible for the end-to-end security posture of assigned businesses programs and facilities. This includes oversight offacility and physical securityControlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and classified contract securitycleared personnel security andExport/ITAR coordinationin partnership with Export Compliance.

This role requires a collaborative and experienced leader with strong business acumen deep knowledge of security and regulatory frameworks and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced high-consequence environment. The individual in this position will influence strategy guide policy implementation and partner across functions to ensure alignment on risk incidents and performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development implementation and monitoring of a comprehensive security and risk management strategy for assigned businesses and sites.
• Oversee the full security posture for facilities programs and operations including physical security classified security CUI protection and personnel security.
• Partner closely with senior business executives program management engineering IT supply chain quality legal and customers to ensure strong alignment and transparency on security risks and performance.
• Coordinate export control and ITAR-related security activities in conjunction with Export Compliance.
• Ensure compliance with applicable U.S. Government regulations international regulations and customer security requirements.
• Align security teams around common lean practices standard work unified processes tools and metrics including KPIs and KRIs in support of the Classified Security enterprise model.
• Support the development and management of security and risk budgets aligned with business growth program milestones and enterprise objectives.
• Serve as a key interface with U.S. Government security offices civil aviation authorities where applicable and customers to ensure alignment of security messaging and posture.
• Use sound judgment to make decisions on complex issues affecting the function and provide recommendations beyond established parameters when needed.
• Lead teams and projects influence stakeholders and help shape strategy and policy within the security function.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree from an accredited university or college and a minimum of10 years of professional experience; or aHigh School Diploma/GEDwith significant relevant experience.
• Minimum10 years of experiencein security risk or compliance supporting complex industrial aerospace defense or high-tech programs.
• Working knowledge of relevant regulations and frameworks including:
  • NISPOM / 32 CFR Part 117
  • Export control regulations (ITAR/EAR)
  • NIST cybersecurity frameworks
  • JSIG / RMF
  • Customer and aviation-related security requirements
• Experience supporting U.S. Government classified programs and/or global regulatory environments is strongly preferred.
• Active security clearanceis strongly preferred for roles supporting classified programs up to theTS/SCIlevel.

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs and projects
• Ability to document plan communicate and execute programs effectively
• Established project management skills

Closing

At GE Aerospace we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that values diversity and empowers employees to thrive. This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore for applicants who are not asylees refugees lawful permanent residents or U.S. Citizens (i.e. not a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) otherwise known as a U.S. Person) final offers will be contingent on the ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident U.S. Citizen have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e. a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

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