Technology Project Manager
Dallas, TX - USA
Job Summary
Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.
GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry were inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. Were proud to play a part in protecting the worlds democracies. And were committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do opening up and protecting our planet.With over 16000 employees across 32 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the worlds aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of 3.6bn in 2025. There are no limits to where you can take your career.
We are seeking an early career Technology Project Manager to support the planning coordination and successful delivery of technology-focused projects. This role is ideal for an early-career professional who is organized technically curious comfortable working with multiple stakeholders and interested in developing a career in technology project management.
The Technology Project Manager will work alongside Research and Development technical teams business stakeholders vendors and project leaders to coordinate activities track milestones manage project documentation identify risks and help ensure projects are delivered according to agreed scope schedule and objectives.
- Help translate business requirements into clear project activities and deliverables.
- Work with engineers developers infrastructure teams vendors and other technical subject-matter experts to plan and coordinate technology projects and proposals from initiation through completion.
- Develop and maintain project schedules milestones task lists and status reports.
- Track project deliverables dependencies risks issues and action items. Prepare concise project updates for stakeholders and leadership.
- Manage changes to the project scope project schedule value and project costs using appropriate verification techniques
- Actively assess risk profile and determine effective mitigation plans to minimize project risks
- Communicate project status upcoming milestones blockers and dependencies clearly including managing communication with internal and external stakeholders. Escalate issues to management as needed
- Develop resource needs availability and allocation based on project scope.
- Coordinate activities across technical teams business stakeholders and third-party vendors.
- Facilitate project meetings and document decisions actions owners and due dates.
- Follow up with stakeholders to ensure commitments and project milestones remain on track.
- Measure and analyze project performance using appropriate tools and techniques and define recovery plans where deviations to plan so demand.
- Help ensure project documentation is organized current and accessible to appropriate stakeholders.
- Participate in project retrospectives and capture lessons learned.
- Develop a working understanding of the technologies associated with assigned projects.
- Support technology deployments upgrades system implementations lab initiatives proof-of-concept projects and other technical programs.
- Assist with implementation readiness and project closeout activities as applicable
- Bachelors degree in engineering or a related field or equivalent relevant education/experience.
- 2 - 5 years of professional internship co-op military or comparable experience.
- Comfortable working in an R&D environment where results are unpredictable.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple activities and priorities simultaneously.
- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving ability.
- Comfortable collaborating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Working knowledge of productivity tools such as Microsoft Excel PowerPoint Word Teams and Outlook.
- Working knowledge of project management tools such as Microsoft Planner Microsoft Project Azure DevOps Jira or similar platforms.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen due to U.S. export control regulations and the need to access information subject to ITAR requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with Agile Scrum Waterfall or hybrid project-management methodologies.
- Basic understanding of one or more technology areas such as Metal Additive Manufacturing Robotics AI and automation.
- Familiar with managing U.S. Government technical contracts.
- Interest in Additive Manufacturing automation and robotics manufacturing technology and a willingness to learn new platforms systems and technical concepts.
Well offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry who knows how far you can go
A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working
Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles weve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. Its a culture that won us The Best Workplace Culture Award. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.
Were also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.
We arethe place where human dreams plus humanendeavour shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.
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About Company
GKN Aerospace is a global engineering group that make essential components for industries that touch lives across the globe