Cyber & Compliance Leader - Connected Digital Products (Remote)

RTX•US-NC-REMOTE, NC

2d•$186,200 - $353,800•Remote

About The Position

The Collins Aerospace Cybersecurity & Compliance team is seeking a self-motivated, experienced professional for a new Connected Aviation Cybersecurity and Compliance Leader (CCL) role. Connected Aviation focuses on providing advanced, integrated solutions that enhance connectivity, efficiency, and safety in the aviation industry, including aircraft connectivity, data management, and communication systems. This role is highly visible within the Cyber Mission Support (CMS) team, serving as a central coordination and influence point for cybersecurity matters. The CCL will interact extensively with executive leadership, IT and engineering teams, legal, compliance, privacy, risk management, internal audit, and business unit leaders, translating cyber risk into business impact, aligning priorities, guiding execution, and resolving issues. Externally, the CCL will communicate with regulators, auditors, customers, partners, and key vendors to articulate the organization’s security posture, address findings, negotiate requirements, and build trust. The CCL acts as a trusted extension of the business CISO, using credibility, expertise, and relationships to persuade stakeholders. They translate cybersecurity strategy and risk into business-relevant terms, enabling leaders to understand trade-offs and adopt security practices. Externally, they represent the organization with regulators, auditors, customers, and partners, shaping expectations and reinforcing trust. This role faces complex, high-impact challenges spanning technology, people, and governance, requiring solutions that balance risk reduction with business speed, modernize security amid legacy systems and resource constraints, and translate regulatory findings into operational improvements. The CCL must navigate organizational resistance, competing priorities, and ambiguity. They are accountable for harmonization and cyber issue resolution across the business, escalating strategically to the business CISO when necessary. The CCL champions Enterprise Services Cybersecurity & Compliance mission adoption and acts as a liaison between business areas and the Cybersecurity & Compliance organization, supporting proactive planning and delivery of cyber and compliance services. The goal is to simplify and tailor the delivery and consumption of Cyber & Compliance services for the business unit to reduce risk.

Requirements

University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 14 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 12 years experience.
One or more industry certifications (i.e. CISSP, CISM, CEH, GEVA, or similar).

Nice To Haves

Experience with SaaS Product Security and Support services.
Strong comprehension of information security practices/frameworks including identifying risks, emerging cyber security threats, and risk mitigation processes.
Demonstrated experience across more than one cybersecurity discipline (e.g., security architecture, compliance, vulnerability management, incident response, application security).
Demonstrated experience in team leadership and ability to lead through influence to drive creation and execution of operational plans and service delivery.
Ability to write succinct briefings, presentations, and reports to convey analysis, trends, strategies and then use effective communication skills to present analytical data and tailor the message to a variety of technical and non-technical audiences.
Strong deductive reasoning, critical thinking, prioritization and follow through with attention to detail while seeking opportunities to innovate and excel.
Ability to effectively lead and inspire cross-functional teams by leveraging influence, fostering collaboration and building consensus to drive cybersecurity initiatives and enhance security posture.
Adept at understanding business strategy, planning, processes, ability to inject cybersecurity into the business through teamwork and influence.
Able to attain and preserve credibility with the team through sustained cyber, digital and/or aerospace & defense industry knowledge.
Adaptive to change and comfortable with navigating complex, evolving organization structures.
Passion in working with customers and functional partners, building strong trust relationships, and championing an inclusive environment that encourages different viewpoints and ideas.
Knowledgeable in Agile development, related concepts, and execution.

Responsibilities

Lead maturity of the Cybersecurity Mission Support service delivery for their specific function, including the development of operational plans, associated processes, and facilitation of all SBU Cybersecurity & Compliance activities.
Serve as a concierge to help functions navigate cyber and compliance services.
Establish risk ownership and accountability within the business line.
Represent the Cybersecurity & Compliance functional services to support alignment of resources, priorities, and support within the functions.
Represent the function’s business needs to help drive appropriate prioritization in Cybersecurity & Compliance.
Identify key stakeholders and actively engage SBU in requirements gathering, translating requirements into action that contributes to high levels of customer satisfaction and proactive planning while being sensitive to SBU business objectives.
Provide SBU requirements for the creation and management of key performance indicators and other relevant metrics to support service delivery success, opportunities for improvement, and understanding of resource commitments.
Regularly provide management-level reporting and updates to demonstrate progress against expected control outcomes, challenges, and agreed-upon standard service level agreements (SLAs).
Provide SBU requirements for the development of innovative cyber solutions and drive implementation of tools, technologies, and automated processes to further enrich service delivery.
Drive best practices and influence cyber-based changes necessary to support the assigned SBU landscape or meet changing mission requirements and performance improvement targets.
Drive change communications between the SBU and DT Cybersecurity organizations for activity that may impact Cyber services or SBU, working to minimize risk, increase visibility, and provide better situational awareness for change across the enterprise.
Represent the Collins Aerospace CISO in cybersecurity and business-related councils or working groups as delegated.
Act as a liaison and subject matter expert (SME) between cybersecurity and the lines of business in the development of appropriate policies, standards, and frameworks.
Partner with Business Relationship Managers (BRMs) and other SBU/function/region-aligned DT leaders to collectively represent DT services to the business.
Leverage RTX CORE (Customer Oriented Results and Excellence) Operating System principles to realize increased innovation and automation where practical.