Affordability Program Lead

RTX • Tucson, AZ

1d • $107,500 - $204,500 • Onsite

About The Position

The Strategy & Technology Center is seeking an Affordability Program Lead to oversee and coordinate affordability efforts across Program teams. Affordability is a critical function within Raytheon that ensures systems are designed, produced, and sustained at optimal lifecycle cost while maintaining mission performance and reliability. Because approximately 70–80% of lifecycle cost is determined during early engineering design and system architecture decisions, Affordability plays a central role in influencing engineering, supply chain, production, and sustainment strategies. The Affordability Program Lead partners with Chief Engineers, Program Managers, Supply Chain leadership, Operations, and Finance to ensure that affordability objectives, cost-awareness, and value optimization are embedded throughout the product lifecycle. This is an onsite role located in Tucson, AZ.

Requirements

• Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and a minimum of 8 years prior relevant experience.
• Experience with cost analysis, cost modeling, and/or financial analysis.
• Experience performing quantitative analysis using analytical tools or methods.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
• Active and existing security clearance required after day 1

Nice To Haves

• Active and transferrable Top Secret security clearance
• An advanced degree in engineering or specialized training in modeling, cost analysis, or systems engineering.
• Experience supporting cost trade studies, parametric analysis, or engineering model development.
• Familiarity with TRL/MRL maturity concepts, supply chain cost drivers, or production readiness.
• Exposure to lifecycle cost analysis, sustainment modeling, or operations cost planning.

Responsibilities

• Embed affordability considerations throughout all phases of the Raytheon Lifecycle Program Management (RLPM) framework, from concept development through sustainment
• Collect and organize cross‑functional data, assess cost drivers, and support development of cost models and lifecycle cost analyses.
• Prepare cost impact assessments, scenarios, and affordability materials for trade studies, design reviews, proposals, and internal decision forums.
• Maintain affordability artifacts such as CRI and CRO tracking and ensure accurate, high‑quality inputs from cross‑functional teams.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance is available.
• medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior