Associate Director, Enterprise Architect Lead (Applications) (REMOTE)

RTX

20h • Remote

About The Position

RTX Corporation is an Aerospace and Defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 185,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, VA. The following position is to join our RTX Enterprise Services team: RTX has an opening for an Associate Director, Enterprise Architect Lead (Applications) (Associate Director, Enterprise Architecture and Strategy) position. Exciting Opportunity! Support GEC Programs Opportunity for a long-term COE or Architecture career path. Responsible for architecting the digital landscape for organizations within Enterprise Services Digital. Partnership role will be supporting Application Strategy & Transformation organization with the initial focus on supporting critical programs for the Global Ethics & Compliance (GEC) programs. This role will lead all RTX architects (direct reports and not) and architecture efforts for the Global Ethics & Compliance function and any projects required to exit the Deferred Prosecution Agreement. This leader is adept at engaging stakeholders to translate aerospace and defense regulation into business and technology requirements. Success requires the ability to balance the standardization and harmonization of business processes and technology with the flexibility to accommodate operational models across business units. This leader develops roadmaps and solutions that fully address the transformation of infrastructure, cybersecurity, applications, data and analytics capability to maintain superior compliance through digital enablement of key business processes

Requirements

• Minimum of 12+ years’ experience as Enterprise Architect in digital technology arena and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) or related discipline or equivalent combination of related work experience and schooling in lieu of degree.
• Experience supporting aerospace and defense compliance with ITAR, EAR and similar regulatory frameworks.
• Experience architecting system (application solutions and design) and process improvements across a variety of technologies.

Nice To Haves

• Experience architecting ethics & compliance capabilities - unicorn have experience capability across enterprise; part of solution (Sourcing)
• Experience architecting information systems using formal security and compliance assessment frameworks.
• Experience leading federated architecture (leading from center influencing BU implementations) efforts across operating units and global regions.
• Ability to travel 5-10%

Responsibilities

• Design systems that accommodate varying regulatory environments and trade practices specific to each unit’s regions, customer’s and operating environment.
• Implement unified approaches for data governance, compliance, and security across all operating units, ensuring compliance with EAR, ITAR, FCPA, TINA, etc.
• Leads all areas of responsibility effectively in multiple contexts, including executive influence, organizational change management, architecture processes and governance, and supervision of direct reporting organization.
• Establish a federated architecture framework and system specific architectures to ensure each business unit’s unique GEC needs are addressed while maintaining a unified corporate architecture.
• Work with executives and stakeholders from all business units to align GEC initiatives with corporate-wide goals and each unit’s objectives, ensuring the architecture supports shared services and unit-specific needs.
• Define a unified roadmap for GEC technology transformations that compliments other significant enterprise strategies (e.g. cloud and ERP) and realizes a oneRTX vision for future systems and services.
• Leverages technology strategically, especially GEC solutions, automation, analytics and AI, to simplify compliance, improve employee experience and prevent escapes.
• Vet and select trade and compliance tools that can operate in different environments, ensuring scalability and interoperability across units, to include evaluation of current technologies employed by all units.
• Collaborates across Business Units and Functions to maintain a culture of compliance, best practice and innovation.

Benefits

• Whether you’re just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs.
• Some of the benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance and child/adult backup care.
• Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, 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.
• Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
• Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
• Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees