Associate Director, Hosting Delivery Leader

RTX • Farmington, CT

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a strategic and results-driven Associate Director – Hosting Transformation Delivery to lead our organization’s efforts in modernizing and optimizing datacenter and public cloud hosting services. This role will oversee complex transformation initiatives, including migration to cloud platforms, datacenter consolidations, and infrastructure modernization efforts. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in IT infrastructure, project leadership, vendor management, and organizational change within enterprise environments. This person will leverage subject matter expertise, business acumen, financial analysis, and other competencies to develop business case for transformational initiatives. The individual will work with senior leadership, business units, program / project managers, engineering teams, operations, vendors, and MSPs to execute critical initiatives.

Requirements

• Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years experience
• 12+ years of progressive experience in IT infrastructure, with at least 10 years in a leadership role managing datacenter and hosting environments

Nice To Haves

• Proven experience leading large-scale data center transformation or migration projects, including public/private/hybrid cloud implementations (e.g., AWS, Azure, Datacenter)
• Demonstrated ability to manage budgets, contracts, and vendor performance effectively
• Experience working in Aerospace & Defense industry
• Deep understanding of traditional and modern hosting models, virtualization, networking, and storage technologies
• Strong program management skills with demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-year programs across global or distributed organizations
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence executive leadership

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of hosting transformation initiatives, including cloud migrations, hybrid infrastructure deployment, and hosting platform modernization
• Manage project risks, issues/problems, and activity progress to ensure project goals (e.g., deadline, scope, and quality) are achieved
• Assign and monitor work of project team, providing technical and analytical support and direction
• Serve as the liaison between DT leadership, business units, operations teams, and external vendors/partners to deliver strategic initiatives
• Recommend additional transformation opportunities based on observations of program deliver, engagement with stakeholders, and continuous improvement opportunities
• Manage third-party service providers, including service delivery, and performance metrics
• Ensure all transformation efforts comply with relevant regulatory, security, and operational standards
• Develop and manage budgets related to hosting transformation programs, ensuring cost optimization and ROI
• Drive organizational change by aligning people, process, and technology throughout the transformation lifecycle
• Build, lead and mentor a high-performing team of hosting professionals, architects, and engineers focused on delivering infrastructure transformation projects

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.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

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