Associate Director, HR - Org Effectiveness, Culture & Change Leader (Remote)

RTX • Farmington, CT

3d • Remote

About The Position

The Associate Director, HR - Org Effectiveness, Culture & Change Leader serves as a strategic integrator supporting RTX Operations and Supply Chain HR leadership. This role drives disciplined execution of transformation initiatives while ensuring cultural adoption, workforce readiness, and sustainable change across the enterprise.
The incumbent partners with HRBP, Operations, Supply Chain, HR Communities of Expertise (Talent, Workforce Planning, Learning), and enterprise stakeholders to align workforce strategies with business priorities and provide senior leaders with clear visibility into progress, risks, and interdependencies across major 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; 16 years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• Prior experience leading enterprise HR, workforce, or transformation initiatives.
• Prior project and change management experience.
• Proficient in PowerPoint, Excel, and data analysis.
• Prior experience translating complex data and insights into executive-ready materials.
• Facilitation skills with senior leaders and cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

• PMP, Prosci, or other change management certification.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, factory, or site-based operations in a complex, multi-site enterprise.
• Hands-on experience implementing strategic and operational workforce planning tools and processes.
• Proven success leading workforce planning, organizational design, or culture transformation initiatives.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with executive presence.
• Ability to influence without authority and build trust-based relationships across businesses.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity with sound judgment and bias for action.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end execution of large, enterprise-level HR initiatives supporting Operations, Supply Chain, and factory transformation.
• Establish and maintain project management and change management standards aligned with RTX methodologies.
• Partner with functional leaders to develop integrated project and change plans with clear milestones, dependencies, risks, and outcomes.
• Design and execute change management strategies to support the adoption of new operating models, workforce strategies, and ways of working.
• Assess organizational readiness and cultural implications of major initiatives; proactively identify resistance points and mitigation strategies.
• Reinforce desired leadership behaviors and cultural norms in partnership with business and HR leaders.
• Facilitate leader and team forums, after-action reviews, and feedback loops to support continuous improvement.
• Lead the implementation and enterprise adoption of strategic and operational workforce planning tools.
• Translate business strategy, production plans, and demand signals into scalable workforce planning models and tools.
• Partner with HR COEs, Operations, Finance, and DT to integrate workforce planning with related enterprise systems and processes.
• Build leader capability in using workforce planning tools and data for decision-making and operational planning cycles.
• Monitor adoption, data quality, and effectiveness; provide insights and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Support enterprise-wide projects impacting factories, including workforce strategies, labor modeling, skills transformation, and operating model changes.
• Facilitate consistent change management, communications, and adoption strategies across sites while addressing site-specific needs.
• Track workforce readiness, risks, and dependencies, providing enterprise visibility to leadership
• Serve as a central coordination point across HR, Operations, and Supply Chain teams to optimize decision-making and information flow.
• Track key decisions, actions, and outcomes; ensure follow-ups are executed, and leaders have a clear pulse on progress and sentiment.
• Coach functional leaders on framing workforce and change proposals for executive and enterprise audiences.

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: Mid Level