Digital Technologies Associate Director - Program Manager

RTX • Clovis, CA

1d • 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 Enterprise Services (ES) is looking for a Digital Technologies (DT) Associate Director - Program Manager (PM) to join our ES Applications Value Management Office (VMO). We transitioned to a VMO to highlight our enhanced focus on multi-mode value delivery, including traditional project management, Agile product delivery, and operational/program financial analysis services. This role is a traditional PM but expected to lean into Agile delivery increasingly in the future. This role will focus on the largest and most complex programs in our portfolio. Our VMO is part of an enterprise shared services organization and is responsible for leading significant business technology programs that reach across the company. Our programs primarily focus on application development, enhancements, and modernization. Many are SaaS software implementations & customizations. We also execute infrastructure programs and business process improvements with a digital slant. Our PMs are delivery professionals who enable teams to perform to their highest potential. What you will do Lead & drive our largest and most complex DT programs, showing up with an entrepreneurial sense of urgency and ownership, as if you were investing your own money in the program’s results. Understand and support the Strategic Vision of the organization and ensure strategic alignment as a trusted advisor. Foster trust and cultivate a collaborative partnership with digital and functional executive sponsors, ensuring a deep understanding of their strategic priorities & perspectives to drive alignment and shared success. Ability to seamlessly navigate the political landscape amongst senior leaders in the function and DT. Oversee all the normal PM fundamentals: project schedule, key decisions, resources, financials, requirements, issues, risks, dependencies. Drive the program’s delivery cadence and maintain momentum and accountability, blending agile & waterfall techniques as needed. Continuously demonstrate progress, provide status reports/briefings. Create compelling materials to effectively communicate with senior/executive leaders the value delivery story for the program. Efficiently shepherd your programs through our phase-gated project governance framework. Maintain the team’s focus on critical cyber, architecture, and compliance artifacts and secure relevant approvals at each gate. With grit and tenacity, attack complex issues and challenges for your program. You will need to initiate and skillfully navigate tactful executive escalations to drive critical decisions while preserving trust, maintaining relationships, and fostering a constructive path forward. In addition to delivering exceptional results on your assigned program, you’ll participate in efforts to continuously enhance and mature our PM services while evolving our value management capabilities. Ability to travel ~20% within US

Requirements

• Typically a university degree and 12 years prior relevant experience OR an Advanced Degree in related field and minimum 10 years of experience OR an absence of a degree, 15+ years of relevant experience is required
• 8+ years of experience with program management oversight of DT software development or infrastructure initiatives.
• Proven experience managing large scale programs involving complex enterprise systems, such as ERP, Payroll, Data Repository, or Engineering systems.
• Demonstrated ability to interface and collaborate with concurrent Enterprise programs, managing dependencies, resources, and schedule.
• 3+ years of experience building and managing schedules in MS Project.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a government and/or large, complex corporate/industrial environment.
• Expert in creating visually appealing, executive-level PowerPoint presentations.
• Experience developing & managing financial business cases & cost/benefit analyses for DT programs.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft applications (MS Project add-ins/extensions, Excel pivots/analysis, SharePoint advance features, etc.)
• Experience with integrating multiple project methodologies including waterfall & Agile frameworks like SAFe with SAFe or similar agile certifications and Project Management certification (PMP, etc.)
• Role model in exhibiting and intentionally developing leadership behaviors in yourself & others by Driving Results, Instilling Trust, Collaborating and Communicating Effectively, maintaining Customer Focus and demonstrating Courage and Strategic Vision.

Responsibilities

• Lead & drive our largest and most complex DT programs, showing up with an entrepreneurial sense of urgency and ownership, as if you were investing your own money in the program’s results.
• Understand and support the Strategic Vision of the organization and ensure strategic alignment as a trusted advisor.
• Foster trust and cultivate a collaborative partnership with digital and functional executive sponsors, ensuring a deep understanding of their strategic priorities & perspectives to drive alignment and shared success.
• Ability to seamlessly navigate the political landscape amongst senior leaders in the function and DT.
• Oversee all the normal PM fundamentals: project schedule, key decisions, resources, financials, requirements, issues, risks, dependencies.
• Drive the program’s delivery cadence and maintain momentum and accountability, blending agile & waterfall techniques as needed.
• Continuously demonstrate progress, provide status reports/briefings.
• Create compelling materials to effectively communicate with senior/executive leaders the value delivery story for the program.
• Efficiently shepherd your programs through our phase-gated project governance framework.
• Maintain the team’s focus on critical cyber, architecture, and compliance artifacts and secure relevant approvals at each gate.
• With grit and tenacity, attack complex issues and challenges for your program. You will need to initiate and skillfully navigate tactful executive escalations to drive critical decisions while preserving trust, maintaining relationships, and fostering a constructive path forward.
• In addition to delivering exceptional results on your assigned program, you’ll participate in efforts to continuously enhance and mature our PM services while evolving our value management capabilities.
• Ability to travel ~20% within US

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: Mid Level