Director, HR Employee Partner

RTX • Tucson, AZ

3d • Onsite

About The Position

At RTX, the world largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense. We are seeking an accomplished Director, HR Employee Partner to support an Engineering discipline of more than 8,000 employees. In this highly visible role, you will work closely with leaders to shape and advance our employee value proposition while driving critical workforce initiatives. You will lead key HR functions and initiatives—including employee relations, workforce strategy, and talent management—to strengthen our culture, enhance organizational capability, and enable operational excellence. The ideal candidate for this role will have prior HR partner experience who can operate as a strategic thought leader, change champion, consultant, and trusted advisor. The Director leads an HR Employee Partner Manager and a team of HR Employee Partners, fostering capability development and consistent delivery of HR excellence across the Engineering discipline. This is an onsite role based at any of the following major Raytheon sites: Tucson, AZ; Aurora, CO; Tewksbury, MA; and McKinney, TX.

Requirements

• Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 14 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 12 years of experience.
• Prior HR partner experience.

Nice To Haves

• Proven ability to collaborate effectively and independently with individuals at all organizational levels, including executives.
• Strong knowledge of applicable federal and state employment and labor laws.
• Excellent communication, presentation, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated change leadership, providing impactful recommendations for optimization.
• Prior experience leading, coaching, and developing a team of HR or Employee partners.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to business leaders and HR business partners, building a strong performance culture, elevating employee engagement, and resolving complex employee matters.
• Lead, coach, and develop the Employee Partner team to ensure consistent, high-quality HR partnership, strong collaboration, and continued growth in HR capabilities.
• Coach and develop leaders to build innovative, high‑performing teams aligned with the RTX People Strategy.
• Lead implementation of employee relations, leadership development, and communication strategies that advance organizational objectives.
• Lead or contribute to organizational assessments, employee surveys, and action planning to enhance engagement, belonging, and performance.
• Oversee and guide complex employee relations matters, ensuring sound judgement, timely resolution while advising leaders on best practices and risk mitigation.
• Drive continuous improvement efforts within the HR Employee Partner function, enhancing operational efficiency, service quality, and alignment with RTX standards and processes.
• Advise on and support workforce strategy efforts, including staffing plans, hiring, succession, capability development, and organizational readiness for evolving engineering needs.
• Model and ensure adherence to RTX values, ethics and compliance standards, and HR policies.
• Use data and insights to identify employee trends and influence leadership decisions.

Benefits

• Our values—Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation—drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world.
• Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates.
• 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