HR Business Partner - Connected Aviation (CA) & Aftermarket

RTX • Annapolis, MD

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role will serve as the HR Business Partner for Connected Avionics and Aftermarket businesses within the Collins Avionics Strategic Business Unit (SBU). The HR Business Partner is a strategic individual contributor who provides human resources leadership to key business initiatives. This role is responsible for supporting senior leaders to drive the talent agenda, build organizational capability and manage large change and org initiatives to ensure high-performing teams. This is a hybrid position that will be located in either Melbourne, FL or Annapolis, MD.

Requirements

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 14 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 12 years of experience
• Experience as a strategic HR business partner in a manufacturing, aerospace, or defense environment.
• Experience coaching and influencing leaders to elevate their impact.
• Experience driving HR priorities that align with business strategy.
• Experience in a complex, matrixed organization.
• Global HR experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience effectively and clearly conveying information and ideas, both verbally and nonverbally.
• Experience preparing and presenting materials for both executive and non-executive audiences that are clear, engaging, and impactful.
• Drive initiatives to shape and embed organizational culture, influence behavior, and reinforce values to support business ambitions.
• Experience with standard tools and documentation platforms (e.g., Microsoft 365 suite)

Responsibilities

• Drive the talent agenda: Lead the execution of talent strategies across a business segment, ensuring alignment with the Talent COE, broader organizational goals and long-term workforce needs.
• Embed RTX values into HR programs to drive culture, engagement & leadership development.
• Manage change and initiatives: Oversee large-scale organizational effectiveness programs that enhance employee experience, enable high performing teams & drive business results.
• Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to ensure enterprise-level impact.
• Lead organizational design initiatives for multiple business units or functions, ensuring alignment with long-term strategic goals.
• Advise senior leaders on workforce optimization, including role rationalization, succession planning & talent development.
• Partner with finance and business leaders to assess the cost and impact of structural changes.
• Drive engagement, guiding leaders through complex reorganizations while mitigating employee impact.
• Identify & implement initiatives that strengthen organizational capabilities across multiple teams or regions.
• Provide strategic insights on workforce planning, success & leadership development that anticipate future business needs.
• Provide coaching, mentorship and facilitation to cultivate high-performing teams capable of navigating challenges and change.
• Ability to influence and guide business leader decision-making within their business unit.
• Support high-performing teams: Serve as a senior HR advisor to senior business leaders, shaping decisions that impact teams and organizational performance.
• Support leaders with completion of key HR processes for leadership teams.
• Influence leaders to adopt best practices and drive sustainable change.
• Advise leaders on cross-functional team design, enhance team collaboration strategies & drive initiatives to strengthen team engagement & performance.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
• Adoption Assistance
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior