Manager, Strategy

RTX•Mckinney, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

At RTX, the world’s 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 freedom and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense. The successful candidate will support the successful rollout, adoption, and evolution of the OSCLife Digital Transformation suite of capabilities across the Surveillance portfolio of Raytheon factories. Reporting to the Associate Director of OSCLife Deployment & Transformation, this role partners closely with factory teams, operations leadership, supply chain, production control, quality, digital technology, and SAP modernization teams to help improve operational workflows and employee experience through enterprise transformation initiatives. This role is focused on helping transform how work gets done within factory operations by connecting operational needs, digital capabilities, and day-to-day execution. Success in this role requires collaboration skills, operational curiosity, attentiveness to user challenges, and the ability to help organizations move beyond legacy ways of working toward more connected, efficient, and scalable operational processes. We are looking for individuals who enjoy working closely with operational teams, identifying improvement opportunities, driving change across organizations, and helping shape the future operating environment across OSCQ.

Requirements

Typically requires a university degree or equivalent experience and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and minimum 5 years’ experience.
Experience in manufacturing, operations, supply chain, program operations, operational excellence, ERP processes, or transformation-related initiatives.
Experience working with cross-functional and matrixed teams.
Experience with operational improvement, transformation, and improving how teams work.
Experience supporting projects, deployments, process improvements, or operational initiatives preferred.
The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with manufacturing operations, SAP/ERP processes, or enterprise operational platforms preferred.
Relationship-building and collaboration skills.
Operational curiosity and attentiveness to how work is performed.
Experience challenging legacy processes constructively and helping teams adopt improved ways of working.
Practical problem-solving mindset with operational awareness.
Comfortable operating in dynamic environments with evolving priorities.

Responsibilities

Support deployment, adoption, and continuous improvement activities for OSCLife across assigned factories
Partner with factory teams and operational leaders to understand operational pain points, workflow challenges, and improvement opportunities
Help drive operational adoption by working closely with users and stakeholders to integrate new capabilities into day-to-day operations
Coordinate deployment readiness activities including communications, user engagement, training support, and issue resolution
Identify opportunities to simplify processes, improve operational visibility, and enhance employee experience across operational workflows
Translate operational feedback and user insights into actionable enhancement recommendations and transformation opportunities
Collaborate with DT teams, product teams, SAP and SAP upgrade teams, and operational stakeholders to support rollout and continuous improvement activities
Track deployment progress, operational adoption, and support needs across assigned factories
Support post-deployment stabilization and sustainment efforts to ensure long-term operational success
Assist with leadership updates, deployment planning, and cross-functional coordination activities
Travel up to 20% domestically to Raytheon factory locations as needed to support key site deployments and ensure successful implementation and adoption on the ground.