Portfolio Engineering Excellence Focal (hybrid)

RTX•Dulles, VA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Battle Management, Command & Control, and Networking (BMC2&N) portfolio integrates advanced capabilities across multiple program areas, including Command and Control, Networking, Sensor Fusion, Fire Control, and Data Intelligence. BMC2&N is seeking a talented Portfolio Engineering Excellence Focal to focus on program execution resourcing and training, ensuring compliance with engineering standards, processes, and reviews. This role leads initiatives to enhance program execution effectiveness across the entire portfolio. The primary responsibility of the candidate is to work with the Portfolio Excellence team driving operational efficiency, process improvement, and alignment across the portfolio to ensure successful program execution and strategic outcomes. The candidate will focus on program execution resourcing and training, ensure compliance with engineering standards, processes, and reviews. The candidate will lead initiatives to enhance program execution effectiveness. The candidate will collaborate across programs and engineering teams to identify efficiencies, share resources, and support the development of best practices, necessitating an ability to clearly communicate objectives and status to audiences with varying degrees of understanding of the products and technology. The candidate will be required to understand and manage both customer and IR&D funded projects. Project Management - candidate must be able to guide team members on the management of scope, schedule, and budget for engineering design activities; candidate will be directly involved in project management and execution, including Earned Value and Risk Management. Decision Making - The candidate must demonstrate sound decision-making skills, strategic thinking, networking skills, and the ability to accurately forecast resource needs. Willingness to travel occasionally to support program events, and related external activities.

Requirements

Experience in collecting and analyzing engineering metrics for decision making.
Experience in proposals and projects execution leadership role that included responsibility for scope, schedule, and budget management.
Experience win STAGES Tailoring and RLPM gates.
Experience in engineer program execution, following IMS, Earned Value, and R&O management.
Demonstrated experience applying effective leadership (i.e., gaining confidence/trust of others, setting the example, alignment on organizational values and goals, timely decision making, nurturing culture, reading team members, mentoring/coaching other leaders or team members, facilitating problem solving of issues or even conflicts within teams, leading self and others, achieving results).
Demonstrated experience collaborating effectively and building partnerships with others inside and outside the parent organization.
Experience in project management and execution, including Earned Value and Risk Management.
Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience.
The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued Top Secret/SCI security clearance is required.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Experience in collecting and analyzing engineering metrics for decision making.
Able to establish key elements of operational plans with direct impact towards the achievement of results and holding people accountable for their contributions.
Able to see the context, and develop or adjust relevant processes, standards and operational plans in support of the Engineering functional strategy.
Knowledgeable of Agile execution.
Knowledge and experience in DevSecOps best practices.
Active/Current US Security clearance.

Responsibilities

Work with the Portfolio Excellence team driving operational efficiency, process improvement, and alignment across the portfolio to ensure successful program execution and strategic outcomes.
Focus on program execution resourcing and training, ensure compliance with engineering standards, processes, and reviews.
Lead initiatives to enhance program execution effectiveness.
Collaborate across programs and engineering teams to identify efficiencies, share resources, and support the development of best practices.
Clearly communicate objectives and status to audiences with varying degrees of understanding of the products and technology.
Understand and manage both customer and IR&D funded projects.
Guide team members on the management of scope, schedule, and budget for engineering design activities.
Directly involved in project management and execution, including Earned Value and Risk Management.
Demonstrate sound decision-making skills, strategic thinking, networking skills, and the ability to accurately forecast resource needs.
Travel occasionally to support program events, and related external activities.

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