Principal Specialist, Deputy Program Manager (Onsite)

RTX • Davis, VA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Collins Aerospace is seeking a Principal Specialist, Deputy Program Manager to join the Total Training System (TTS) Program team. This role involves managing complex development and production programs from pursuit and capture through execution and delivery. Working under senior program leadership, you will own defined portions of program execution, coordinate priorities, and translate customer and business commitments into actionable plans. This position offers significant program management ownership and the opportunity to build experience for leading complex programs. As a Deputy Program Manager, you will gain exposure across the full program lifecycle, supporting financial performance, customer actions and deliverables, subcontractor activities, material status, risk and opportunity management, and proposal efforts. You will collaborate closely with Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Contracts, Quality, Finance, and other functions to identify issues, gather decision-making information, and ensure execution progress. The role provides a strong foundation for developing deeper program leadership experience in technical, operational, financial, and customer-facing areas. This is an onsite role located in Sterling, VA.

Requirements

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience.
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
• Experience contributing to programs, projects, proposals, or other initiatives involving multiple priorities, stakeholders, or deliverables.
• Experience working across teams or functions to coordinate activities, resolve issues, and support completion of shared objectives.
• Demonstrated ability to organize work, manage competing priorities, and follow assignments or action items through completion.
• Ability to gather and analyze information, identify relevant issues, and communicate findings or recommendations to others.

Nice To Haves

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build effective working relationships across multiple organizations and levels of leadership.
• Experience supporting development and/or production programs within aerospace, defense, manufacturing, or another complex technical environment.
• Experience with program financials, cost and schedule performance, forecasting, or other program performance reporting.
• Experience supporting customer-facing programs, including customer meetings, action-item management, deliverables, or issue resolution.
• Experience identifying, managing, and tracking program risks and opportunities.
• Experience supporting proposals, pursuits, or capture activities.
• Experience coordinating subcontractor, supplier, or material-related program activities.
• Demonstrated ability to lead portions of an Integrated Program Team or coordinate cross-functional teams through ambiguity and competing priorities.
• Experience working independently to identify issues, develop potential solutions, and drive actions through completion.
• PMP certification or formal program/project management training.

Responsibilities

• Support the Program Management Office in the pursuit, capture, planning, and execution of current and future Total Training System programs.
• Manage defined portions of complex development and production programs and proposals under the guidance of senior program leadership, with ownership for assigned cost, schedule, and execution activities.
• Coordinate program activities across Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Contracts, Quality, Finance, and other functions to keep priorities aligned and commitments on track.
• Support financial and program performance reporting by collecting, analyzing, and presenting data needed to understand program status, identify issues, and support decision-making.
• Maintain visibility to customer actions, program deliverables, material status, subcontractor activities, and other execution priorities, following issues through resolution.
• Support customer interactions by coordinating action items, preparing program information, tracking commitments, and helping ensure timely responses to customer needs.
• Assist with program risk and opportunity management, including identifying, documenting, tracking, and coordinating actions associated with execution risks and potential opportunities.
• Support proposal and business capture activities by coordinating inputs, schedules, data, and cross-functional actions required to meet submission and customer deadlines.
• Coordinate activities related to subcontract management, non-disclosure agreements, global trade requirements, and other program execution needs as assigned.
• Build strong working relationships across the integrated program team and serve as a point of coordination for key issues within assigned areas of responsibility.
• Work with increasing independence to plan and prioritize assigned activities, resolve issues, and drive actions to completion while escalating significant program concerns to senior leadership when appropriate.

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
• Relocation Eligibility

What This Job Offers

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