Senior Manager, Avionics Change Activation Readiness Lead (Onsite)
RTX•Cedar Rapids, IA
•Onsite
About The Position
The Change Activation Readiness Lead prepares the Avionics organization for major initiative launches and operational changes, including S/4HANA. The role brings structure to work that is often fast‑moving and complex. It sets a clear plan, explains what teams need to know, and keeps leaders aligned as they move toward key targets. This critical role also drafts communications, shapes strategy for how key changes are activated, and develops materials to help teams understand and adopt those changes. The ideal candidate can create order out of complicated work and guide diverse stakeholders toward a shared outcome. The role requires steady judgment, strong communication, and the discipline to move quickly while staying focused on the larger picture.
Requirements
- Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience
- Experience creating materials that help teams understand changes — guides, summaries, presentations, and reference tools
- Proven ability to organize complex, fastmoving work and turn broad goals into clear, actionable plans
- Strong communication skills, with experience drafting concise, effective messages for leaders and teams
Nice To Haves
- Ability to shape strategy for how changes are introduced, ensuring activation approaches are simple, coordinated, and easy to adopt
- Comfort working across functions and building alignment among diverse stakeholders
- Steady judgment when navigating competing priorities, tight timelines, and evolving situations
- Skill in keeping teams focused on readiness milestones and spotting risks early to prevent delays
- Experience supporting leaders through organizational change, helping them communicate clearly and stay aligned on key targets
- Ability to work quickly without losing clarity, accuracy, or the broader strategic view
Responsibilities
- Build clear activation plans that outline goals, timelines, dependencies, responsibilities, and key milestones for major initiatives
- Dig into schedules and workplans to surface risks, derive actions, and keep teams moving toward critical targets
- Draft straightforward communications that help teams understand what’s changing and give leaders the tools to introduce updates with clarity and consistency
- Shape how key changes and initiatives are activated across Avionics, ensuring the approach is simple, coordinated, and easy to follow
- Develop practical training materials—guides, job aids, learning paths—that prepare employees for new systems, processes, and role expectations
- Coordinate and partner across functions to keep stakeholders aligned, informed, and working toward shared outcomes
- Build and support change champion networks that accelerate adoption and provide local readiness support
- Monitor readiness and progress, identifying risks early and helping leaders guide corrective actions before they affect critical targets
- Bring structure to complex and fast‑moving work by organizing tasks, clarifying actions, and keeping teams focused on what matters most
- Support leaders during key milestones, helping them communicate effectively and stay aligned as initiatives move from planning to execution
- Use feedback and data to continuously improve communication, training, and adoption strategies
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 Program, 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
