Senior Program Manager (Value Stream Leader) - System Integrity (Onsite)

Raytheon Technologies • McKinney, TX

79d • $124,000 - $250,000

About The Position

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers' toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market. We are seeking leaders with a technical background and experience in system integrity to support a rapidly growing organization with exciting opportunities in program execution and new customer pursuits. The Program Manager (Value Stream Leader) is responsible for supporting deal creation, overseeing proposal preparation, applicable Gate Reviews, supporting negotiations, initial contract start-up, establishing and supporting regular customer status meetings, and coordinating with the McKinney-based teams, matrixed functional support teams, ensure timely completion of development/delivery milestones per the IMS, post-delivery support, and engineering services efforts. This position includes management of integrated product team (IPT) leads, various functional supporters, and direct report program management employee(s) to ensure all contract, technical, and programmatic requirements are met. Understanding of product licensing structures, capture management experience, experience transitioning IRAD to a licensed product a plus. This position is an ONSITE role located in our McKinney, Texas facility.

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
• Professional experience in conducting requirements analysis, resource allocation, project costing, deliverable tracking, schedule and financial data monitoring, and reporting
• Ability to reach across the organization, into manufacturing, engineering, subcontracts and other functional organizations to build an IPT that supports growing program to next level of test and manufacturing readiness
• Effective customer management skills, listens to customer and is a partner with them in making recommendations and path forwards that customer can evaluate and re-direct when needed
• Direct experience in managing multi-contracts and subcontracts of various types and complexity, as well as experience in supporting a multi-vendor environment is required
• Experience with the identification of program technical risks and opportunities at both the system and component level with effective mitigation/handling plans
• Proven experience of build and facilitating a culture of openness, respect, active listening while also driving accountability and results

Nice To Haves

• Active or Existing Secret or Top Secret Security Clearance
• Preferred Experience supporting change management strategies to strengthen performance improvement across an enterprise
• Ability to work in a self-guided manner with minimal direction
• Experience with engineering secure systems, intermediate to high integrity systems
• Manage high-performing, multi-disciplined/multifunctional teams in highly-matrix environment
• Experience leading test maturity programs
• Experience with CCA / ASIC development efforts
• Excellent interpersonal, business relationships and facilitation with high personal integrity
• Embraces a mentorship-style of leadership

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic customer engagements on a regular basis
• Work with Chief Engineer, Finance and Contracts to develop product specific licensing approaches to accelerate deal closure and license delivery to customers
• Interface and coordinate technical support to resolve customer issues
• Generate monthly forecasts, hold to forecasts and develop plans to offset any unfavorable shifts to forecast
• Generate annual operating plans (AOP), takes an active role in supporting leader with generation of strategic financial plans (SFP)
• Supports development of business cases to justify investment needs
• Identify financial risk and opportunities, and develop mitigation plans to risks and opportunity enhancement plans for opportunities
• Profit and Loss for selected portions of the Night Cover Portfolio, including oversight of RTX company investments (IRAD, CFR, ARs, etc.)
• Monitor Program performance relative to plan and make necessary adjustments to ensure program requirements are met
• Travel at minimum 30%

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
• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree