Ultra Program Operations Manager

Date Posted:
2025-06-11
Country:
United States of America
Location:
AZ201: RMS AP Bldg 801 1151 East Hermans Road Building 801, Tucson, AZ, 85756 USA
Position Role Type:
Onsite
U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:
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
Security Clearance:
DoD Clearance: Secret

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling - to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring 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. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world.

Job Summary:

The Advanced Common Products (ACP) team has a fast-paced, high visibility, high impact opportunity for a Program Operations Manager. In this role, you will serve as the primary interface between the Program Office Integrated Program Leadership Team and the Factory Leadership Team, responsible for communicating all program requirements to the internal factory. The Ultra electronics system in the ACP portfolio is expanding due to increased global demand for key programs such as Tomahawk, Standard Missile, Commercial Aircraft platforms, and hypersonic systems, including classified projects.

As the Program Operations Manager, you will collaborate with a cross-functional, multi-disciplined team and act as the liaison to internal factories, ensuring that all program needs are integrated and supported to meet project commitments. This includes managing the intricacies of the Ultra electronics assembly new product introduction to drive efficiency, optimize production, and ensure timely delivery of products to meet the growing demands. By providing cohesive and strategic leadership, the ACP Program Operations leader ensures that the organization can achieve its goals, maintain high standards of quality and performance, and support the overall mission of Raytheon and its stakeholders.

This role is vital to the success of numerous franchise programs and requires maturing the product by working extensively with technical experts in engineering to drive producibility, transition to production, and scaling production rates to satisfy the global demands. This position involves direct support of manufacturing activities for a technically complex product and requires spending significant amounts of time in and around factory areas, closed areas, and requires full-time on-plant site support.

This role will be onsite in Tucson Arizona.

What you will do

• Lead, collaborate and influence driving quality and performance for program deliverables, accountable for factory integration, consolidated program performance, and unique program requirements flow down
• Participate in strategic Program/Operations planning for current production performance and future development efforts
• Communicate across programs, to identify, assess, collaborate and resolve any conflicts with program requirements
• Define clear operational schedules, priorities and goals for the factory
• Will serve as operations point of contact for proposal development and approval, ensuring proposed costs or challenges are understood by Operations leadership and factories
• Coordinate and develop operations requirements for all gate reviews and execute proposed strategies from early gate reviews for effective implementation in future production.
• Will have ownership of the Projects Operations EAC and budget
• Prepare and present information for Monthly Management Reviews, summarizing program status and any on-going production issues
• Lead and manage direct reports

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and 12 years prior relevant experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years' experience in Engineering/Other Technical Positions
• Experience including working in a manufacturing environment with complex systems integration within multiple factories, multifaceted federal regulatory requirements, and/or military or defense manufacturing
• Earned Value Management System Certified
• Proposals/Estimating/Basis of Estimates (BOEs)
• Capital Planning, cost reduction strategy and constraints management
• Experience managing cost and schedule for complex, high value programs
• Experience managing support plans and maintaining schedule in cross-functional, matrixed environment

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience working across the Integrated Product Team (IPT)
• Understanding of Lean Application
• Understanding of the Raytheon Manufacturing Transition to Production Tool Sets
• Effectively interface with multiple Raytheon plant sites
• Make/Buy/Where process
• Gate Reviews
• Ability to lead collaboratively in a results-oriented environment, developing solutions to complex problems, gaining desired outcomes
• Previous leadership position in a fast paced technical or manufacturing environment that included multiple working organizations; this would include extensive experience building strong cross-functional teams with proven results
• Understanding of Raytheon product structures and product technical details
• Problem solving abilities that bridge production realities to financial commitments

What We Offer

Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.

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Please consider the following role type definition as you apply for this role:

Onsite : Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

The salary range for this role is 147,000 USD - 295,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company's performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.

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