Associate Director – Early Engagement, Portfolio Manager, Ops, SC, Quality

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🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

💵 $157.2k - $298.8k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

⚙️ Operations

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RTX

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10,000+ employees

Founded 2020

🏭 Manufacturing

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Manufacturing • Consulting • Logistics

RTX is a globally recognized aerospace and defense company dedicated to transformative technologies and era-defining innovation. It operates through various businesses, including Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon, with a focus on sustainable, connected flight and smarter defense systems. RTX is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion across the company and aims to solve the world’s most complex problems with cutting-edge technology and talent. Additionally, RTX is involved in significant projects like upgrading the F135 Engine Core and developing missile-defense systems. The company emphasizes corporate responsibility and sustainable practices.

📋 Description

• Lead project initiation, early scoping, and solution definition for new digital initiatives • Clarify objectives, validate problem statements, and establish viable scope and delivery strategies with SELs, architects, and business partners • Analyze ambiguous requirements and identify early risks, constraints, and cross-team impacts • Develop foundational delivery plans, preliminary resource assumptions, and early cost and schedule expectations • Own readiness through internal Gates A-C • Maintain operational portfolio plans aligned with functional strategies, delivery capacity, and sequencing logic • Lead monthly Portfolio & Pipeline Reviews • Ensure Planview health, reliable KPIs, and visibility into risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks • Provide monthly insights and KPI inputs for CIO-facing Operations Reviews • Identify systemic risks and drive cross-functional corrective actions • Serve as senior delivery leader across the portfolio, surfacing and resolving risks, issues, changes, and dependencies • Partner with execution project managers and agile teams across waterfall, hybrid, and agile models • Conduct quality assurance reviews and coach teams to improve PM capability • Improve intake quality, gating standards, planning practices, portfolio visibility, execution frameworks, and operating rhythms • Communicate readiness, risk posture, and delivery implications to senior leaders • Facilitate Steering Committees and leadership discussions with decision-ready materials and recommendations • Build alignment around priorities, sequencing, and realistic delivery expectations

🎯 Requirements

• A university degree and minimum 12 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree and minimum 10 years of relevant experience • STEM disciplines typically require 12 years of experience • Strong mastery of project/program management, early engagement, portfolio practices, and cross-functional coordination • Experience supporting digital or operational initiatives in Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, EH&S, or related domains • Structured analytical problem-solving skills, ideally supported by an engineering discipline • Proven ability to communicate clearly with senior leaders and influence alignment across functions • Proficiency with Planview or comparable PPM tools • Experience in roles requiring structured coordination across multiple teams or delivery flows • Familiarity with applications, processes, and systems used across Operations, Sustaining/Aftermarket, Quality, EH&S, and Supply Chain & Planning • Demonstrated success improving PM standards, planning accuracy, or delivery operating rhythms • Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI • Ability to introduce practical workflow improvements using structured methodologies • U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access certain necessary systems • Security clearance is not required

🏖️ Benefits

• Healthcare benefits • Wellness benefits • Retirement benefits • Work/life benefits • Parental leave, including paternal leave • Flexible work schedules • Achievement awards • Educational assistance • Child/adult backup care • Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Life insurance • Short-term disability • Long-term disability • 401(k) match • Flexible spending accounts • Employee assistance program • Employee Scholar Program • Paid time off • Holidays • Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs, depending on position and eligibility