Associate Director, Strategy Leader - Strategic Solutions (Remote)

Date Posted:

2024-08-21

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HTX99: Field Office - TX Remote Location, Remote City, TX, 73301 USA

Position Role Type:

Remote

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.

Strategic Solutions is currently seeking a highly motivated, high energy strategy leader. This position is responsible for formulating strategic plans including identification of new strategic business opportunities, development of strategic objectives and associated strategies and action plans based on fact-based analysis of the market environment. This includes supporting the strategic planning process and monitoring the competitive and technology landscape. You will collaborate with key stakeholders to identify growth opportunities, assess market trends, and develop strategic initiatives to drive the SBU’s success. By conducting thorough analysis and evaluations, you will provide valuable insights and recommendations to enhance the SBU’s competitive position and market presence.

Strategic Solutions is a quickly growing portfolio within the Mission Systems Collins delivering a variety of products and mission systems to the Strategic mission set including resilient National and Strategic communications solutions, secure data processing and networking, and platform integration. The portfolio also focuses on the development and delivery of high-end training solutions, including simulators, range instrumentation, precision optics and displays, live training, head mounted displays, and training support for a wide array of commercial and defense application.

What You Will Do

The successful candidate should be familiar and experienced with US Government acquisition as the position involves a wide variety of new initiatives related to our DoD customer base. Key roles include:

• Identifies and evaluates new strategic business opportunities and leads strategic projects, including the annual 5-year Strategic Business Plan for Portfolio/Business Units

• Collaborates across functions and roles to bring a comprehensive view to the organization on successful strategy implementation

• Supports the development of market analysis and environmental trends

• Presents compelling market analysis presentations for inclusion in decision point reviews and strategic plans

• Supports analysis, evaluation, and initiation of new growth opportunities, strategic alliance partner engagement, initial market validation

• Supports the organization’s strategic direction, voice differing views and work in collaboration with their peers.

• Brings forward M&A acquisition candidates including development of strategic rationale and participates on due diligence teams.

• Assist in leading group process improvements using our continuous improvement system (CORE), including the continued development of standard work for program management group processes.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 16 years of relevant experience 

• Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret Security Clearance is required prior to start date ​

• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance 

• Minimum of 5 years of experience leading teams in the areas business development, market research, strategy, and/or value stream leadership, defense acquisition, capture or program management with increasing roles and responsibilities

• Minimum 5 years of experience in the Aerospace and Defense Industry

• Skills include a strong business sense, technical background, financial acumen, and system of systems integration knowledge

Qualifications We Prefer

• SCI clearance with Extended Background Check and polygraph

• Graduate Degree in Strategy, Business, Economics, Engineering, Science or Mathematics

• Experience on an internal corporate strategy team or top tier consulting firm

• Significant knowledge of the NC3 domain, Simulation and Training market, Department of Defense, and Intelligence Community customers and markets