Section Leader, Data Management

Date Posted:

2025-10-15

Country:

United States of America

Location:

AZ807: RMS AP Bldg 807 1151 East Hermans Road Building 807, 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. 

The Data Management (CMDM) organization is responsible for ensuring our products are under configuration control and delivered on time. The CMDM Organization consists of multiple disciplines that support engineering, our program offices and our customers.

The Data Management department is seeking an energetic and highly motivated individual to fill a Section Leader position.

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading a team of approximately 15 – 20 Data Management (DM) professionals and performing a range of DM and engineering support tasks on multiple programs.  

This position is in Tucson, AZ 

What You Will Do

• Influence and lead a team through strong communication and engagement

• Actively engage with all Program Managers, Chief Engineers, and Integrated Product Team (IPT) Leads for assigned programs to ensure that Data Management is actively represented within the program

• Assist in the development of action plans to address key focus areas

• Technically support program milestones and contribute to successful reviews and customer interchanges

• Identify and elevate, when required, technical execution risks (includes technical discipline, technical performance, cost and schedule performance) to program and functional management

• Meet the team’s committed schedule, cost, and performance requirements

• Provide program and functional management insight into the health of the team’s technical execution

• Conduct performance/career development discussions, including plans for employee improvement

• Coach and mentor, technically and personally, to ensure employee success

• Define and manage team staffing needs

• Ensures the team understands and follows proper company media

• Collaborate with the CMDM Leadership teams on goals and strategy

• Create innovate solutions for customer and company initiatives

• Recognize and provide appropriate team and individual rewards and recognition

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires: A University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years experience

• Experience with Product Data Management (PDM) tools

• Experience with government standards and processes, such as GEIA-859, Data Management Standard or those described in EIA-649, Configuration Management Standard

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Qualifications We Prefer

• Systems thinking approach to analyzing engineering data

• Change Agents – leading the way for change in the organization

• PDM tool Subject Matter Expert (SME)

• Excellent communication leadership skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Strong collaboration skills in teams as both a member and a leader

• Ability to motivate and support employees to align with organizational goals

• Experience with generating productivity metrics and reports

• Experience with estimating, proposing and managing cost and schedule on a program

• Strong Microsoft Office skills (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)

• Able to generate and deliver customer presentations

• Ability to interpret scheduling and milestone requirements

• Collaborate in a team-based environment consisting of organizational and outside customer contacts to meet project goals

What We Offer

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