Country Manager, AIM-9X

<p><b>Date Posted:</b></p>2024-12-16<p><b>Country:</b></p>United States of America<p><b>Location:</b></p>AZ859: RMS Rita Road Bldg 9022 9000 South Rita Road Building 9022, Tucson, AZ, 85747 USA<p><b>Position Role Type:</b></p>Onsite<p></p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p><b>Life Cycle Engineering (LCE)</b> is responsible for ensuring our products are Safe, Reliable, Maintainable and delivered on time.  Life Cycle Engineering consists of multiple disciplines that support engineering, our program offices and our customers.  Our Life Cycle Engineering disciplines participate in the total life cycle of our products from conception to deactivation.  Our focus area is product support, including the following disciplines:  Reliability System Safety and Supportability.</p><p></p><p>The <b>AIM-9X Country Manager</b> is responsible for managing all program execution in support of the AIM-9X International PMO.  This role is a high visibility, fast moving and complex position requiring a balance of business acumen, technical proficiency, influential collaboration, and cross-cultural customer relationship management skills. The AIM-9X Country Manager will be the Program Manager for some DCS contracts. As such, the ideal candidate understands program management techniques, cost and schedule management, R&amp;O management, proposal processes, earned value, estimates at complete, annual operations plans, global trade/EXIM licensing, and long-range planning (e.g. NBI, five-year plan). The AIM-9X Country Manager will partner across the AIM-9X program office (development, transition to production, production, and sustainment) and functional organizations.  This role reports to the AIM-9X International PM.  </p><p></p><p><b>What You Will Do:</b></p><ul><li><p>Develop and implement execution strategy for international programs managed. </p></li><li><p>Assist in proposal development process including gate reviews.</p></li><li><p>Author compliant BOEs based on objective data, working across functions to establish competitive approaches to winning new business. </p></li><li><p>Support efforts to ensure predictability in AOP and quarterly EAC reporting. </p></li><li><p>Drive sustained improvements across critical business metrics such as AOP, EACs and EVMS metrics as well as recovery plans and cogent explanations of variances where applicable. </p></li><li><p>Manage and track direct/indirect offset projects with stakeholders and offset service providers. Collaborate with PMO to determine innovative approaches to creating profitable offset opportunities. </p></li><li><p>Manage, prioritize, and track all customer requests with key internal stakeholders in support of timely <span>responses.  </span></p></li><li><p>Support meetings with key customer stakeholders and PMO leadership team. </p></li><li><p>Facilitate program management reviews with International Dignitaries and Managers, USG/PMA Management Teams (USN) and foreign customers in the field. </p></li><li><p>Grow the program and its product(s) (currently 31 FMS customers) by ensuring ongoing customer funding of current contractual requirements, working with the customer to identify and fund further product enhancements. </p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>Qualifications You Must Have: </b></p><ul><li><p>Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree; preferably in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) or related business field. 8+ experience; preferably in business, program management, production, supply chain, and/or logistics support (preferably in both DCS and FMS contracting arrangements) </p></li><li><p>Experience in developing and implementing program management plans, as well as R&amp;O management</p></li><li><p>Experience working with external customers; preferably with both commercial and foreign governments, including Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific, as well as USG and domestic US industry. </p></li><li><p>Experience developing and reviewing cost proposals, and/or synthesizing Gate Packages for Management Review; prior experience with <span>EVMS   </span></p></li><li><p>The ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance. U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance</p></li></ul><p>  </p><p><b>Qualifications We Value: </b></p><p></p><ul><li><p>Ability to prioritize and execute – especially when limited data is available and multiple competing, divergent priorities exist</p></li><li><p>Strong communication skills and experience presenting to customers and senior leadership</p></li><li><p>Practical experience with licen