Senior Manager, International Operations (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2026-03-17

Country:

United States of America

Location:

US-VA-ARLINGTON-1000 ~ 1000 Wilson Blvd ~ WILSON, Fl 23

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Security Clearance Type:

DoD Clearance: Secret

Security Clearance Status:

Active and existing security clearance required after day 1

RTX Corporation is an Aerospace and Defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 185,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

The following position is to join the RTX Corporate team:

The Senior Manager, International Operations, Global Government Relations (GGR) is responsible for the operational execution and internal coordination of international government operational and policy issues in support of favorable outcomes for RTX’s GGR team and its three businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt and Whitney, and Raytheon. 

This position serves as a central coordinator for international operations, policy issues, programs, and drives internal alignment across a 23-person global team.  Reporting to the International Policy Director, the Senior Manager ensures cross-functional alignment, drives issue resolution, manages timelines, and supports the GGR International Operations team in efficient engagement with U.S. and foreign government stakeholders that advance RTX’s priorities.

The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with experience in coordinating and navigating complex issues across multiple stakeholders to secure positive outcomes.  The candidate will ideally have a familiarity with defense and commercial aerospace sectors and U.S. government or related experience.  

What You Will Do

Internal Coordination Support and Workflow Management

• Serves as the operational hub among GGR International Operations team, other offices in GGR, RTX international development business teams, capture teams, program management, compliance and trade, and other corporate functions.
• Leads cross-functional working sessions to align positions regarding government engagements.
• Maintains centralized tracking of a range of products for the International Operations team, including senior-level travel, policy issues, and risks.
• Ensures internal stakeholders understand requirements, timelines, and decision points.
• Serves as a focal point for data gathering and information sharing across the business units and corporate functions to assist each operation in leveraging the company’s combined know-how and relationships.

Government, Customer Engagement Support

• Prepares briefing materials and decision memos related to government engagements for senior leadership.
• Tracks implementation of Executive Orders, regulatory changes, and policy directives related to international policy issues.
• Supports timely follow-up on outstanding actions with the U.S. government.
• Maintains awareness of program execution with in-country customers, facilitates cross-RTX awareness with respective business units and corporate functions to resolve challenges and ensure customer needs are met.
• Supports the company in forums, strategic dialogues, and policy engagements.
• Supports country council(s), as assigned, comprised of business units and corporate functions to build a One RTX narrative with government stakeholders and partners.
• Coordinates RTX efforts to achieve legal and regulatory objectives for commercial aviation, air traffic control, defense industrialization and coproduction, human resources, investment, trade, environmental and other issues in select countries.
• Works with the business units and Corporate Communications to define and support public relations efforts in support of enterprise business objectives for select regions.
• Collects, analyzes, disseminates, and implements customer and partner insights and competitive intelligence with the business units and corporate functions as appropriate.
• Provides insights to senior leaders and o