Program Operations Manager

Date Posted:

2025-01-13

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

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. 

Job Summary

The Program Operations position is the primary interface between the Program Office Integrated Program Leadership Team and the Factory Leadership Team, responsible for communicating all Program requirements to the Strategic Make Centers (SMCs) and manufacturing sites. Reporting to the Program Operations lead, this Individual will collaborate with Program Management and be the liaison to the SMCs ensuring that all program needs are integrated and supported to meet program commitments. Results will be accomplished through leading, influencing and briefing across all levels of the organization, including internal and external customers. 

This position involves direct support of manufacturing activities for a weapon system spanning multiple contracts. Requires spending significant amounts of time in and around factory areas, closed areas, and requires full time on plant site support. The ideal candidate will possess the demonstrated skills and experience necessary to provide operations leadership across the program lifecycle including proposals, development, production, and sustainment activities. The preferred candidate must be capable of working beyond the typical 40-hour work week, travel domestically and move between buildings and local facilities.  

What You Will Do:

• Lead, collaborate and influence driving quality and performance for program deliverables, accountable for factory integration, program performance, and unique program requirements flow down 

• Participate in strategic Program/Operations planning for current production performance and future development efforts 

• Define clear operational schedules, priorities and goals for each Strategic Make Center 

• Ownership of the Program’s Operations EAC and budget 

• Prepare and present information for Monthly Management Reviews, summarizing program status and any on-going production issues 

• Operations point of contact for proposal development and approval, ensuring proposed costs or challenges are understood by Operations leadership and factories 

• Coordinate and develop operations requirements for all gate reviews and execute proposed strategies from early gate reviews for effective implementation in future production. 

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 managing cost and/or schedule for programs and/or projects

• 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.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Work Effectively Across the Integrated Product Team (IPT) 

• Understanding of Lean Application 

• Understanding of the RMD Manufacturing Transition to Production Tool Sets 

• Effectively interface with multiple RTX plant sites 

• Make/Buy/Where process 

• Gate Reviews 

• Knowledge and experience managing support plans and maintaining schedule in cross-functional, matrixed environment 

• Demonstrated successful experience including working in a manufacturing environment with complex systems integration within multiple factories, multifaceted federal regulatory requirements, and/or military or defense manufacturing 

• Superior Communication Skills 

• Cost Reduction Strategy 

• Constraints Management 

• Capital Planning 

• Proposals/Estimating/Basis of Estimates (BOEs) 

• Earned Value Management System Certified 

• Ability to lead collaboratively in a results-oriented environment, developing solutions to complex problems, gaining desired outcomes 

• Previous leadership position in a fast paced technical or manufacturing environment that included multiple working organizat