Program Operations Manager

Date Posted:

2025-12-10

Country:

United States of America

Location:

MA101: Andover MA 350 Lowell St Essex 350 Lowell Street Essex, Andover, MA, 01810 USA

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:

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.

Job Summary:

Raytheon has an immediate need for a Program Operations Manager (POM) for Ship Systems Integration & Sustainment onsite in Andover, Massachusetts for the DBR/Zumwalt product line. This position will provide professionals with opportunities to grow their skills in operations management, technical operations, business communications, and leadership. This individual will be responsible for coordinating with the Manufacturing Value Streams, and other Functional Partners to ensure successful on time integration of the material and labor efforts necessary to support manufacturing and contract schedules.

This position involves direct support of manufacturing activities and requires spending time in and around Andover and Portsmouth factory areas. The ideal candidate will possess the demonstrated skills and experience necessary to perform in technical, program and manufacturing leadership roles. Successful execution in this role will include driving the overall management and participation in several phases of program development from proposal of new scope, thru capture, planning, execution, delivery and close-out.

What You Will Do:

• Primary interface across all operation value streams,
• Lead Operations role for presenting reports to the Customer, and internal Program and/or Business leadership representing Operations performance
• Overall management and coordination of recurring and non-recurring manufacturing resources to support program requirements,
• Lead Operations development or execution of Manufacturing plans through various Gate processes and supporting quarterly Estimate At Complete (EAC) and/or recurring cost performance reviews.

• Manage the coordination and execution of program schedules with Global Supply Chain Management, Subcontracts, Engineering, Mission Assurance, and other functional areas.
• Support Manufacturing Operations strategy development, communication and implementation.
• Utilize CORE/R6Sigma best practices to lead development, advocacy and implementation of cost reduction initiatives for both recurring efforts and new business opportunities.
• Coordinate Operations bids for new development and production proposals.

• Define clear operational schedules, priorities & goals for each Manufacturing Value stream, thru assessment of workload, and capacity/resources required to generate production plans, Make/where plans.

• Accountable for Operations execution of all program scope in support of cost, schedule, and quality performance through issue identification, problem solving and operations recovery to plan.

• Interface with customers to understand customer needs and issues and ensure that the customers receive excellent standards of service.

• Lead for assessment and determination of scope and timing for implementation of engineering change orders to product.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a Bachelors degree and a minimum of ten (10) years prior relevant internal manufacturing operations management or engineering support experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and a minimum of seven (7) years prior relevant experience above.

Qualifications We Prefer: 

• Understanding of manufacturing tool sets and how to leverage information from material receipt through DD250 within a defense contracting organization.
• Experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) / Material Resource Planning (MRP) systems, including but not limited to SAP, Kinaxis, PRISM/CMES
• Strong writing skills and verbal presentation experience
• Proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications 
• Strong business acumen wi