Sr. Program Operations Manager (Development)

Date Posted:

2025-08-15

Country:

United States of America

Location:

AZ802: RMS AP Bldg 802 1151 East Hermans Road Building 802, 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.

Job Summary

The Sr. Program Operations Manager (POM) position is located onsite at the Raytheon Technologies (RTX) Tucson, Arizona airport. The POM is responsible for communicating all program requirements to the Strategic Make Centers (SMCs-factories) and manufacturing sites.  They will provide guidance on sequence of operations to help ensure that commitments can be met by working effectively across all Operations and Program teams. The candidate chosen shall be embedded within a development program, and will work alongside the design team, influencing hardware producibility and affordability.

This role is the primary interface between the Program Management Office (PMO), Functional leaders, and Operations factory leadership for all the SMCs.  They are responsible for strategic Program/Operations planning for current production performance and future Program production and development efforts.  In addition, it may be necessary to support OPSEC plan(s) execution as well as influence future security strategies.  The successful candidate will communicate across programs as necessary, to identify, assess, collaborate and resolve issues with contractual deliveries and program requirements.

This position is posted as ONSITE at Raytheon's Tucson, AZ location.

Applicant must be located in Tucson or willing to relocate.  There is NO relocation assistance for this role.

What You Will Do:

• Lead, collaborate and influence program and functional managers to support the process focused factories driving quality and performance for product deliveries. 
• Accountable for factory integration, consolidated program performance, and unique program requirements flow down to the factories as well as contractual performance to the customer (MOCAS).  
• Will be the Operations point of contact for proposal development and approval to ensure proposed costs or challenges are understood by Operations leadership and factories. 
• Critical to the role will be to coordinate and develop operations requirements for all gate reviews and execute proposed strategies from early gate reviews for effective implementation in future production. 
• Ownership of the Program’s Operations EAC and budget.
• Present information for Monthly Management Reviews to summarize program status and any on-going production or development Operations issues.
• Direct support of manufacturing activities and spend significant amounts of time in and around factory areas. 
• Perform in technical, program and manufacturing leadership roles.
• Must be capable of working beyond the typical 40-hour workweek, travel domestically and move between buildings and local facilities.
• Support execution of a program through the development and transition to production phases of a program’s lifecycle. Familiarization in New Product Integration (NPI), Transition To Production (TTP), and proposal support activities are preferred.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a University Degree preferably in Production, or Manufacturing or related field and minimum 10 years or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years experience
• Experience working within a Manufacturing, Operations, Production or a similar environment.
• Experience working with PRISM or similar inventory system
• Experience with Root Cause Analysis and/or Corrective Action Execution
• Experience managing support plans, completing basis of estimates (BOEs), and/or maintaining schedules in cross-functional, matrixed environment
• Experience in managing employee relation issues within varying levels of the Organization
• Certified Account Manager (CAM) certification

 Qualifications We Prefer: 

• Experience participating in development program p