Senior Manager - Early Engagement PM for HR/Payroll

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 our RTX Enterprise Services team:

RTX Enterprise Services (ES) is looking for a highly motivated, business-focused Digital Technologies (DT) Early Engagement Project Manager (PM) to join our Enterprise Application Services (EAS) Value Management Office (VMO). The role of the project manager is focused on the early stages of the project lifecycle including solution definition and cost and schedule planning.  The VMO is part of an enterprise shared services organization that is responsible for leading significant business transformation application projects that make positive impacts across the company. These projects span the RTX businesses, Corporate Functions, and Enterprise Services, supporting both Enterprise as well as business-specific solutions. This position will be responsible for our portfolio of projects in the Human Resource and Payroll areas. Using our corporate project management processes and methods, the Early Engagement Project Manager will lead cross-functional multi-business teams, collaborating at all levels of the Enterprise to set the foundation for project success and satisfied partners. The Early Engagement PM is ultimately responsible for initiating and planning the project and enabling the internal partner organization to achieve their objectives and realize business value. 

What You Will Do: 

• Lead project initiation, definition, planning, and coordination of key strategic initiatives, in partnership with the Business Relationship Manager (BRM) and VMO Portfolio Manager. 

• Coordinates with BRM, senior leaders and executives to capture business requirements used to define scope and funding needs; establish business case outlining project investments 

• Identify and leverage appropriate technical and business resources needed for successful project planning and to accomplish project initiation objectives 

• Follow established processes and procedures and influence policy, practice and procedure 

• Define and assess project risk 

• Lead regular reviews with customers and stakeholders, including senior DT and business leaders, during the project initiation phase  

• Actively manage internal/external suppliers in decision and planning process for solution definition 

• Travel requirement within US possible to support project activities with geographically distributed teams – Up to 5% 

Qualifications You Must Have: 

• Minimum 10+ year’s applicable experience and a university degree or equivalent combination of work experience in DT Project management and certifications  with demonstrated skill working with technical teams to define and implement DT solution architectures, including software development, software configuration and integration, and DT infrastructure implementations 

• Knowledge of Human Resource and Payroll functional areas.  This includes experience with applications and business processes used by the functions to deliver value to their customers. 

• Experience developing business case justifications and cost/benefit analyses for DT spending and initiatives, including use of Portfolio and Solution Epics with experience managing multiple projects simultaneously 

• Solution Delivery experience with Agile frameworks like SAFe and DevOps Demonstrated skill on influencing and working across multiple organizations and levels, as well as across multiple geographic regions 

• Demonstrated skill leading and participating in virtual meetings with experience eliciting cooperation from a wide variety of sources 

• Experience working both independently and in team-oriented, collaborative environments and a familiarity with phase gating processes and bridging to agile execution

Qualifications We Prefer: 

• Project Management certification (PMP) 

• Project Portfolio Management (PPfM) 

• SAFe or similar certifications 

• Lean certifications 

• Familiarity with Planview, Jira, & Confluence