Sr. Manager, Program Management Excellence (Puerto Rico)

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 Corporate, Enterprise Services in Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico: 

As a member of the Program Excellence team, this role will focus on driving alignment across Business Units and deployment initiatives to enforce standard ways of working and help to raise maturity across ES/RTX internal program management portfolio.  You will work closely with PMOs to improve execution maturity, and ensure teams operate effectively within a common governance framework and develop implementation plans to scale and drive adoption.  By building consistency in how teams execute, this position supports strategic decision-making, operational efficiency, and long-term program management maturity across RTX. 

What You Will Do 

This position provides an opportunity to develop expertise in portfolio management, governance, and enterprise-wide process maturity, as a key contributor within RTX.  You will collaborate with leadership and stakeholders to strengthen governance, improve visibility, and drive execution consistency across Enterprise Services (ES) and Business Unit Digital Technology (DT) teams.  Your work will help establish structured, repeatable program management practices that enhance decision-making, streamline execution, and support RTX’s long-term process maturity.  Responsibilities include: 

• Develop deep expertise in Planview Portfolios to troubleshoot challenges, optimize processes, and accelerate adoption. 

• Formulate and execute plans with clear milestones, holding stakeholders accountable for delivery. 

• Collaborate with ES and BU PMOs to align and enforce governance frameworks that promote transparency and consistency. 

• Establish best practices in governance, process maturity, and portfolio management to standardize and enhance execution. 

• Manage competing priorities across deployments, integrating initiatives into existing business processes. 

• Advance execution maturity by assessing performance, closing gaps, and enabling adoption of best practices. 

• Track adoption progress using KPIs to evaluate effectiveness and support continuous improvement. 

• Partner with leadership to influence decisions that enhance operational efficiency and foster a culture of improvement and governance excellence. 

• Support roadmap execution and process evolution to scale program management capabilities effectively. 

• This position will reference written work instructions for guidance with daily job activities. Work instructions are available in English only.   

• Travel 15% or as needed 

Qualifications You Must Have 

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field and 10+ years of relevant professional experience, or an advanced degree with 7+ years of experience in a related discipline. 

• 7+ years of project management experience, including demonstrated ability to plan, execute, and oversee projects or deployments with defined scope, schedule, and outcomes. 

• 7+ years of hands-on experience using a project and portfolio management (PPM) tool, such as Planview, Microsoft Project, or equivalent. 

• Proven ability to identify, analyze, and resolve complex issues independently, supported by examples of prior issue resolution in program or project settings. 

• Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent priorities in a fast-paced, geographically dispersed environment, including the ability to clearly define in-scope vs. out-of-scope work to maintain alignment and focus. 

Qualifications We Prefer 

• Hands on knowledge and experience with Planview Portfolios 

• Experience aligning differing processes into one common, standard process 

• Financial management experience 

• Experience in both Waterfall and Agile project management disciplines 

• Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to navigate a matrixed environment to align multiple stakeholders. 

What We Offer 
Whether you’re just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance and child/adult backup care. 
 

Learn More & Apply Now 
Location: This position is remote. However, the successful candidate must be located in Puerto Rico. 
Relocation eligible: No 
Please consider the following role type definition as you apply for this role: 
Remote: This position is currently designated as remote. Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home). The employee may be expected to travel to RTX locations as needed.