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Are you ready to lead the charge in managing the industry-leading Collins Aerospace Radar Surveillance products and helping develop the next-generation Radar Surveillance products?

Join our dynamic team in Melbourne, FL where innovation and excellence drive everything we do. As part of the Surveillance department, you will have a direct hand in devising and executing product lines for the most advanced radar solutions in the world.

This position is for a Value Stream Leader (VSL) in the Communication, Navigation and Surveillance Product Line organization.  The product VSL leads the Integrated Product Team (IPT) through the life cycle tenets of the Collins Management System for their assigned products; inclusive of pursuit and order capture, design and development, produce to deliver and long-term strategic business plans.

What You Will Do:

Primary responsibilities include spearheading strategic planning for assigned product lines, execution of product developments, and promoting cross-business product synergies to support business unit objectives. The product VSL directs all phases of product strategy and development from inception through completion.

Qualified candidates should have a strong background in avionics products, systems and project management with experience leading and managing complex product or system developments. Successful candidates will demonstrate an ability to apply strategic insight and critical thinking in solving complex problems.  Candidates will also balance technical knowledge and business acumen to manage assigned product lines.

This is an on-site role in Melbourne Florida supporting multiple communication product lines.

Successful candidate will have responsibilities for managing multiple product line solutions (HW and SW) through their life cycle and creating cross-business product synergies to support business objectives.

• Leads medium to large size programs to ensure adherence to program plans, schedules and budgets for programs under his/her responsibility and recommends appropriate adjustments.
• Develops product line investment business cases, new business growth strategies and drives annual strategic planning efforts for the business.
• Identifies product requirements for key program pursuits and development of the product line.
• Oversees creation of product and solution roadmaps and identifies opportunities to generate product reuse across multiple programs.
• Identifies and reacts to program problems and recommends solutions, such as allocation of resources and changing contractual specifications, and assists in resolution development for escalated problems.
• Supervises the appropriate use of all resources allocated to the program to ensure efficient use of resources.
• Supports the negotiation of contracts and contractual changes, including coordinating preparation of proposals, business plans, proposal work statements, operational budgets, specifications, and financial conditions of contracts to ensure legal compliance and to protect the organization’s interests.
• Execution responsibilities include cost, schedule, technical performance, risk management, product support, manufacturing, and quality of all assigned product lines.
• Work with all business units to ensure customer commitments are met or exceeded.
• Interfaces with internal and external customers for project specifications to ensure successful completion.
• Leads decision making for the IPTs and applying critical thinking where incomplete data exists.
• Develops internal and external networks and effectively communicates and motivates a team.
• Communicates vision to their IPT and stakeholders within and outside of the function, as well as connects how the vision fits within the Aerospace spanet.  Requires ability to communicate with senior executive leadership regarding matters of strategic importance to the organization.
• Prepares and presents value-stream strategy, progress, and results.
• Consolidates and presents progress reports at customer, program, or product reviews.
• Manages multiple supplier relationships in coordination with Subcontracts Management
• Establishes milestones, develops and owns program plans, schedules and budgets for programs.
• Establishes cost focused performance targets and directs work to achieve these targets.

What YOU will learn:

• Deepen and grow your leadership skillset as the pivotal leader of your IPT.
• Develop a deep appreciation for the full product lifecycle and gain exposure to all the functional areas involved (R&D, design, manufacturing, quality, operations, field support).
• Increase exposure with senior executive leadership as the primary leader for your product portfolio.
• Gain knowledge on industry-leading air data technologies and capabilities.
• Increase your exposure with aerospace customers across commercial, business, and military spanet segments.   
• Develop vast internal and external networks

Qualifications You Must Have:

Typically requires: 

Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of prior relevant experience OR  

Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience OR  

In absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience is required  

U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or granted refugee or asylee status) as defined here: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience managing technical projects, including schedule and earned value management, risk management, customer interaction, and briefing executive leadership.
• Experience in a regulated environment and familiarity with aerospace certification standards (e.g. TSO, MIL-STD, DO-160, DO-254, DO-178B/C, DO-297)
• Engineering experience in design, manufacturing, quality, reliability, or aerospace.
• Operations management experience, on-time-delivery, process control/improvement, manufacturing yield and throughput improvements.
• Experience in business capture, strategy, and sales.
• Supply chain management; sales, inventory & operations planning (SIOP); demand and material management.
• Experience in root cause corrective action (RCCA) analysis. 

How YOU will work

• You be part of an energetic team that is driven to succeed. 
• Position is onsite in Melbourne, FL.
• Occasional travel required <10.

What We Offer :

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global spanet.

Our Avionics team advances flight deck solutions, airborne communications, vision systems, sensors and fire protection for commercial and military customers around the world. That means we’re helping people reach their destination safely and keeping pilots, passengers, flight crews, airlines, airports and military personnel connected and informed. And we’re providing industry-leading fire protection and safety systems that our customers can count on when it matters most. Are you ready to learn from the most knowledgeable experts in the industry, develop the technologies of tomorrow and reach new heights in your career? Join our Avionics team today.

reempowerprogram

This role is also eligible for the Re-Empower Program. The Re-Empower Program helps support talented and committed professionals as they rebuild their capabilities, enhance leadership skills, and continue their professional journey. Over the course of the 14-week program, experienced professionals will gain paid, on-the-job experience, have an opportunity to participate in sessions with leadership, develop personalized plans for success and receive coaching to guide their return-to-work experience. Upon completion of the program, based on performance and contributions participants will be eligible for a career at RTX.

Minimum Program Qualifications

To qualify for the Raytheon Technologies, Re-Empower Program, candidates should:

Be on a career break of one or more year at time of application

Have prior experience in functional area of interest

Have interest in returning in either a full-time or part-time position

Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.

WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.

*Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

Regardless of your role type, collaboration and innovation are critical to our business and all employees will have access to digital tools so they can work with colleagues around the world – and access to Collins sites when their work requires in-person meetings.

Some of our competitive benefits package includes: 

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages you can buy: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
• Adoption Assistance         
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
•  And more! 

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.

Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day.

The salary range for this role is 96,000 USD - 200,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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