Programme Director - ACTS

Prattwhitney; Harlow; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

RTX, a leading aerospace and defence company, seeks an experienced Programme Director for Raytheon UK in a Prime Contractor role. You will lead a Raytheon Programme Management team, coordinate with Tier 1 and Tier 2 partners, and work with the customer in the Army Collective Training programme.

You will bring deep programme management expertise, governance, and cross-functional leadership to mobilise, deliver and continuously improve this critical national capability.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering complex programmes including systems integration.
• Experience working with prime contractors and customer-facing roles.
• Proven leadership of multi-disciplinary teams across dispersed sites.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver all contractual requirements within budgets and schedules.
• Establish governance, risk management, and reporting frameworks.
• Promote programme management excellence and continuous improvement.
• Engage with customer, partners, and suppliers to ensure delivery.
• Coach and mentor programme teams and build executive relationships.
• Contribute to knowledge and skills development across PMX functions.
• Represent the function as SME for Programme Execution.
• Collaborate with Omnia Training and Raytheon UK leadership.

Skills

Track record in delivering complex PMs

Prime contractor experience

Leading large cross-functional teams

Education

University degree or equivalent

Advanced degree in related field

STEM degree preferred

Tools

Industry standard PM tools

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-09-21 Country: United Kingdom Location: Harlow, Essex

Position Role Type: Onsite

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Raytheon brings 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. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

Job Description

As Programme Director for Raytheon UK in a Prime Contractor role, you will lead a Raytheon Programme Management team and coordinate across Tier 1 and Tier 2 partners, and work alongside the customer. The programme operates in the Military Land Training domain. This role does not need to be a domain expert; there is an abundance of domain expertise in the programme, what this role must bring is expertise in programme management processes and tools, and experience in applying these across large programmes.

Main Duties

This role reports to the Managing Director of Omnia Training based in Warminster. The role holder will work collaboratively with industry partners, suppliers and the customer to successfully mobilise, deliver and continuously improve the Army Collective Training Service. The main duties of the role are to:

• Lead, manage and successfully deliver all contractual requirements within agreed budgets, schedules and performance standards.
• Establish and maintain programme governance, risk management, reporting and control frameworks to ensure successful programme execution.
• Promote Programme Management Excellence (PMX) best practice and lead by example to instil a culture of flawless programme execution, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Conduct a regular tempo of downwards and upwards governance engagements to assure delivery and programme success.
• Develop, coach and mentor programme team members.
• Develop collaborative relationships with senior stakeholders within the Customer, strategic Partners, an ecosystem of Suppliers and across Raytheon.
• Be part of the Omnia Training senior leadership team.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert for Programme Execution.
• Actively contribute to the development of Knowledge and Skills across the Raytheon UK PMX function.

Candidate Requirements

• Successful track record in delivering complex programmes, preferably for a prime contractor and including systems integration.
• Experienced in working within partnering environments in a prime contractor role, alongside the customer and other contract delivery contractors.
• Experienced in leading large multi-disciplined teams over geographically dispersed sites.
• Track record of delivering business transformation through innovation, continuous improvement and the introduction of new technologies and processes.
• Strong commercial, financial and performance management skills commensurate with delivery of large complex projects.
• Experienced user of industry standard project management tools, techniques, and methodologies.
• Ideally in a defence context.
• Current holder of, or eligibility to obtain, SC MOD security clearance.
• Due to the security classification of this programme, candidates must be UK nationals (not dual nationals) and resident in the UK.

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

Role Classification

• 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.]
• Hybrid: Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite. Ratio of time working onsite will be determined in partnership with your leader.
• Remote: Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home). If you live within a reasonable commute of an RTX site with other colleagues you interact with, your manager will discuss whether there is a degree of onsite presence associated with this role. Candidates will learn more about role type and current site status throughout the recruiting process. For onsite and hybrid roles, commuting to and from the assigned site is the employee’s personal responsibility.

Qualifications

• Requires deep management and leadership knowledge to lead cross-department project teams or manage across multiple related departments.
• Typically requires: A University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years experience Engineering/Other Technical Positions: Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 12 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations.

Equal Employment Opportunity

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Company Overview

Privacy Policy and Terms: Click on this link to read the Policy and Terms RTX 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, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 195,000 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, Virginia.