AMRAAM Production Integration Lead – Tucson Onsite

globalhr; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 157,000 - 299,000; Full time

Job summary

RTX, based in Tucson, AZ, seeks an Associate Director for AMRAAM Production Integration & Readiness to lead Lot 39/40 performance, drive cost/schedule execution, and serve as the production liaison to global teams. The role requires strong leadership across engineering, operations, supply chain, quality, and contracts.

The candidate will manage EAC planning, risk mitigation, and production readiness, ensuring compliance with contract requirements while coordinating with international teams and

Qualifications

• 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.
• People leadership & program/project management experience.
• Experience with EACs, R&O management.
• Defense industry experience supporting hardware production.
• Experience leading large, complex matrixed teams.
• Experience with military hardware factory production and customer deliveries
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance within one year.

Responsibilities

• Lead P&L, cost, schedule, and technical execution for AMRAAM Lot 39/40 contract.
• Primary Raytheon interface for customer engagements.
• Execute Production Gates, Capture activities, negotiations, and contract startup to support awards.
• Manage contract execution, production handoffs, and integration activities.
• Develop and manage EAC planning, performance, and PM cadence (risk boards, PMRs, staffing/schedule reviews, decision reviews).
• Drive R&O mitigation and capture strategies to protect schedule, cost, and production continuity.
• Ensure compliance with RLPM, contract requirements, and corporate policy.
• Lead PM cadence including risk boards, schedule reviews, PMRs, staffing reviews, and decision reviews.
• Direct and coordinate cross‑functional team across engineering, SCM, ops, quality, finance, contracts.
• Develop AOP goals and long‑range production strategies.
• Serve as Production Liaison to Global Air Dominance team.
• Oversee Test Equipment (TE) resiliency efforts, align with production strategy, TE roadmap & optimization.
• Manage TE spares and on‑hand posture to support delivery requirements.
• Evaluate supplier performance and support SCM in driving schedule and quality compliance.
• Provide business cases for Make‑Buy‑Where decisions and lead forward‑path recommendations.
• Lead, mentor, and develop direct and indirect matrixed team members.

Skills

People leadership

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Education

University degree or equivalent; advanced degree

Job description

RTX, based in Tucson, AZ, seeks an Associate Director for AMRAAM Production Integration & Readiness to lead Lot 39/40 performance, drive cost/schedule execution, and serve as the production liaison to global teams. The role requires strong leadership across engineering, operations, supply chain, quality, and contracts.

The candidate will manage EAC planning, risk mitigation, and production readiness, ensuring compliance with contract requirements while coordinating with international teams and