Defense Program Manager (Secret Clearance)

RTX; Cambridge (MA); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Employee Scholar Program

Parental leave

Job summary

RTX's BBN Technologies in Cambridge, MA is seeking a Program Manager to lead defense-related initiatives within a hybrid onsite/offsite role. You will coordinate across technical and functional teams, manage budgets, schedules, and risks, and drive proposals and capture activities to meet cost targets.

Candidates typically have a university degree and 8+ years of experience, strong planning and communication skills, and the ability to obtain a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and a minimum 8 years of experience, or an Advanced Degree and a minimum 5 years experience.
• Experience planning, staffing, and tracking multi-person projects.
• Experience with MS Office, MS Project, and financial tracking in Excel.
• Experience with collaboration tools such as Confluence and Teams.
• Active U.S. government issued Secret Security Clearance is required prior to start date; U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate extensively across technical and functional support staff to enable on-time, on-budget delivery.
• Translate customer needs and advise technical experts on optimal solutions.
• Monitor spending, staffing, schedules, contracts, purchases, and deliverables.
• Manage schedules, resources, and budgets to ensure execution within cost targets.
• Identify, track, and elevate program risks and issues for mitigation.
• Facilitate collaboration through clear communication and information sharing.
• Lead cross functional teams through an aggressive proposal development schedule ensuring all capture activities and proposal deliverables are addressed and delivered on time and within budget.
• Employ PM best practices and tools to maintain alignment across complex projects.
• Deliver regular project updates and insights to stakeholders and leadership.
• Lead review meetings, inform decision making, and coordinate across project interdependencies.
• Drive achievement of milestones through resource planning and progress tracking.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Analytical thinking

Education

University Degree or equivalent

Advanced Degree (optional)

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

Excel

Confluence

Teams

Job description

RTX's BBN Technologies in Cambridge, MA is seeking a Program Manager to lead defense-related initiatives within a hybrid onsite/offsite role. You will coordinate across technical and functional teams, manage budgets, schedules, and risks, and drive proposals and capture activities to meet cost targets.

Candidates typically have a university degree and 8+ years of experience, strong planning and communication skills, and the ability to obtain a U.S. Secret security clearance.