Director, National Security Tech Programs

Prattwhitney; Cambridge (MA); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

401(k) match

Flexible spending accounts

Flexible work schedules

Employee Scholar Program

Parental leave

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

RTX BBN Technologies in Cambridge, MA seeks a seasoned leader to drive integration of maturing technology into fielded platforms and programs of record. You will plan tests, coordinate demonstrations, and shape multi‑year transition strategies to meet national security objectives.

The role emphasizes management of technical teams, stakeholder liaison, and strategic funding pursuits with government agencies. A Top Secret clearance and US citizenship are required, with hybrid work in Cambridge, MA.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and a minimum 10 years of experience, or an Advanced Degree and a minimum 7 years experience.
• Experience in development and integration of systems in support of blue platform survivability.
• Experience managing technical teams and executing programs.
• Experience writing and reviewing classified government technical specifications and generating system performance requirements.
• Experience managing complex teams to deliver technology in support of OSW organizations (SCO, DARPA, etc), service component labs and acquisition organizations.
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued TOP SECRET security clearance is required prior to start date.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the business unit’s integration of maturing technology into fielded operational platforms and programs of record which will result in the planning and execution of tests and demonstrations.
• Test/Demo Planning and Execution: Review and shape test objectives, test data collection requirements and objectives, data collection and execution, and post-test analysis and reporting in support of transition activities.
• Transition Planning: Help shape the multi‑year technology transition strategy in partnership with NCT technology area leads and business unit leaders. Translate RTX corporate objectives into a prioritized portfolio of NCT transition initiatives, to include identifying and coordinating strategic demonstrations of NCT technologies.
• Stakeholder & Sponsor Management: Act as the primary liaison between business sponsors, delivery teams, external vendors, and regulatory bodies. Facilitate executive workshops, road‑show presentations, and status briefings that secure buy‑in, resolve conflicts, and keep momentum.
• Regularly communicate and engage with internal and external customers to help identify and connect opportunities with innovative technical capabilities and potential solutions.
• Talent Development & Team Leadership: Build, mentor, and retain a high‑performing team of program managers, engineers, and researchers. Foster a culture of innovation, data‑driven decision‑making, and continuous innovation.
• Support proposal writing and processes through the shaping of win themes, innovations, operational impact, and focus on customers’ most pressing uses cases.
• For select projects targeted for transition, will direct phases of program maturation from inception through completion.
• Will work as BBN liaison to RTX project teams to establish design concepts, criteria and engineering efforts for product research, development, integration and test.
• Testing and development.
• Provides input to the integrated master schedule for project(s).
• Interface with larger RTX enterprise and associated business units (Pratt and Whitney, Collins Aerospace, Raytheon) to help shape their technology roadmaps, identify transition opportunities, and drive maturing research capabilities into RTX product lines.

Skills

Program management

Technical leadership

Strategic planning

Operational testing

Written & verbal communication

Education

University degree or equivalent experience

Job description

RTX BBN Technologies in Cambridge, MA seeks a seasoned leader to drive integration of maturing technology into fielded platforms and programs of record. You will plan tests, coordinate demonstrations, and shape multi‑year transition strategies to meet national security objectives.

The role emphasizes management of technical teams, stakeholder liaison, and strategic funding pursuits with government agencies. A Top Secret clearance and US citizenship are required, with hybrid work in Cambridge, MA.