Manager- MCE Fleet Management Programs (Onsite)

Prattwhitney; East Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) match

Job summary

Pratt & Whitney, a RTX company, is seeking a Fleet Manager to lead commercial aftermarket contracts in East Hartford. You will manage airline relationships, forecast maintenance and drive profitability across contracts.

Role requires cross-functional collaboration, financial acumen, and leadership to optimize contract outcomes. Onsite role with comprehensive benefits and a clear salary range.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of cross functional teaming experience to include external support and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced degree and 7 years of cross-functional teaming experience to include external support and problem solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Sales and Customer Support to interact with airline customers and deliver contract services.
• Drive long-term profitability by identifying opportunities to improve financial outcomes and manage invoices.
• Coordinate maintenance activity with global MRO network and provide technical guidance.
• Understand and enforce contract obligations, negotiate solutions with airlines to resolve disputes and de-risk provisions.

Skills

Communication skills

Influencing

Presentation skills

Data analysis

Leadership

Gas turbine engines knowledge

Airline operations understanding

Engine maintenance practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Advanced degree

Tools

None

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-09-08 Country: United States of America Location: US-CT-EAST HARTFORD-OBG ~ 400 Main St ~ BLDG OBG Position Role Type: Onsite U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: This job requires a U.S. Person. A U.S. Person is a lawful permanent resident as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) or who is a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, or individuals granted refugee or asylee status in the U.S. are considered U.S. persons. For a complete definition of “U.S. Person” go here. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62 Security Clearance Type: None/Not Required Security Clearance Status: Not Required Job Description

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.

Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines and auxiliary power systems and has been revolutionizing modern flight for over 100 years. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

The Pratt & Whitney Commercial Aftermarket team is responsible for long-term engine maintenance agreements with airline customers. Fleet Management is an exciting customer facing role with substantial financial and contractual accountability.

Primary responsibilities are divided into four key Program Management value streams:

What You Will Do:

• Customer Management: Team with the Sales and Customer Support organizations to host regular day-to-day interaction with airline customers, deliver contract services, ensure reliable engine operations, and resolve commercial disputes.
• Financial Management: Drive the long-term profitability plan for assigned contracts, identify and execute opportunities to improve financial outcomes, and tactically manage the flow and collection of invoices to the customer. Propose contract language modifications for improved feasibility of financial outcomes.
• Operational Management: Maintain engine removal forecasts, coordinate maintenance activity with our global network of MRO facilities, and establish technical guidance for optimal financial and operational outcomes.
• Contract Management: thoroughly understand all agreement obligations, ensure terms are met, and hold stakeholders accountable to assigned responsibilities. Propose and execute strategies for optimizing contract profitability. Negotiate solutions with airlines to solve disputes, driving closure of unpaid invoices and de-risking key contract provisions.

A successful Fleet Manager will demonstrate leadership and initiative to solve complex customer and contract problems, use their financial acumen for effective decision making, apply strategic thinking to achieve business profitability targets, while managing a high volume of operational day-to-day needs.

This is an onsite position; attendance expected in the office 5 days per week.

What You Will Learn:

Contract Management skills and strategies to increase customer satisfaction and company profitability.

Qualifications You Must Have :

• Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of cross functional teaming experience to include external support and problem-solving skills or an Advanced degree and 7 years of cross functional teaming experience to include external support and problem solving skills

Qualifications We Prefer:

• 2 years of professional financial analysis, program management, or business case experience.
• Prior customer-facing work experience in a technical or business role.
• Strong communication, influencing, presentation and data management/analysis skills.
• Proven leadership skills coupled with a history of attaining results through influence and collaboration.
• A fundamental understanding of gas turbine engines, airline operations and engine maintenance practices.

What is my role type?

In addition to transforming the future of flight, we are also transforming how and where we work. We’ve introduced role types to help you understand how you will operate in our blended work environment. This role is: Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance workers, as they are essential to the development of our engines. 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. As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.

The salary range for this role is 107,500 USD - 204,500 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 Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class.

RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.

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.