Onboarding & Contracting Department Leader - Onsite Tucson, AZ

Prattwhitney; Tucson (AZ); Sur place; USD 130 000 - 185 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Raytheon Technologies in Tucson, AZ is seeking an Onboarding & Contracting Department Leader in the Test Solutions team. The leader will oversee day-to-day operations for a large, fast-paced organization focused on hiring, onboarding, contracting, and deploying new employees across multiple engineering and execution departments.

The role requires 8+ years in engineering operations or onboarding, strong leadership, and the ability to scale onboarding curricula and deployment frameworks.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in a STEM field, Human Resources, Management, Business, or related discipline.
• Minimum of eight (8) years of progressive experience in engineering operations, onboarding, staffing, or large-scale organizational leadership.
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience managing high-volume hiring, onboarding, and/or workforce deployment pipelines.
• Experience with in-line management of large teams, driving performance, and managing through rapid change cycles.
• Prior leadership experience (e.g., Department Leader, Section Manager, Program Manager, Operational Manager, Staffing Manager).
• Demonstrated experience preparing operational strategies, proposals, manpower models, and/or cost estimates.]
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Responsabilités

• Lead leaders, including section managers, senior staff, onboarding coordinators, and training leads responsible for hiring operations, employee preparation, and deployment to multiple execution organizations across Raytheon Drive an end-to-end onboarding pipeline that includes candidate intake, contracting workflows, new-hire readiness, onboarding training, functional alignment, and deployment into receiving departments
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• Serve as the functional interface to Execution Directors/ Leaders, Talent Acquisition leadership, Engineering Excellence, and other strategic partners across multiple sites
• Ensure timely contracting and onboarding flows to support high-volume engineering hiring against aggressive annual targets
• Participate and lead programmatic and functional reviews, including hiring forecasts, onboarding throughput, cost and schedule reviews, issue resolution, and escalation management
• Drive organizational resilience and operational excellence under high demand, rapid-change environments
• Support and execute the vision of driving business growth through innovative onboarding solutions, flawless operational execution, and cultivation of engineering talent]
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Connaissances

Leadership

Onboarding

High-volume hiring

Operations management

Strategic planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Formation

Bachelors degree in STEM or related field

Masters degree preferred

Description du poste

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.

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Security Clearance Type: None/Not Required Security Clearance Status: Not Required

This position is for an Onboarding & Contracting Department Leader within the Test Solutions team in the Raytheon Hardware Engineering organization. The Leader will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of a large, fast-paced organization chartered to meet aggressive hiring and onboarding targets across multiple engineering and execution departments. The department will centralize hiring, onboarding, foundational training, contracting, and deployment of new employees into execution teams. The organization anticipates increased substantial onboarding activity in 2026 and in the years that follow, resulting in a consistently high-volume operational environment for this role. This leader will drive cross-functional partnerships across Talent Acquisition, Staffing, Facilities, HR, Engineering Excellence, and execution organizations. They will establish and scale best practices, mentoring circles, ambassador programs, onboarding curricula, and employee deployment frameworks to ensure all new hires are productive, aligned, and integrated efficiently. 2027 hiring demands will require exceptional organizational discipline, adaptability, calm under pressure, and sustained delivery at scale. This position will be seated in Tucson, AZ, but travel to multiple sites (Northeast, McKinney, Huntsville) is required with roughly 20% travel. On occasion, you may have the ability to work remotely during small portions of the work week, as schedule allows. However, this position is classified as 100% onsite.

What You Will Do

• Lead leaders, including section managers, senior staff, onboarding coordinators, and training leads responsible for hiring operations, employee preparation, and deployment to multiple execution organizations across Raytheon Drive an end-to-end onboarding pipeline that includes candidate intake, contracting workflows, new-hire readiness, onboarding training, functional alignment, and deployment into receiving departments
• Develop and implement strategies that directly impact Engineering results by increasing speed, quality, and consistency of onboarding and employee ramp-up
• Partner closely with Talent Acquisition, Staffing, Facilities, Security, and execution program leadership to forecast demand, plan onboarding cycles, and coordinate resource deployment
• Develop and execute standard onboarding curricula, new-hire bootcamps, mentoring circles, ambassador programs, and continuous-improvement initiatives for employee readiness
• Serve as the functional interface to Execution Directors/ Leaders, Talent Acquisition leadership, Engineering Excellence, and other strategic partners across multiple sites
• Ensure timely contracting and onboarding flows to support high-volume engineering hiring against aggressive annual targets
• Participate and lead programmatic and functional reviews, including hiring forecasts, onboarding throughput, cost and schedule reviews, issue resolution, and escalation management
• Drive organizational resilience and operational excellence under high demand, rapid-change environments
• Support and execute the vision of driving business growth through innovative onboarding solutions, flawless operational execution, and cultivation of engineering talent

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in a STEM field, Human Resources, Management, Business, or related discipline
• Minimum of eight (8) years of progressive experience in engineering operations, onboarding, staffing, or large-scale organizational leadership
• Minimum of two (2) years experience managing high-volume hiring, onboarding, and/or workforce deployment pipelines
• Experience with in-line management of large teams, driving performance, and managing through rapid change cycles
• Prior leadership experience (e.g., Department Leader, Section Manager, Program Manager, Operational Manager, Staffing Manager)
• Demonstrated experience preparing operational strategies, proposals, manpower models, and/or cost estimates

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters degree in STEM, Human Resources, Management, Business, or related discipline
• Experience in engineering or technical environments (DoD preferred)
• Experience with effective communication and presentation skills required to influence and interface with senior and executive leadership, cross-functional stakeholders, including program managers and functional managers
• Experience leading in high-press<|endoftext|>