Senior Manager, Stinger Launcher Program Lead

Prattwhitney; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 132,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) match

Flexible spending accounts

Flexible work schedules

Employee assistance program

Scholar program

Parental leave

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

RTX, a leading aerospace and defense company, is seeking a Senior Manager for the Stinger Launcher Program Lead role in Tucson, AZ. The role focuses on program execution, customer relationships, and financial performance on a high-visability defense program.

The candidate will drive cross-functional teams, manage delivery commitments, and lead the program through startup to closeout with accountability for cost, schedule, and performance. A security clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor's degree or advanced degree and extensive relevant experience.
• Experience with development or production programs.

Responsibilities

• Own the customer interface for your programs, fostering a collaborative 'One Team' culture with the customer and ensuring exemplary standards of service and value proposition.
• Effectively utilize financial and execution controls (EVMS, Risk and Opportunity and RLPM) to drive execution excellence, process and consistency across programs.
• Implement continuous improvement initiatives, leveraging RLPM and CORE.
• Deliver projects on time and on schedule through leadership of cross matrixed teams.
• Maintain and manage key programmatic metrics, define milestones and critical path, monitor adherence to program budgets and schedules, and direct work to achieve these metrics.
• Support inputs into program Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and long-term financial outlook and commit to specific financial goals and obligations.
• Perform regular program EACs, PMRs and business forecasting reviews.
• Interface with multiple internal and geographically dispersed team members, ensuring consistent and effective communication to drive tasks and issues to resolution.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Financial analysis

Project management

Program management certification

Education

Bachelor's degree or Advanced degree

Tools

EVMS

RLPM

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-08-20 Country: United States of America Location: US-AZ-TUCSON-M13 ~ 3601 E Britannia Dr ~ BRITANNIA M13 Position Role Type: Onsite U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance Security Clearance Type: DoD Clearance: Secret Security Clearance Status: Active and existing security clearance required after day 1

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.

Raytheon is seeking a highly motivated candidate to serve as the Senior Manager, Stinger Launcher Program Lead. You will be responsible for managing the overall program operation infrastructure, internal execution schedule, and ensuring that delivery commitments are met. This role offers an opportunity to gain experience on a challenging program, inspiring change and innovation, working on change management and transformation, and focusing on execution, driving results with a significant backlog, while fostering standardization, programmatic basics, and accountability. This role is responsible for the successful program and flawless execution of the program, with the next year’s intention of increasing annual sales. Additionally, this role is accountable for the customer relationship that drives cost, schedule, and performance for a portion of the Stinger Launcher portfolio. This role reports to the Stinger Launcher Associate Director, Program Manager.

Not Relocation Eligible – Relocation assistance is available for this position This position requires a security clearance.

What You Will Do

• Own the customer interface for your programs, fostering a collaborative "One Team" culture with the customer and ensuring exemplary standards of service and value proposition.
• Effectively utilize and implement financial and execution controls (EVMS, Risk and Opportunity and RLPM) to drive execution excellence, process and consistency across programs.
• Implement continuous improvement initiatives, leveraging RLPM and CORE.
• Deliver projects on time and on schedule through leadership of cross matrixed teams.
• Maintain and manage key programmatic metrics, define milestones and critical path, monitor adherence to program budgets and schedules, and direct work to achieve these metrics.
• Support inputs into program Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and long-term financial outlook and commits to specific financial goals and obligations.
• Perform regular program EACs, PMRs and business forecasting reviews.
• Interface with multiple internal and geographically dispersed team members, ensuring consistent and effective communication to drive tasks and issues to resolution.
• Lead through RLPM from startup to contract closeout.
• Ability to travel 25% of the time as needed.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and minimum 10 years of prior relevant experience or an Advanced degree in a related field and minimum 7 years experience.
• Experience supporting development or production programs.
• Experience with financial analysis tools and project management tools and/or systems to include risk and opportunity management.
• Program Management certification at level 5 or 4, or ability to achieve within 12 months CORE certification or industry process improvement training.
• Working knowledge of contract formation, execution, management, and/or closeout.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams.
• Experience in managing development and/or obsolescence mitigation projects.
• Proven ability to effectively lead a cross-functional team in a multi-regional environment.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively work with and establish relationships with external Customers and/or Suppliers.
• FMS Program Management experience.
• Working knowledge of EX/IM and Security requirements.
• Experience working US Government programs.
• Experience supporting TINA compliant cost proposals and synthesizing Proposal Review and Contract Start-up packages for management review and approval.

What We Offer

Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation

• Trust
• Respect
• Accountability
• Collaboration
• Innovation

Location Info: This role is onsite located in Tucson, AZ Tucson, AZ: https://careers.rtx.com/global/en/raytheon-tucson,-az-location

The salary range for this role is 132,400 USD - 251,600 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels.

• 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
• 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.

Privacy Policy and Terms: 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.