Technical Program Manager

RTX; Middletown (RI); On-site; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

401(k) match

Flexible schedules

Paid time off

Holidays

Annual incentive programs

Job summary

RTX BBN Technologies in Middletown, RI is seeking a Technical Program Manager to oversee multi-disciplinary projects involving shipboard systems, unmanned platforms, and sensing/data processing. You will plan, track, and report on complex programs while collaborating with functional leads to maintain schedules and budgets.

The role emphasizes strong leadership, risk management, and proposal support. Expect on-site work with occasional travel and eligibility for a security clearance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical program management experience.
• Bachelor's in STEM or Business with 8+ years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree.
• Ability to obtain/maintain Secret DoD clearance.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, decompose, and produce actionable execution plans to satisfy contractual requirements.
• Identify and actively manage project risks.
• Produce and deliver detailed status reports to internal and external customers.
• Coordinate with functional leads and provide inputs to the Integrated Master Schedule.
• Champion process improvement within production workflow and configuration management.
• Utilize planning and tracking tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, SharePoint).
• Perform project financial management and reporting.
• Convene and moderate productive meetings with actionable outcomes.
• Support proposal efforts including cost estimates and basis of estimates.
• Build and foster positive customer relationships.
• Some domestic travel up to 10%.

Skills

Technical program management

Risk management

Schedule management

Cost estimation & reporting

Education

Bachelor's in STEM or Business Administration

Advanced degree in related field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-10-26 Country: United States of America Location: US-RI-MIDDLETOWN-201 ~ 127 John Clarke Rd ~ BBN MIDDLETOWN, Ste 3 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.

Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense. The following position is to join our BBN team: RTX BBN Technologies, a high-tech research & development company, seeks a self-starter that is organized, highly professional, and people-centered to fill the role of Technical Program Manager in our Physical Sciences & Systems (PS2) business unit. This position is for a multi-functional professional with expertise in technical program management, system configuration management, and organizational process improvement. The individual will provide combination of planning, team and process oversight, and direct contributor support for large, high visibility program execution. The individual will also support the capture of new business opportunities. A successful individual possesses the ability to work both independently as well as collaboratively within a multidisciplined team to identify, prioritize, and execute tasks that align with project objectives. Project topics include, but are not limited to, shipboard systems, unmanned platforms and payloads, and complex sensing and data processing systems. The candidate shall have the aptitude to manage and track multiple parallel programmatic and technical activities. This is a hybrid position but will generally require 4 days on-site per week.

What You Will Do:

• Analyze, decompose, and produce actionable execution plans to satisfy contractual requirements
• Identify and actively manage project risks
• Produce and deliver detailed status reports to internal and external customers
• Coordinate with functional leads and provide continuous inputs to the Integrated Master Schedule
• Champion process improvement activities within the production workflow including, but not limited to, tracking processes for task performance and quality, product configuration management processes, and team communication
• Utilize planning, collaboration, and tracking tools within daily work routine such as Jira, Confluence, and Sharepoint
• Perform project financial management and reporting
• Convene and moderate highly productive meetings with actionable outcomes
• Support proposal efforts including strategy development, generating cost estimates, writing compliant proposal volumes, and documenting basis of estimates (BOEs)
• Build and foster positive customer relationships
• This position will require some domestic travel (up to 10%)

Qualifications You Must Have:

• A minimum of 5 years of technical program management experience
• Typically requires a Bachelor's in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM), or Business Administration (with a complementary technical background) and 8 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field
• The ability to obtain and maintain a Secret US DoD security clearance
• Experience developing detailed project schedules with complex task interdependencies
• Experience in organizing and methodically executing large, highly task interdependent projects

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Tactful communicator
• Earned value management and reporting experience
• Robust proficiency utilizing scheduling tools such as Microsoft Project
• Experience developing and maintaining requirements traceability matrices
• Proven systems engineering and technology development background
• Experience with and ability to author high-level technical memorandums for communicating critical program information
• An active security clearance

Candidates for this position must be a US Citizen and eligible for a security clearance. Relocation assistance is available provided final candidate meets eligibility requirements.

Work Location: Onsite - Middletown, RI

Salary: The salary range for this role is 107,500 USD - 204,500 USD.

This is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

Benefits:

• 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
• annual short-term incentive compensation
• annual long-term incentive compensation

Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

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.