Program Manager (Value Stream Leader) - Strategic Communications Systems (Onsite)
RTX Corporation
**Date Posted:**
2025-07-02
**Country:**
United States of America
**Location:**
HTX36: Richardson, TX 3200 E Renner Rd
, Richardson, TX, 75082-2402 USA
**Position Role Type:**
Onsite
**U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:**
Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
**Security Clearance:**
DoD Clearance: Secret
Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.
We’re looking for a proven leader to take on a key role within Collins Strategic Communications Systems. As the Value Stream Leader (VSL), you’ll be responsible for overseeing a portfolio of important sustainment programs, supporting critical legacy product design / development / production. This role directly contributes to tangential Value Stream Leaders and is accountable for the overall performance of their assigned programs, team, and profit center.
The VSL role combines these core responsibilities: delivering on financial commitments and ensuring successful execution across multiple programs. It requires someone who is comfortable making decisions, managing complexity, and working across functions to get results. This role is also customer-facing, requiring strong communication and relationship-building skills to ensure alignment, responsiveness, and trust with key government and industry partners.
This is a critical leadership role with direct influence on the success of our mission and the teams who deliver it. Key attributes needed to align with the business culture include a candidate who is **People Focused** , has a **One Team** mentality and is **Mission Driven** .
+ **One Team** - This leader will foster a collaborative environment, build strong internal and customer relationships, and enable open communication to engage high-performing and effective integrated program teams.
+ **People Focused** - We adopt and motivate talent and are passionate about increasing knowledge. This position will own the culture of their broader support team.
+ **Mission Driven** - Providing critical capabilities, for no fail missions, in support of our Nation’s defense is part of our legacy and motivation, and _meeting commitments is our priority_ .
**This position is required to work onsite in Richardson Texas. Relocation assistance will not be provided.**
**What You Will Do**
+ Facilitates small to medium programs to ensure adherence to program plans, schedules, and budgets for programs under his/her responsibility
+ Oversees pursuit activities for competitive and sole-sources activities
+ Manages the P&L of the program to ensure profitability targets are met
+ Develops milestones, program plans, schedules and budgets for programs to ensure that the organization’s objectives are met
+ Consolidates and presents plans and progress reports relating to business aspects of the program(s), and manages value-stream strategy and progress
+ Monitors strategic planning efforts for similar sized / complexity programs
+ Demonstrates continuous improvement initiatives to optimize efficiency and quality
+ Identifies and reacts to program problems and recommends solutions, such as allocation of resources, changing contractual specifications, and coordinating responses to customer action items
+ Supports the development of new business growth strategies
+ Supports the negotiation of contracts and contractual changes, including coordinating preparation of proposals, business plans, proposal work statements, operation budgets, specifications, and financial conditions of contracts to ensure legal compliance and to protect the organization’s interests
+ Facilitates all program phases from inception through completion
+ Interfaces with customers for project specifications to ensure successful completion
+ Manages the contract lifecycle, cost, schedule and performance of company programs or subsystems of major programs
+ Coordinates the negotiation, proposals, business plans, budgets and contracts for programs
+ Establishes cost focused performance targets and directs work to achieve these targets
+ Willingness to travel to support program / customer interfacing meetings (estimated to not exceed once per month)
**Qualifications You Must Have**
+ Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience
+ Active and transferable **Secret** U.S. government issued security clearance is required **prior to start date** .
**Qualifications We Prefer**
+ Active Top Secret or TS/SCI Security Clearance Preferred
+ 5+ years of Program Management, Value Stream Lead or Project Management experience preferred
**What We Offer**
+ Medical, dental, and vision insurance
+ weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
+ Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
+ Tuition reimbursement program
+ Student Loan Repayment Program
+ Life insurance and disability coverage
+ Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
+ Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
+ Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
+ Adoption Assistance
+ Autism Benefit
+ Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
+ Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
+ Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
+ Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
+ Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
+ And more!
**Learn More & Apply Now!**
Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions — whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. By joining our team, you’ll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today.
*Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.
**Onsite:** Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.
At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.
Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day.
The salary range for this role is 101,000 USD - 203,000 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._
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