Affordability Section Manager

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At RTX the world largest aerospace and defense company 185000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the worlds 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 todays mission and stay ahead of tomorrows 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.

Raytheons Strategy & Technology Center is seeking an Affordability Section Lead Senior Manager to guide develop and oversee the Affordability discipline across multiple teams and programs. Affordability is a critical function within Raytheon that ensures systems are designed produced and sustained at optimal lifecycle cost while maintaining mission performance and reliability. Because approximately 7080% of lifecycle cost is determined during early engineering design and system architecture decisions Affordability plays a central role in influencing engineering supply chain production and sustainment strategies. The Affordability Section Lead partners with Chief Engineers Program Managers Supply Chain leadership Operations and Finance to ensure that affordability objectives cost-awareness and value optimization are embedded throughout the product lifecycle.

This position is an onsite role located in Tucson AZ.

What You Will Do:

• Provide leadership and direction to the Affordability organization including Leads Modelers SMEs and Support staff.
• Develop and implement Affordability discipline strategy capability development plans and long-term organizational goals.
• Ensure consistent execution of Affordability activities across programs aligned with RLPM processes and engineering best practices.
• Oversee development and review of complex cost models lifecycle cost assessments and affordability analyses.
• Guide identification quantification and execution of Cost Reduction Initiatives (CRIs) and Cost Risks/Opportunities (CROs).
• Represent Affordability in major design reviews Independent Reviews customer engagements and proposal development activities.
• Partner with Engineering Supply Chain Operations and Finance to integrate cost considerations into architecture manufacturing and sustainment decisions.
• Lead workforce planning performance management recruiting and mentoring across the Affordability discipline.
• Drive process improvement standardization and development of modeling tools templates and best practices.
• Monitor Affordability execution across programs and escalate issues risks and resource needs to senior leadership.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science Technology Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience with systems engineering methodologies in the development of system architectures production processes and/or sustainment strategies.
• Experience in cost modeling lifecycle cost analysis and/or affordability methodologies.
• Experience preparing and delivering briefings to executive leadership and customer stakeholders.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• An advanced degree or advanced certification (e.g. MBA systems engineering cost analysis or project management)
• Experience in DTC (Design-to-Cost) and/or CAIV (Cost As an Independent Variable)
• Experience leading large cross-functional initiatives in Engineering Supply Chain Operations or Finance.
• Experience leading technical teams and developing organizational capability.
• Familiarity with manufacturing cost drivers industrial engineering concepts and production optimization.
• Experience supporting competitive assessments major proposals or customer engagement strategies.
• Experience managing competing priorities allocating resources and drive disciplined execution across multiple programs.

What We Offer:

• Our values drive our actionsbehaviorsand performance with a vision for a safer more connected world. At RTX we value:SafetyTrust Respect AccountabilityCollaborationand Innovation.
• Relocation Eligibible Relocation assistance may be provided

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• 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.
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  The salary range for this role is 132400 USD - 251600 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 candidates 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 companys 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.

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