Material Program Manager

RTX

Material Program Manager in aerospace and defense managing supply chain strategies and execution. Collaborating with teams to ensure competitiveness and performance throughout the program life cycle.

Posted 4/14/2026full-timeGoleta • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $95,500 - $181,700 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide supply chain support for Gates activities and ensure IPDP compliance with the programs and tailoring when applicable.
Provide overall ownership of the supplier management process (i.e., Supplier Risk/Opportunity Management Plan, supplier performance, metrics, international issues.
Serve as the leader on assigned program supply chain activities, advise the Supply Chain Management team and the Program Management Office leadership team on material strategies and plans.
Support other Material Program Managers.
Develop and support Supply Chain proposal activities including task descriptions and basis of estimates that support price to win (PTW) targets.
Act as the Control Account Manager (CAM).
Identify and secure supply chain resources to support the capture plan.
Develop and execute material program plans (MPP).
Establish Material Sales Forecasts for assigned programs.
Execute make/buy/where process.
Work with production control, operations, procurement, and supplier engineering to ensure purchase requisitions, purchase orders, and supplier deliveries meet program demand.
Obtain MPM certification after experience in the role.
Provide monthly forecasting/reporting and measuring of the ETC/VAC to AOP.
Identify and mitigate program risks and support weekly supplier meetings.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum 3 years experience in a program/project management role, finance and/or supplier management position.
Typically requires a university degree and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and minimum 3 years experience.
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.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

supplier managementmaterial program plansforecastingrisk managementperformance metricsmake/buy/where processprogram managementfinancial analysisproposal developmentcontrol account management

Soft Skills

leadershipadvisory skillscommunicationorganizational skillsproblem-solvingcollaborationstrategic planningresource managementrisk mitigationteam support

Certifications

MPM certification