Associate Director – Strategic Technologies and Partnerships

RTX

ST&P Leader at RTX managing strategic relationships and funding with US Government programs. Cultivating partnerships to enhance technology research offerings to meet USG needs.

Posted 5/4/2026full-timeEast Hartford • Connecticut, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $157,200 - $298,800 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Cultivate and maintain strategic relationships with relevant US Government (USG) program managers
Maintain relationships with pertinent academic and industry organizations that strengthen RTX Technology Research Center (RTRC) offerings to USG customers
Have a deep, insightful understanding of Congressional and USG agency budget, priorities, technology needs and decision-makers
Identify and influence partnership and funding opportunities for RTRC
Develop capture campaign strategies aligned to USG agency needs and RTRC capabilities
Create and maintain potential USG customers
Inform internal RTRC investments to create discriminating technologies that are responsive to USG agency needs
Coordinate interaction with USG agencies across RTRC and with RTX Business Units
Facilitate in-depth discussions and partnerships with suitable partners and proposal team members
Guide proposal teams on campaign deliverables
Responsible for multiple external customers (5-10 USG agencies) and $15-20 million annual Customer Research and Development (CRAD) bookings
Ability to work onsite in East Hartford, CT approximately 2 weeks/month or as required
Willingness to travel frequently to engage USG customers is a must

Requirements

What you’ll need

Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience, or an advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years experience
Proven direct USG S&T agency work experience
Ability to relate USG agency challenges and needs to groundbreaking R&D developments
Extensive existing connections with research leaders across USG agencies, industry and academic institutions
Ability to translate existing relationships into compelling teaming arrangements to meet USG agency needs with the broad technical community
Proven ability to build collaborative and multi-disciplinary teams to address challenging customer needs
Demonstrates a self-starting ability to:
(i) lead concept formulation and marketing activities;
(ii) balance multiple tasks; and,
(iii) coordinate with multiple business functions to deliver compelling proposals
Strong customer communication skills with the ability to influence internal and external parties to accept concepts and approaches.

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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Soft Skills

relationship managementstrategic thinkingcollaborationinfluencecommunicationteam leadershipmulti-taskingcoordinationself-startingcustomer engagement

Certifications

University Degreeadvanced Degree in a related field