Senior Program Operations Manager, NGSR

RTX

Senior Program Operations Manager leading operations strategy for aerospace and defense company. Driving growth and collaboration within a complex and dynamic environment across multiple product lines.

Posted 5/11/2026full-timeTucson • Alabama, Arizona, Massachusetts, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $132,400 - $251,600 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own Ops proposal, growth, and strategy development through TTP, ensuring successful capture and profitability of future NGSRI business.
Collaborate with Program Leadership Team, POMs and MPMs supporting the NGSRI portfolio, ensuring effective integration into execution strategies.
Execute Ops proposal development, including task descriptions, BOEs, IMS and standard structure development, factory strategies, manufacturing planning, and other strategic initiatives.
Support make/where plans, ensuring best source of supply to maintain affordability and capacity throughout the program lifecycle.
Act as primary Ops interface with program customers, peers, and cross-functional stakeholders, ensuring alignment, transparency, and high service standards.
Develop and coordinate Ops inputs for gate reviews and support approved strategies in partnership with the execution teams.
Provide overall leadership of the operations process development from manufacturing, test, and producibility.
Support capital planning, Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) assessments, and long‑range planning activities.
Demonstrate strong business acumen in managing budget, schedule, and resource plans.
Deliver clear verbal and visual presentations to internal stakeholders and U.S. Government customers.
Participate in TDP reviews and approvals using common PDM systems.
Drive cross‑functional collaboration to remove barriers, align teams, and achieve program objectives.
Develop competitive bids and proposals in partnership with supply chain, manufacturing and other cross-functional organizations.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience.
Experience leading teams in a matrixed organization.
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.
Strong communication, interpersonal, and influence skills.
Experience developing executive level presentations and briefing business leadership.
Experience working with external customers and all levels of internal leadership.
Proven ability to lead cost-reduction and process-improvement initiatives.
Experience with Six Sigma/CORE tools and methodology.

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical insurance
dental insurance
vision insurance
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

Ops proposal developmentManufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) assessmentsBudget managementSchedule managementResource planningCost-reduction initiativesProcess-improvement initiativesSix SigmaCORE toolsTask descriptions

Soft Skills

LeadershipCommunicationInterpersonal skillsInfluence skillsCollaborationBusiness acumenPresentation skillsStakeholder managementTeam alignmentTransparency

Certifications

U.S. government issued security clearance