Business Readiness Director

Role Description

The Raytheon Performance Excellence organization is seeking a Business Readiness Director - Process and Systems Transformation (PST) - Program Management to shape the future of Raytheon by ensuring readiness across the business while developing the international deployment strategy and plan. The dynamic individual will report to the PST Vice President for Raytheon.

The RTX Process and Systems Transformation (PST) initiative aims to harmonize essential business processes, tools, metrics, and reporting across Corporate, Enterprise Services, and each of the business units (Raytheon, Collins Aerospace, and Pratt & Whitney) by integrating them into a unified RTX enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems using SAP S/4HANA.

Remote Work Location - this position is currently designated as remote (preferably near a major Raytheon location in the USA northeast region). Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home). If you live within a reasonable commute of an RTX site with other colleagues you interact with, your manager will discuss whether there is a degree of onsite presence associated with this role.

NOTE: The successful candidate for this role will be required to reside and work from one of the 50 U.S. states (excluding U.S. territories).

What You Will Do

• Program/Project Leadership
  • Ensure completion of PST‑owned business readiness projects and oversee progress of function‑led readiness activities.
  • Lead the international deployment strategy, plan, and related activities ensuring objectives, costs, and schedules are met.
  • Bridge teams across various functions.
• Performance Enhancements
  • Drive improvements to processes, systems, tools, and data.
• Strategic Decision-Making, Alignment & Collaboration
  • Partner with functional teams to ensure all business readiness actions are completed.
  • Define and drive the international deployment strategy across eight countries implementing all or portions of S4 processes and tools.
  • Engage landed companies to build long‑term international roadmaps.
• Executive Engagement
  • Provide clear, timely updates to all levels of leadership.
  • Serve as an interface with international senior leaders and functional executives.
• People Leadership
  • Provide guidance, mentorship, and support to help team members grow and succeed.
• Travel
  • Estimated at < 25%, to participate in business engagements (95% domestic and 5% international).

Qualifications

• Typically requires a University Degree in a related field or equivalent experience and minimum of 14 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum of 12 years relevant experience.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and various levels of stakeholders.
• Program management experience at all levels (cradle to grave) for both domestic and international customers (including execution activity).
• Business execution experience.
• Experience presenting and reporting to all levels of executive stakeholders.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite resources.

Requirements

• Experience leading business process transformation and change management.
• Experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, including implementation and integration at a corporate or enterprise level.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA.
• Leadership experience in large transformation or change management efforts.
• An established Raytheon international network.
• High-level of emotional intelligence and learning agility that translates to initiative, self-motivation, resourcefulness, patience, and the ability to work in a highly ambiguous environment.
• Program Management Certification.
• RTX Lifecycle Program Management (RLPM) Mindset and Behaviors:
  • Customer-focused, mission first.
  • Empowerment – clarifying roles, responsibilities, and decision-making authorities.
  • Accountability – holding ourselves and our teams accountable.
  • Integrity – meeting commitments to internal and external stakeholders.

Benefits

• 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.