Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. RTX is the world's largest aerospace and defense company, seeking a strategic Program Manager to lead the transformation of EngineWise Connect into a central intelligence hub for engine lifecycle operations. The role involves developing a strategic roadmap, building business cases for investment, and driving platform modernization while mentoring a team within a scaled agile framework.
Responsibilities
- Develop and own the 3-year strategic roadmap for EngineWise Connect, synthesizing business strategy, customer needs, and technology capabilities into a unified platform vision
- Build a compelling business case reflecting cost savings, new revenue opportunities, time efficiencies, and improved customer and internal user experience
- Conduct discovery with internal business teams to identify pain points, promote portal solutions, and translate needs into platform opportunities and roadmap initiatives
- Leverage Liferay Objects, CMS, and out‑of‑the‑box capabilities to drive scalable, low‑maintenance solutions and reduce unnecessary customization
- Lead and mentor a team of product owners and technical resources; establish accountability, performance goals, and delivery rhythm across the team
- Transform the portal experience by implementing AI capabilities, intelligent agents, workflow automation, and advanced data integrations
- Drive a user-centered design approach using role-based workflows, UX best practices, and measurable user KPIs to inform prioritization and continuous improvement
- Partner with owners of applications running on the EngineWise Connect platform to ensure a cohesive, seamless experience for airlines, MROs, customer support, aftermarket, engineering, and Program teams
- Coordinate with Microsoft Dynamics, Power BI, data engineering, and enterprise architecture teams to align technologies, integrations, and roadmap dependencies
- Oversee delivery using a scaled agile framework, including backlog management, PI planning, stakeholder reviews, and governance forums
- Communicate status, outcomes, risks, and opportunities to executive leadership; ensure alignment with corporate digital strategy
Skills
- Bachelor's degree and 8 years of experience or Advanced Degree and 5 years of experience to include the following:
- Experience in digital program management, product management, or platform leadership roles
- Experience leading or supporting digital transformation with customer-facing or B2B digital platforms
- Liferay DXP or similar B2B digital platform experience
- Ability to develop data-driven business cases demonstrating cost reduction, revenue uplift, and service efficiency improvements
- Ability to define and track key operational metrics to demonstrate business value
- Industry experience (Aerospace, manufacturing, or customer support operations) in regulated or complex B2B environments
- Technical acumen to effectively communicate with IT about system integrations, identity access/management, connectivity to ERP, etc
- Ability and experience to drive organizational adoption with internal and external customers
- Proven success managing direct reports and leading cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment
- Strong background in user experience design, customer journey mapping, and leveraging KPIs to drive product decisions
- Knowledge of modern digital technologies, cloud platforms, data integration, and AI/automation capabilities
- Experience with agile and scaled agile frameworks (SAFe or similar)
- Strong communication skills and ability to influence at multiple organizational levels
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
- Holidays
- 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 company’s performance
- If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply
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