Date Posted:
2023-11-01
Country:
United States of America
Location:
MA105: BBN Headquarters 10 Moulton Street , Cambridge, MA, 02138 USA
Position Role Type:
Hybrid
At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world.
For over 70 years, Raytheon BBN Technologies has solved real-world problems through research, exploration, development, and prototyping. We collaborate with top technical talent to pioneer transformative solutions. The Network & Cyber Technologies (NCT) team leverages math, engineering, and physics to tackle customer challenges in communications, RF, and cyber domains. We specialize in information exchange, protection, and exploitation.
This is a position for candidates with R&D program management experience. In this role, you will provide key program management support enabling NCT technical staff to deliver innovative solutions to customers, primarily for Cyber/EW capabilities. You will help coordinate resources, track progress, facilitate collaboration, and ensure on-time delivery within budget. Your leadership and organizational skills will empower our engineers and scientists to push boundaries and meet critical customer needs.
What you will do:
- Coordinate extensively across technical and support staff to enable on-time, on-budget delivery.
- Translate customer needs and advise technical experts on optimal solutions.
- Monitor spending, staffing, schedules, contracts, purchases, and deliverables.
- Manage schedules, resources, and budgets to ensure execution within cost targets.
- Identify, track, and escalate program risks and issues for mitigation.
- Facilitate collaboration through clear communication and information sharing.
- Employ PM best practices and tools to maintain alignment across complex projects.
- Deliver regular project updates and insights to stakeholders and leadership.
- Lead review meetings, inform decision making, and coordinate across project interdependencies.
- Drive achievement of milestones through resource planning and progress tracking.
What you will gain:
- Gain exposure to cutting-edge technical work and innovative research.
- Collaborate with a motivated, engaged team of experts pushing boundaries.
- Develop hands-on experience managing complex defense projects.
- Build program management skills through resource coordination, scheduling, budget oversight.
- Gain visibility into the end-to-end program lifecycle from concept to delivery.
- Interact closely with customers to understand emerging capability needs.
- Contribute to developing solutions that give warfighters a decisive technology edge.
- Strengthen communication, organization, and leadership abilities.
- Advance your career as a program management professional working with pioneering technologies.
Required qualifications:
- Active TS security clearance
- 5+ years relevant industry experience and 3+ years of program management experience.
- Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant technical field
- Experience in writing competitive proposals for Government funding through BAA opportunities, and executing on Government-funded contracts
- Experience working for a Government R&D Contractor
- Experience planning, staffing, and tracking multi-person projects
- Experience managing subcontractors and consultants
- Proficiency with MS Office, MS Project, and financial tracking in Excel
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Desired traits:
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and relationship building skills.
- Initiates, prioritizes, and manages multiple tasks effectively.
- Analytical thinker able to synthesize data.
- Resourceful problem-solver able to spot issues.
- Prior experience managing subcontractors.
- Eager learner focused on continuous PM skills development.
- Collaborative team player passionate about technology.
- Skilled at project scheduling, reporting, and stakeholder management.
- Experience in research and development of Cyber/EW capabilities.
- US citizenship required.
- Active SCI security clearance preferred.
RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.
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