PMO Portfolio Strategy & Capability Lead (Remote)

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About the role

At RTX, the world’s largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture, and service of aircraft engines and auxiliary power systems, revolutionizing modern flight for over 100 years. This remote opportunity within the Pratt & Whitney Global Digital Technology team focuses on building organizational capability, executive portfolio readiness, and strategic deployment of delivery leadership across the enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Delivery Capability & SWAT Leadership
  • Establish and manage a Digital deployment model for experienced Program Managers and Project Managers who can be rapidly assigned to high-priority business initiatives.
  • Maintain an enterprise bench of senior delivery professionals.
  • Rapidly deploy experienced leaders to strategic initiatives, executive priorities, recovery efforts, or emerging business demands.
  • Support Portfolio Managers during complex demand intake and business case development.
  • Provide interim leadership for critical programs experiencing delivery challenges.
  • Ensure deployment readiness across global PMO resources.
  • Partner with Resource Management to anticipate future strategic capability needs.
• PMO Organizational Capability Strategy
  • Continuously evaluate the health and maturity of the Digital PMO organization.
  • Assess organizational strengths and capability gaps across global PMO teams.
  • Develop multi-year capability roadmaps aligned to business strategy.
  • Identify future skills required across Portfolio, Program, and Project Management.
  • Recommend organizational structure enhancements.
  • Drive succession planning for key PMO leadership roles.
  • Partner with HR on recruitment, career paths, and leadership development.
  • Measure organizational capability maturity and workforce readiness.
• Portfolio Readiness & Strategic Transformation
  • Ensure the Digital PMO organization is prepared to support evolving business priorities.
  • Evaluate organizational readiness for major transformation programs.
  • Support executive portfolio planning activities.
  • Develop deployment strategies for large-scale initiatives.
  • Recommend organizational changes required to support new business priorities.
  • Coordinate enterprise response to emerging strategic demands.
  • Identify execution risks from a capability and capacity perspective.
• Strategic Mergers & Acquisitions Support
  • Serve as the PMO lead supporting Digital integration activities during mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic partnerships.
  • Coordinate Digital PMO support for integration planning.
  • Assess program leadership requirements.
  • Establish temporary governance for integration initiatives.
  • Coordinate deployment of senior PM resources.
  • Support executive integration reviews.
  • Identify organizational capability requirements during integration activities.
• Enterprise Change Leadership
  • Act as a strategic change sponsor for organizational improvements across the PMO.
  • Drive adoption of new organizational capabilities.
  • Support operating model evolution.
  • Promote enterprise collaboration.
  • Champion continuous improvement.
  • Build strong partnerships across Business and Digital organizations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related discipline and 12+ years of progressively responsible experience in Portfolio, Program, Project Management, or Digital Transformation leadership; OR a Master's degree (MBA, Engineering Management, Organizational Leadership, or equivalent) and 10+ years of progressively responsible experience in Portfolio, Program, Project Management, or Digital Transformation leadership.
• Minimum 5 years leading enterprise-level PMO, Portfolio Management, Program Management Office, or Business Transformation organizations.
• Demonstrated success leading large, cross-functional Digital transformation initiatives supporting business-critical capabilities.
• Experience establishing organizational capability improvement strategies across Portfolio, Program, and Project Management disciplines.
• Experience supporting executive leadership in strategic planning, portfolio prioritization, organizational readiness, and business transformation initiatives.
• Experience managing complex, multi-million-dollar portfolios with multiple concurrent programs across global teams.
• Proven experience building high-performing delivery organizations, mentoring senior Program Managers, and developing future leadership pipelines.
• Experience working across multiple delivery methodologies, including Agile, Hybrid, and Waterfall environments.

Qualifications

We prefer the following qualifications:

• Master's degree (MBA, Engineering Management, Organizational Leadership, or equivalent).
• Experience within Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Industrial Technology, or similarly regulated industries.
• Certifications:
  • PMP® (Project Management Professional).
  • PgMP® (Program Management Professional).
  • PfMP® (Portfolio Management Professional).
  • RTE (Release Train Engineer).
  • SAFe Lean Portfolio Manager (LPM).
  • SAFe Program Consultant (SPC).
  • PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP).
  • Certified Scrum Professional (CSP).

Pay

The salary range for this role is 157,200 USD - 298,800 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life insurance, short-term disability, and 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.
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (payments not guaranteed and dependent on individual, business unit, and company performance).