Principal Specialist: Digital Cutover Lead, oneRTX PST (Remote)

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. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

RTX launched oneRTX to focus on leveraging the scale of our three business units to improve collaboration, cost structure, productivity, and performance. The oneRTX: Process & Systems Transformation (PST) project is one of several major, multi-year initiatives under oneRTX that align to our goals as a company and optimize how we work, operate, and deliver to our customers. The intent of oneRTX: PST is to harmonize processes, tools, and metrics across RTX while deploying a common enterprise resource management platform – SAP’s S/4 HANA. The result will be a common user experience across the businesses, real-time visibility into critical data, and automation of manual tasks to enable all employees to focus on value-add activities.

About the role

The Cutover Lead will refine the cutover strategy, templates, and detail plans. This individual will drive execution tasks with various team members and stakeholders, track progress, and escalate issues. The Cutover Lead will follow project management processes and best practices to ensure all tasks, activities, and resources are aligned to meet the overall program and organizational goals. Ability to travel ~25%-50% to other major RTX US sites (Farmington, Richardson, Cedar Rapids, and Charlotte).

Responsibilities

• Cutover planning and execution of comprehensive step-by-step mock, rehearsal, and production cutover management plan.
• Drive cutover progress, including task completion and milestone achievement to adhere to the overall timeline.
• Lead daily meetings with cross-functional thread leads.
• Understand team member workload, task timing, potential resource constraints, and ensure optimal resource utilization throughout the cutover process.
• Proactive risk management: identify, assess, mitigate, and monitor potential risks with real-time alerts for critical issues.
• Monitor and track cutover metrics, including issues and task timing.
• Communicate expectations and instill accountability in team members.
• Resolve conflicts, promote work sharing, and motivate teams toward common goals.
• Manage multiple cutover activities, tasks, and resources through effective organization, prioritization, and time management practices to meet program objectives.
• Documentation and reporting, internal stakeholder communication, and identifying areas for improvement to enhance quality and efficiency of cutover activities.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access certain necessary systems.
• Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 5 years of prior relevant experience OR an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience OR, in absence of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in scheduling software such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheets, Planview, Jira, or similar tools.
• CORE or equivalent (i.e., Six Sigma or Change Management) and project management experience.
• Experience with multiple project methodologies including waterfall and agile Scrum methodology.

Qualifications

• Effectively lead and manage change within a matrix and team environment while collaborating across lines of business including process and digital.
• Experience with agile frameworks/iterative approaches to software development and implementation projects.
• Work productively in a fast-paced, demanding environment (virtually as well as in-person) while managing multiple activities concurrently.
• Guide and influence at multiple levels of the organization to include executive leadership.
• SAP knowledge, prior implementation experience.
• Project Management (PMP) and Agile certifications.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages you can buy: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
• Adoption Assistance
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program

Pay

The salary range for this role is 86,800 USD - 165,200 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.

Schedule

This position is currently designated as remote. Employees in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home) but may be expected to travel to the site location as needed. Travel requirement is approximately 25%-50% to other major RTX US sites (Farmington, Richardson, Cedar Rapids, and Charlotte).