Senior Manager, Avionics Change Activation Readiness Lead (Onsite)

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About the role

The Change Activation Readiness Lead prepares the Avionics organization for major initiative launches and operational changes, including S/4HANA. This role brings structure to fast-moving, complex work by setting clear plans, explaining what teams need to know, and keeping leaders aligned toward key targets. It involves drafting communications, shaping activation strategies, and developing materials to help teams understand and adopt changes. The ideal candidate thrives in organizing complex work, guiding diverse stakeholders, and maintaining focus on shared outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Build clear activation plans outlining goals, timelines, dependencies, responsibilities, and key milestones for major initiatives.
• Analyze schedules and workplans to surface risks, derive actions, and keep teams moving toward critical targets.
• Draft straightforward communications to help teams understand changes and equip leaders with tools for clear, consistent updates.
• Shape how key changes and initiatives are activated across Avionics, ensuring approaches are simple, coordinated, and easy to follow.
• Develop practical training materials—guides, job aids, and learning paths—to prepare employees for new systems, processes, and role expectations.
• Coordinate and partner across functions to keep stakeholders aligned, informed, and working toward shared outcomes.
• Build and support change champion networks to accelerate adoption and provide local readiness support.
• Monitor readiness and progress, identifying risks early and helping leaders take corrective actions before they impact critical targets.
• Bring structure to complex, fast-moving work by organizing tasks, clarifying actions, and keeping teams focused on priorities.
• Support leaders during key milestones, helping them communicate effectively and stay aligned as initiatives move from planning to execution.
• Use feedback and data to continuously improve communication, training, and adoption strategies.

Requirements

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 10 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience.
• Experience creating materials that help teams understand changes, such as guides, summaries, presentations, and reference tools.
• Proven ability to organize complex, fast-moving work and turn broad goals into clear, actionable plans.
• Strong communication skills, with experience drafting concise, effective messages for leaders and teams.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without company immigration sponsorship now or in the future.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to shape strategy for how changes are introduced, ensuring activation approaches are simple, coordinated, and easy to adopt.
• Comfort working across functions and building alignment among diverse stakeholders.
• Steady judgment when navigating competing priorities, tight timelines, and evolving situations.
• Skill in keeping teams focused on readiness milestones and spotting risks early to prevent delays.
• Experience supporting leaders through organizational change, helping them communicate clearly and stay aligned on key targets.
• Ability to work quickly without sacrificing clarity, accuracy, or strategic focus.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.
• Generous 401(k) plan with 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: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection.
• Birth, adoption, and 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 $132,400 – $251,600 USD. The range is a good-faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including role, function, responsibilities, work experience, location, education/training, and key skills. Hired applicants may also be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs, depending on role level and collective-bargaining agreements.

Schedule

This is an onsite role based in Cedar Rapids, IA. Candidates may be asked to attend select interview steps in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of the role’s designation.