Senior Manager, Employee Experience

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or authorized to work in the U.S. without company immigration sponsorship now or in the future. The company will not offer immigration sponsorship or seek export authorization for this role.

About the role

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to solve 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 opportunities no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

The Raytheon Talent team delivers the design and execution of strategic talent solutions. We are seeking an experienced Senior Manager to join our Employee Experience & Onboarding team. This team works cross-functionally to ensure every new hire begins their Raytheon experience feeling informed, connected, supported, and ready to contribute—and carries that throughout their employment journey. This role is remote, with up to 25% travel across Raytheon’s U.S. sites.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full lifecycle planning and execution of employee experience initiatives, including onboarding programs, site engagement activities, and multi-site deployment projects.
• Design, manage, and implement process improvements in response to key data metrics and feedback to continuously enhance employee-facing experiences.
• Partner across functions and business leaders to coordinate project activities that align with organizational goals and talent priorities.
• Track, analyze, and report on key experience and engagement KPIs to inform stakeholders and support strategic decision-making.
• Oversee the development, standardization, and maintenance of program resources, documentation, guidelines, and tools.
• Visit sites, conduct focus groups, and connect with employees to understand their needs and prioritize them in solutions.
• Stay connected with internal and external trends on employee experience, engagement, onboarding, and talent retention.
• Partner with Talent COE teams to align workstreams with broader talent management, employee experience, and leadership development strategies.
• Leverage continuous improvement methodologies, best practices, and benchmarking to advance deployment practices across Raytheon.
• Support enterprise communications related to program updates, deployments, and key initiatives.
• Travel up to 25%.

What You Will Learn

• Opportunity to independently own and evolve large-scale employee programs at one of the highest levels within Raytheon HR, including visibility with senior HR and business leadership.
• Hands-on experience applying the RTX CORE Operating Model, Tools, and Methods to improve processes and deliver strategic outcomes.
• Broad exposure to all pillars of the Raytheon Talent COE, deepening expertise in talent management, employee experience, leadership development, organizational effectiveness, and strategic workforce solutions.

Requirements

• Typically requires a university degree with 10 years of prior relevant experience OR an advanced degree with 8 years of related experience.
• 6+ years of experience owning programs or large-scale initiatives within HR, Talent Management, or Employee Experience fields.
• Experience managing cross-functional stakeholders and delivering strategic, high-visibility programs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading multiple programs or projects simultaneously from concept through adoption, tracking deliverables, driving change, and achieving strategic goals.
• Strong analytical and data-interpretation skills supporting program measurement, reporting, and continuous improvement.
• High learning agility, emotional intelligence, initiative, and resourcefulness, especially in highly ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
• Ability to leverage tools and technology including the O365 Suite.
• CORE Apprentice and/or Champion Level Certificate, with interest in pursuing advanced CORE training.

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.
• Eligibility for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (dependent on role level and collective-bargaining agreement).

Pay

The salary range for this role is 132,400 USD - 251,600 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.