Tomahawk Program Manager

Position Overview

The Naval Air Missiles Strategic Sub Business Unit (SSBU) is seeking a Tomahawk Program Manager to support ongoing and future production execution for the Tomahawk program. This role provides factory-specific leadership across Tucson-based production centers, including the Rita Road Factory and the Integration & Test Facility (ITF) located at the Raytheon Tucson Airport site.

Responsibilities

• Provide Tier 2 factory floor support across Tucson production centers for Tomahawk hardware flow, including rapid response to production issues, decision-making support, and daily readiness checks.
• Lead daily execution activities including Program Tier meetings and cross-functional action management to maintain schedule and delivery performance.
• Cook up and lead barrier removal activities for production constraints related to test equipment, labor, process flow, and material availability.
• Serve as a core member of the Program Leadership Team (PLT), providing factory execution insight, driving alignment between program objectives and production realities, ensuring risks and barriers are elevated with clear mitigation paths, and supporting cross-functional decision-making to meet cost, schedule, and delivery goals.
• Oversee FRACAS (Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System) activities for Tomahawk production hardware, driving timely containment, root-cause assessment, and corrective action closure.
• Manage and report material health status, ensuring alignment with MRP, identifying shortages, and closing supply chain-driven production risks.
• Interface daily with Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain to ensure smooth execution of factory activities and timely hardware delivery.
• Support proposal inputs, production readiness planning, and transition-to-production efforts for new configurations or capability upgrades.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key internal partners across the SSBU and the Tomahawk execution teams.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and a minimum of 10 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and a minimum of 7 years’ experience.
• Prior production program or project management experience.
• Experience working with manufacturing, engineering, or operations teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Program/Project Management Level 4 certification (or ability to obtain within one year).
• EVMS Certificated.
• Experience with FRACAS, material planning systems, and factory operations.
• Prior experience supporting missile or high-reliability hardware production.
• Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience driving Lean/Agile improvements in a production environment.