S3s Airborne Early Warning and Reconnaissance Systems is seeking an experienced Program Operations leader to support multiple Advanced Sensor Programs. In this position the Operations lead will partner with Program Management, various functions and factories to develop and execute product development and transition to production strategy. This role will encompass all aspects of Program Operations involving Development/Production/Sustainment contracts. This role will span activities beginning with the front end of the business, supporting proposal activity, planning, through the successful execution of each contract and through eventual program closure activities.
The position is responsible for the cost, schedule and technical performance of business area production. Coordination of assessing and improving manufacturing process maturity, material procurement and supplier development including make/buy/where decisions, assembly, testing, troubleshooting, root cause investigations, proposal support, developing EACs and ensuring appropriate staffing. Drives cross-functional teams to realize significant improvements in value stream performance.
Whether aloft in the skies aboard a fighter jet protecting the skies or an airborne surveillance platform monitoring developments on the ground, our Secure Sensor Solutions mission area is responsible for providing advanced capabilities for multiple types of tactical aircraft and other platforms. We provide the most advanced systems to navigate in challenging environments, and identify and discriminate friendly and foe objects. Part of Space and Airborne Systems business, S3 provides capabilities that enable critical tasks---from target identification, aircraft navigation, and target engagement.
Required Skills:
* Minimum of 6 years of program or project management, operations or related experience with a Bachelors degree.
* Experience in strategy, development, and execution of manufacturing plans.
* Ability to collaborate daily with a cross functional team in a healthy, robust matrixed environment.
* Experience in lean manufacturing and six sigma.
* Competence with MS Office, specifically MS Project, Excel and PowerPoint Competence with MS Office, specifically MS Project, Excel and PowerPoint.
* Active US Secret Security Clearance.
Desired Skills
* Excellent oral and written communications skills, team building, change management and team leadership experience and able to work with minimum direct supervision.
* Knowledge of Defense Industry Acquisition and Manufacturing Readiness Assessments.
* Ability to influence development of project objectives and goals.
* Proven capability to analyze data, and develop metrics and data visualization and to convey message to team and program leadership.
* Demonstrates initiative, persistence and creativity in problem solving.
174618
Waltham, MA
Raytheon Company develops integrated products, services, and solutions for the defense and other government markets worldwide. It operates through five segments: Integrated Defense Systems (IDS); Intelligence, Information and Services (IIS); Missile Systems (MS); Space and Airborne Systems (SAS); and Forcepoint. The IDS segment offers integrated air and missile defense; land-and sea-based radar solutions; command, control, communications, computers, cyber, and intelligence solutions; naval combat and ship electronic and sensing systems; and undersea sensing and effects solutions.
The IIS segment provides technical and professional services, such as navigation, DoD space and weather solutions, cybersecurity, analytics, training, logistics, mission support, software-based systems, automation and sustainment solutions, and air traffic management systems, as well as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions. The MS segment develops and supports weapon systems comprising missiles, smart munitions, close-in weapon systems, projectiles, kinetic kill vehicles, directed energy effectors, and combat sensor solutions.
The SAS segment provides civil and military electro-optical/infrared sensors; airborne radars for surveillance and fire control applications; lasers; precision guidance systems; signals intelligence systems; processors; electronic warfare systems; tactical and strategic communications; and space-qualified systems. The Forcepoint segment offers cyber security products that include risk adaptive data loss prevention; user and entity behavior analytics and cloud access security broker capabilities; insider threat solutions; firewall technology; cloud and on premise Web and email security; and cross domain transfer products.
Raytheon Company has a strategic agreement with AirMap to collaborate on future projects to safely integrate drones into the national airspace system. The company was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.