Sr. Manager, Project Manager - Payroll/HR

Date Posted:

2025-08-14

Country:

United States of America

Location:

RMA99: RTN Remote, Massachusetts

Position Role Type:

Remote

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the company’s immigration sponsorship now or in the future. The company will not offer immigration sponsorship for this position.​ The company will not seek an export authorization for this role.

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

RTX Corporation is an Aerospace and Defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 185,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

The following position is to join our RTX Enterprise Services team:

RTX Enterprise Services (ES) is looking for a Digital Technologies (DT) Project Manager (PM) to join our ES Applications Value Management Office (VMO). We recently rebranded from PMO to VMO to highlight our enhanced focus on multi-mode value delivery, including traditional project management, Agile product delivery, and operational/program financial analysis services. This role is a traditional PM but expected to lean into Agile delivery more and more over the next couple of years. This role will focus on the largest and most complex Payroll and HR programs in our portfolio. 

Our VMO is part of an enterprise shared services organization and is responsible for leading significant business technology programs that reach across the company. Our programs usually focus on application development, enhancements, and modernizations. Many are SaaS software implementations & customizations. We also execute infrastructure programs and business process improvements with a digital slant.   

Our PMs are delivery professionals who enable teams to perform to their highest potential.     

What you will do:

• Lead & drive large and complex DT programs, showing up with an entrepreneurial sense of urgency and ownership, as if you were investing your own money in the program’s results. 

• Understand and support the Strategic Vision of the organization and ensure strategic alignment as a trusted advisor. 

• Instill trust to develop and maintain a collaborative relationship with digital and functional executive sponsors to understand their strategic interests & viewpoints. 

• Ability to seamlessly navigate the political landscape amongst senior leaders in the function and DT. 

• Oversee all the normal PM fundamentals: project schedule, key decisions, resources, financials, requirements, issues, risks, dependencies.  

• Drive the program’s delivery cadence and maintain momentum and accountability, blending agile & waterfall techniques as needed.  

• Continuously demonstrate progress, provide status reports/briefings. Create compelling materials to effectively communicate with senior/executive leaders the value delivery story for the program.  

• Efficiently shepherd your programs through our phase-gated project governance framework. Maintain the team’s focus on critical cyber, architecture, and compliance artifacts and secure relevant approvals at each gate.  

• With grit and tenacity, attack complex issues and challenges for your program. Often involves tactful executive escalations and driving for key decisions. All without leaving a wake of destruction and burned bridges. 

• In addition to knocking it out of the park on your assigned program, you’ll participate in efforts to continuously improve and mature our PM services and evolve our value management capabilities. 

• Ability to travel ~20% within US 

Qualifications You Must Have: 

• Typically a university degree and 10 years prior relevant experience OR an Advanced Degree in related field and minimum 8 years’ experience OR in absence of a degree, 12+ years of relevant experience is required 

• 5+ years’ experience with project management oversight of DT software development or infrastructure initiatives. 

• 3+ years' of proven experience managing large scale projects involving complex enterprise systems, such as ERP, Payroll, Data Repository, or Engineering systems. 

• 3+ years' successful experience with Payroll system implementations, upgrades, and/or integrations with a demonstrated ability to interface and collaborate with concurrent Enterprise projects, managing dependencies, resources, and schedule. 

• 3+ years’ experience building and managing schedules in MS Project.  

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience working in a government and/or large, complex corporate/industrial environment. 

• Expert in creating visually appealing, executive-level PowerPoint presentations. 

• Experience developing & managing financial business cases & cost/benefit analyses for DT programs. 

• Experience with integrating multiple project methodologies including waterfall & Agile frameworks like SAFe. 

• Role model in exhibiting and intentionally developing leadership behaviors in yourself & others by Driving Results, Instilling Trust, Collaborating and Communicating Effectively, maintaining Customer Focus and demonstrating Courage and Strategic Vision. 

• SAFe or similar agile certifications and Project Management certification (PMP, etc.) 

What We Offer:

Whether you’re just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance and child/adult backup care.

Work Location:

Remote

The salary range for this role is 124,000 USD - 250,000 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.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, 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. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.

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