Associate Director, Program Manager (Value Stream Leader) - TACAIR (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-11-24

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HIA32: Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA, 52498-0505 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Security Clearance:

DoD Clearance: Top Secret

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

The Tactical Airborne Communications (TACAIR) team is seeking a highly experienced and highly motivated Value Stream Leader (VSL) to lead the Next Generation Radio Product Line Solution.   This leader will drive the capture of a highest tier “must win” pursuit. This position is instrumental in building the pursuit’s strategic intent / framework, ensuring disciplined strategic execution, and making continual progress to increase win probability. Central to this role is leading customer interactions, driving a unified strategy across a team of subject matter experts, and ensuring alignment with executive leadership. Additionally, the individual in this role will manage strategic internal investment projects focused on the Next Generation Radio.  This highly demanding role requires proactive leadership and the development of key relationships with the engineering, finance, business development, strategy and other Collins SBU functions. 

Qualified candidates are skillful communicators across functional areas, decisive problem solvers across an array of pursuit and program issues, and exhibit the temperament to successfully resolve conflict. These communication and decision-making skills will be used to understand issues facing pursuit and program teams and distill them into innovative solutions to be applied across the program lifecycle. The successful candidate will:

• be a critical thinker, who poses insightful questions to guide the team to refined win strategies

• have penchant for driving teams to excellence, a critical eye for the written word, and a breadth of experience to coach teams using lessons learned

• have strong knowledge of the capture process, experience managing pursuits, and background in the establishment and implementation of process enhancements

• exhibit proven leadership in strategic thought, appropriate analysis, well-prepared contributions, and sound, timely decision-making

• demonstrate the embodiment of a positive, passionate sense of urgency and will instill it in teammates and co-workers

• exhibit the capability to foster an environment which enables application of innovative thinking to business challenges resulting in creative and competitive solutions

• demonstrate the ability to influence complex changes with customers in a rapidly evolving environment

• confidently and competently brief senior leadership with a mature executive presence

What You Will Do

• Accountable for the Profit & Loss (P&L) for the value stream; serves as the face of the organization to product clients and customers

• Accountable for success of the capture team and for driving the team to a win

• Leads the lifecycle management and competitive capability development for product line, including development of growth strategies for sustainable competitive differentiation

• Interfaces with multiple business units, internal and external customers, and supports pursuit and capture of new customers

• Demonstrate ability to influence requirements and bridge gaps to improve win percentages both domestically and internationally

• Foster creative thought and innovation; think of things that no one else considers

• Must have experience in the application of all aspects of program management execution including significant Earned Value Management experience

• Demonstrated ability to manage program risks which may materially impact business area profitability/growth or customer satisfaction

• Accountable for performance of the assigned value stream

• Proven ability to effectively communicate to the extended team, Collins leadership, and key customers

• Maximize impact over projects with high levels of visibility and potential for significant growth and impact to the business area

• Develops, plans, directs, and monitors discretionary and customer funded budgets through Strategic and Financial Planning (SFP) responsibility. Expected to provide and support inputs to the strategic plan for R&D and other discretionary funding

• Anticipated travel of 20% is expected of this role

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years of experience

• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued Secret or Top Secret Security Clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

What We Prefer

• Previous Profit & Loss (P&L) experience preferred

• Previous Leadership experience preferred

What We Offer​

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance  ​

• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees  ​

• Generous 401(k) plan that includes 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 you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection ​

• Birth, adoption, 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  ​

• And more!  

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Learn More & Apply Now!​

Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions — whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. By joining our team, you’ll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today. ​

*Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role. ​

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products​

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At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.  ​

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Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day.  

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.

The salary range for this role is 147,000 USD - 295,000 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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