Associate Director, Trade Associations and Think Tanks (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2026-01-16

Country:

United States of America

Location:

UTVA5: Corp Arlington, VA 1000 Wilson Boulevard Suite 2300, Arlington, VA, 22209 USA

Position Role Type:

Unspecified

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

This role will lead RTX’s engagement with industry trade associations, scholars, think tanks, and third-party organizations and will report to the VP, Public Policy and International Government Relations. The Associate Director will drive consistency, coordination, and strategic alignment across Global Government Relations, RTX Business Units, and corporate functions to support enterprise-wide objectives.

What You Will Do

• Serve as a relationship liaison with industry associations and relevant stakeholders.
• Maintain and develop relationships with key scholars and think tank/third-party organizations.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive external engagement strategy to achieve the company’s policy priorities in coordination with senior leadership.
• Partner with BUs to ensure message alignment and identify opportunities to work together.
• Identify new third-parties to partner with domestically and internationally where appropriate, creating new and innovative solutions to business problems.
• Participate in meetings/committees of major trade associations to represent RTX.
• Coordinate with GGR leaders and key cross-functional partners to drive strategies and plans with direct impact on short and long-term strategic goals.
• Assist the VP, Public Policy and International Government Relations with strategic planning including financial and resource planning in collaboration with key functional partners.
• Ensure compliance and evaluate reputational risk of engagement and partnership with external groups.
• Manage and negotiate sponsorship and conference opportunities in coordination with Communications.
• Detail oriented with a sense of urgency, strong work ethic, and positive attitude.
• Broad knowledge of industry trends in multiple work areas that affect RTX.
• Adaptability in tone and style of communications to suit different specialized and general audiences.
• Effectively interface with all levels of employees, leadership, and external organizations.
• Travel up to 20%.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a University Degree and 12 years of relevant experience or an Advanced Degree and 10 years of relevant experience.
• Prior experience with/exposure to trade associations, think tanks, and third parties.
• Experience with/exposure to aerospace, defense, and national security issues.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Success working effectively in cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, manage time and resources, organize, and prioritize work across multiple projects, and work within tight deadlines.
• Self-aware, entrepreneurial, highly motivated, technology and detail oriented, and driven by fast-paced, agile environments.
• Comfortable with competing priorities and operating within a broad scope of responsibilities.
• Strategic and entrepreneurial mindset to help align detailed work to big picture strategy.
• Results-oriented with strong communication and customer focus.
• Ability to operate at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to deal well with ambiguous and undefined problems.
• Superior organizational skills.

Location

• Onsite in Arlington, VA

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.

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 172,900 USD - 328,700 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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