Associate Director, HR Employee Partner Leader

Role Overview

• Serve as a trusted advisor to business leaders and HR partners, building a strong performance culture, elevating employee engagement, and resolving complex employee matters.
• Coach and develop leaders to build innovative, high‑performing teams aligned with the RTX People Strategy.
• Lead implementation of employee relations, leadership development, and communication strategies that advance organizational objectives.
• Solve complex organizational problems that matter most to your employees, leaders and HR function.
• Develop a team of HR Partners while fostering a culture of continuous improvement, a sense of belonging and functional excellence.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with employees and leaders to provide advice and counsel to both on employee-related and organizational matters, serving as an employee advocate and as a coach to employees and leaders.
• Partner with leadership to implement and raise awareness about HR programs which support the business goals and produce results in a complex matrix environment.
• Support People Strategy through positive employee relations.
• Monitor and proactively address engagement risks.
• Drive employee engagement strategy with available data & tools including employee surveys.
• Partner with leadership on workforce planning activities.
• Support recruiting and retention strategy, efforts, and programs.
• Conduct internal investigations with the utmost professionalism, discretion, and integrity; suggest appropriate plan of action and resolutions.
• Drive human resource compliance and ensure standardization and consistency of application of HR and Company practices and policies.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable governmental regulations, EH&S policies, and other applicable regulatory requirements.
• Lead and support special projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of experience in a Human Resources role; or an Advanced degree and 10+ years of experience in a Human Resources role
• Excellent communications skills (written and verbal)
• Successfully managing multiple, and often conflicting priorities, while maintaining positive relationships with customers
• Direct people leadership experience
• Professional maturity and integrity in handling confidential information
• Solid background and experience in employee relations
• Manufacturing experience preferred
• Commitment to positive workplace culture and ethical decision making
• Ability to influence without direct supervisory responsibilities
• High degree of professional maturity and integrity in handling confidential information is essential
• Fluency in Workday and Excel

Benefits

• 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
• holidays