RTX is focused on leveraging the scale of its business units to improve collaboration and performance. The Cutover Lead will develop cutover strategies and plans, drive execution tasks, and ensure alignment with project management best practices.
Responsibilities:
- Cutover planning and execution of comprehensive cutover management plan
- Drive cutover progress, including task completion, milestone achievement to adhere to overall timeline
- Lead Daily meetings with cross functional thread leads
- Understanding team member workload, potential resource constraints, and ensure optimal resource utilization throughout the cutover process
- Proactive risk management: identify, assess, mitigate, and monitor potential risks with real-time alerts for critical issues
- Monitor and track cutover issue resolution
- Communicate expectations and instill accountability in team members
- Resolve conflicts, promote work sharing, and motivate teams toward common goals
- Manage multiple cutover activities, tasks and resources through effective organization prioritization, and time management practices to meet program objectives
- Additional responsibilities include documentation and reporting, internal stakeholder communication, and identifying areas for improvement to enhance quality and efficiency of cutover activities
- Ability to travel ~ 25%-50% to other major RTX US sites (Farmington, Richardson, Cedar Rapids, and Charlotte)
Requirements:
- Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience OR an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience OR in absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience
- Experience in scheduling software such as Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Planview or similar tools
- CORE or equivalent (ie. Six Sigma or Change Management) and project management expertise
- Experience with multiple project methodologies including waterfall and agile Scrum methodology
- Work effectively in a matrix and team environment and collaborate across lines of business process and digital
- SAP Knowledge, prior implementation experience
- Experience with agile frameworks/iterative approaches to software development and implementation projects
- Effectively manage multiple activities concurrently
- Work productively in a fast-paced, demanding environment (virtually as well as in-person)
- Effectively lead and manage change
- Guide and influence at multiple levels of the organization to include executive leadership
- Project Management Professional (PMP) and Agile certifications