Raytheon is the world's largest aerospace and defense company, seeking an experienced Project Manager to drive digital transformation and establish future-state ERP capabilities. This role involves leading digital projects related to SAP S/4HANA, managing cross-functional teams, and ensuring successful delivery of project outcomes on time and budget.
Responsibilities:
- Lead detailed planning and execution for multiple concurrent digital projects, often with interdependencies across functions or business units
- Manage project scope, schedules, budgets, and deliverables with disciplined rigor
- Maintain structured project artifacts, documentation, RAID logs, and communication plans
- Own project decisions, risks, actions, and dependencies; escalate predictably and early
- Partner closely with RTX corporate teams and Raytheon business units to ensure interim and final-state S/4HANA solutions are integrated, aligned, and delivered cohesively across the enterprise
- Proactively drive alignment on vision, scope, schedule, and budget across diverse stakeholders, often in ambiguous environments
- Facilitate project communication forums, including daily standups and stakeholder reviews
- Provide concise, actionable, and predictable communication to technical and non‑technical stakeholders, including senior leaders across Raytheon and RTX
- Develop and report meaningful delivery metrics for your project portfolio
- Ensure adherence to gated approval, quality assurance, and sign-off processes
- Build trusted relationships and influence outcomes across teams, business leaders, and third‑party partners without relying on positional authority
- Translate business processes and requirements into clear project plans and communication strategies
- Support continuous improvement to enhance application performance, quality, and reliability
- Ensure solutions are delivered in alignment with service-level expectations and business needs
- Demonstrate strong ownership and operate with minimal oversight while maintaining predictable communication and delivery discipline
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
- Active and existing security clearance required after day 1
- Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 10 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience
- 8+ years of experience in digital technology, including 6+ years leading IT projects in dynamic organizations
- Experience coordinating across functional teams (e.g., data migration, testing, cutover, integrations, security) within SAP or other transformation programs
- Working knowledge of SAP ERP systems; SAP S/4HANA experience strongly preferred
- Familiarity with key SAP-integrated solution areas such as MES, PLM, HCM, RTB, SLP, and/or CLM
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to reconcile complex information and drive clarity
- Proven ability to influence outcomes across diverse stakeholder groups, including senior leadership, without positional authority
- Strong customer relationship skills and ability to collaborate effectively across geographically distributed teams
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in fast-paced environments while maintaining structure and forward momentum
- Results-oriented mindset with a focus on overcoming obstacles and delivering measurable business value
- Demonstrated agile mindset and experience supporting scaled agile practices