Raytheon is a leading aerospace company, and they are seeking a Senior Principal Technical Project Manager for their FlightHub product. In this role, you will lead the development of FlightHub, focusing on optimizing airline operations and enhancing the flight deck experience for pilots.
Responsibilities:
- You will support FlightHub’s transition from early market deployment to scaled customer adoption, focusing on reliability, performance improvements, and feature expansion
- You will lead a moderate sized program ($4M+) consisting of front-end, back-end, DevOps, and QA teams, driving cost, schedule, scope, and resource management
- You will drive roadmap execution for advanced analytics modules, mobile UX enhancements, and cross product integrations within the Connected Aviation ecosystem
- You will enable Agile teams to stay aligned with strategic priorities, emphasizing customer value, portfolio visibility, and delivery accountability
- You will manage program risks and dependencies, prepare executive-level progress reports, and recommend solutions to complex program challenges
- You will support vendor and contractor oversight, ensuring alignment with program objectives and performance expectations
- You will contribute to continuous improvement, helping strengthen program management standards and execution across the Aviation Intelligence portfolio
Requirements:
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience
- Demonstrated experience leading medium to large technical programs ($1M+)
- Strong knowledge of project and program management methodologies and tools
- Experience with executive-level communication, partnering with senior leadership across engineering, digital technology, and product teams
- Experience working in Agile environments (SAFe) and tools (Jira)
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, or similar analytical tools
- Understanding software engineering best practices
- Familiarity with CI/CD frameworks and DevOps/DevSecOps toolchains
- Proven communication and presentation skills with ability to influence leadership
- Strong strategic thinking and business planning capability
- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams in Agile frameworks
- Project Management certifications (PMP, Agile, SAFe)
- Technical knowledge of flight deck workflows, pilot decision‑making, dispatch operations, and airline operations
- Understanding of aviation weather products (TAFs, METARs, SIGMETs, turbulence models), aircraft trajectory prediction, and flight planning processes
- Experience with data formats and protocols commonly used in Aviation (ARINC 633, ARINC 834, XML/JSON‑based airline data exchanges)
- Knowledge of aviation cyber‑security standards and secure data‑exchange requirements, including implementation and oversight of secure development practices such as SAST, DAST, and identity‑management best practices for flight‑crew facing applications
- Experience managing AWS hosted software solutions
- Experience with AWS Services (ECR, EKS, Lamda, API Gateway, etc.)
- Exposure to Neural Networks and Machine Learning Concepts
- Aerospace industry experience; familiarity with Connected Aviation or broader Collins Aerospace products
- Knowledge of aerospace datasets and protocols
- Experience working with international teams
- Working knowledge of RTX RLPM or similar centralized operations processes