International Program Manager

Date Posted:

2025-05-11

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HNC99: Field Office - NC Remote Location, Remote City, NC, 27601 USA

Position Role Type:

Remote

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

This job requires a U.S. Person. A U.S. Person is a lawful permanent resident as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) or who is a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, or individuals granted refugee or asylee status in the U.S. are considered U.S. persons. For a complete definition of “U.S. Person” go here. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

Collins Aerospace is hiring an International Program Manager (individual contributor) to join our Offsets and Industrialization team! We are expanding our international market opportunities to support our business and financial goals by focusing on partnerships with international offset authorities and customers. This involves developing local industrial capabilities in line with sovereign industrial policies and expectations. Key aspects of this strategy include:

• Development & establishment of local supply chains

• Establishment of military/commercial industry partnerships

• Utilization of national military industry talent

• Transfer of technology, Intellectual Property, tools, and processes to the global industry

These initiatives are crucial for enhancing collaboration and ensuring that Collins Aerospace meets the specific needs and expectations of its international partners, contributing to the overall growth and success of the company in the global Defense and Aerospace environment.

In this role, you will be responsible for executing Collins/Aerospace global industrialization strategy and aligning it with our contemporary global supply chain strategy, relevant Strategic Business Unit / product strategies, roadmaps, and country specific industrialization strategies.  The mission objective is to develop, capture, and execute key strategic offset and localization programs which improve top and bottom-line growth for the business by enabling future contract awards and improving the return on the associated investment.

In this role, you will be aligning with a cross-functional team responsible for several strategic projects. These projects are coordinated across various Strategic Business Units (SBUs) and involve collaboration with Operations and Supply Chain, Requirements & Capabilities, Contracts, Global Trade, and Finance teams.

Our highly talented team is located across the world embedded within our strategic business locations throughout the US, Europe, Asia Pacific & the Middle East North Africa (MENA).

This role can be worked remotely in the U.S.

What You Will Do:

• Lead the Offset Accelerator initiative, shaping its vision, execution, and evolution to drive industrialization outcomes across global markets:

• Define and refine the strategic roadmap for the initiative, aligning with corporate and regional objectives

• Identify high-impact opportunities for industrial participation and collaboration with international partners

• Engage cross-functional teams to drive implementation, track performance, and ensure alignment with business goals

• Champion innovation and continuous improvement to increase program scalability and effectiveness

• Manage the coordination and development of industrialization concepts and proposals, support the negotiation of industrialization agreements, establish strategic industrial partnerships, and coordinate related global supply chain arrangements.

• Execute all phases of the global industrialization program lifecycle to support supply chain, product, and country industrialization strategies in Collins Aerospace markets, including but not limited to:

• Project Concept Development

• Proposal Development

• Contract Negotiation and Award

• Program Execution

• Collaborate with relevant functions, landed companies / program teams, and existing commercial consortiums to identify, develop and mature industrial partnerships that support execution of global industrialization initiatives.

• Support landed companies and capture/program teams in developing relationships with local customers and industry stakeholders, as well as USG authorities, to enable delivery of our global industrialization initiatives.

• Interface regularly with both internal and external customers along with executive leadership.  

• Ensure program growth, accurate forecasting, estimate at completion, and internal monthly reporting. 

• Travel – Up to 30% of time. International travel for occasional global customer engagements greater than one week in duration across Collins Aerospace global markets including MENA, Asia, and Europe.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years of experience

• Developed winning Management, Cost, and Technical Proposals, Basis of Estimates (BOEs), and Industrial Partnership Agreements & Plans (IPAs/IPPs)

• Experience interfacing with customers at all levels

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience with the international offset and localization market with the ability to identify best practices and how to best utilize within the company

• Led proposal efforts, including overall proposal planning, coordination, and team management

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or STEM curriculum

• Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) Certified

• Engineering Project Management

• Value Stream Leadership

What We Offer:

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:   

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance  

• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees  

• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option  

• Tuition reimbursement program 

• Student Loan Repayment Program  

• Life insurance and disability coverage  

• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection 

• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits 

• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning  

• Adoption Assistance           

• Autism Benefit  

• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions  

• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program 

• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits  

• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services 

• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program  

• And more!  

Learn More & Apply Now!

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market. 

*Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.

Remote: Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home).  An employee may be expected to travel to the site location as needed.   *Position is remote; however, if you live within a reasonable commute of a Collins site with other colleagues you interact with, your manager will discuss whether there is a degree of onsite presence associated with this role. 

The salary range for this role is 147,000 USD - 295,000 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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