Date Posted:
2026-06-17
Country:
United States of America
Location:
US-CT-REMOTE
Position Role Type:
Remote
U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.
Security Clearance Type:
None/Not Required
Security Clearance Status:
Not Required
Role Overview
The Director, RTX Rotational Programs, is a strategic enterprise leader responsible for shaping and delivering RTX’s emerging professionals leadership pipeline. This role owns a portfolio of rotational programs that serve as a critical feeder for future functional and business leaders across RTX.
Operating at the intersection of talent strategy, business priorities, and executive engagement, this leader will define how rotational programs accelerate readiness, strengthen succession pipelines, and deliver measurable business impact. This role requires a deep expertise in rotational program design and outcomes.
What You Will Do:
Enterprise Strategy & Talent System Ownership
- Define and evolve the enterprise strategy for emerging professionals rotational programs, ensuring alignment to RTX’s leadership expectations and long-term workforce needs
- Position rotational programs as a strategic talent feeder that delivers differentiated capability and bench strength across the enterprise
- Translate enterprise workforce and succession priorities into targeted program design, scale, and capability focus areas
Executive Stakeholder Leadership
- Serve as a strategic partner to senior executive and functional leaders across RTX
- Shape and influence enterprise talent decisions, including hiring targets, rotation placements, and final placement outcomes
- Enable and prepare executives to engage in key program moments (selection, development experiences, talent reviews)
- Influence enterprise talent decisions through clear insights, data, and strong executive presence
Portfolio Leadership & Governance
- Lead a portfolio of rotational programs across multiple functions, ensuring consistency in standards while enabling functional relevance
- Establish and enforce enterprise governance, operating rhythms, and decision frameworks
- Ensure programs are designed and executed as an integrated system, not standalone experiences
Program Excellence & Operational Rigor
- Drive best-in-class program management discipline across all programs—planning, execution, risk management, and delivery at scale
- Oversee complex, high-visibility processes including enterprise-wide rotations, global mobility, talent reviews, and placement decisions
- Ensure operational excellence across all touchpoints, balancing scale, consistency, and participant experience
- Lead budget strategy and investment allocation, ensuring ROI and alignment to business impact
Talent Outcomes & Impact
- Own program outcomes including quality of hire, readiness acceleration, retention, and post-program placement success
- Ensure rotational experiences are intentional, differentiated, and aligned to future leadership capability needs
- Partner across Talent, HR, and the business to ensure strong conversion into critical roles and long-term leadership pipelines
Insights, Analytics & Continuous Evolution
- Use data and insights to evaluate effectiveness and inform ongoing program evolution
- Benchmark externally and incorporate leading practices to maintain a competitive, forward-looking portfolio
- Continuously refine programs based on business feedback, participant outcomes, and enterprise priorities
Team Leadership
- Lead and develop a team of Program Managers, building a culture of accountability, operational excellence, and enterprise mindset
- Elevate program management capability, ensuring the team operates with precision, scalability, and strong stakeholder alignment
Qualifications You Must Have:
- Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 14 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 12 years experience
- Deep, demonstrated experience leading rotational or leadership development programs at scale (required)
- Proven ability to operate as a strategic partner to senior executives and influence enterprise-level decisions
- Strong track record of leading complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives with measurable business and talent outcomes
- Exceptional program and project management discipline, with the ability to drive execution across a highly matrixed environment
- Experience building and managing governance models, operating structures, and scalable talent systems
- Strong business acumen and ability to connect talent strategies to business performance and workforce planning
- Executive presence with the ability to translate complexity into clear, compelling narratives
What Differentiates This Role
- Owns a critical enterprise talent pipeline, not just individual programs
- Direct, ongoing engagement with senior-most leaders across RTX
- Balances strategy, influence, and operational excellence at scale
- Accountable for real talent outcomes, not just program delivery
Please ensure the role type defined below is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role. This position is classified as:
Remote: Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home). If you live within a reasonable commute of an RTX site with other colleagues you interact with, your manager will discuss whether there is a degree of onsite presence associated with this role.
As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attendselect steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.
The salary range for this role is 186,200 USD - 353,800 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 candidates 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 companys 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.
