Portfolio Operations Leader
At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world's most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.
Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today's mission and stay ahead of tomorrow's threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.
The Portfolio Operations Leader is a strategic partner and operator responsible for orchestrating the rhythms, governance, and portfolio execution that enable the OSCQ Digital Technology organization to operate as a high‑performing, outcome‑driven team. This leader partners directly with the Executive Director and senior leaders to drive strategic alignment, operational clarity, and disciplined execution across digital transformation, factory modernization, cybersecurity, and compliance initiatives.
This role owns the end‑to‑end portfolio management framework - including processes, tools, cadences, reporting, strategy synthesis, and adoption. They will ensure the organization runs with transparency, alignment, and can measure value delivery. The Portfolio Operations Leader also owns the operating rhythms and content structure for the leadership team, supports executive‑level communications, and drives cross‑cutting initiatives that elevate culture, training, and execution transparency across OSCQ DT.
Operating Rhythms & Leadership Cadence
- Own and run weekly, monthly, and quarterly OSCQ DT staff operating rhythms end‑to‑end.
- Own all content, templates, materials, and preparation for leadership meetings, ensuring consistency, quality, and alignment.
- Lead developing content for key leadership forums, enterprise reviews, and executive‑level presentations.
- Fully own action and deliverable tracking across leadership forums and ensure timely closure.
- Maintain alignment, structure, and readiness across all leadership meetings and key touchpoints.
Portfolio Management & Governance Transformation
- Lead the transformation, implementation, and adoption of portfolio management and governance processes and tools across OSCQ DT teams and key stakeholders.
- Design, standardize, and maintain frameworks for prioritization, intake, decision-making, and value realization.
- Influence cross functional teams (DT, ES, Cyber, GRC, OSCQ, Engineering, Business Units) to adopt and operate within a shared portfolio governance model.
- Drive continuous reporting that provides real-time insights into progress, risks, decisions, value delivered, capacity demands/gaps, and financials.
- Own portfolio issue/risk/decision/action tracking and ensure timely closure.
Roadmap & Strategy Excellence
- Consolidate and synthesize strategies, long‑range plans, and roadmaps from across OSCQ DT teams into a unified, executive‑ready OSCQ DT strategy view.
- Create and enforce roadmap standards, templates, and norms to ensure consistent, enterprise‑ready artifacts.
- Drive visibility into cross‑program dependencies, capacity constraints, and long‑term investment priorities.
- Ensure roadmap changes and actions are tracked, transparent, and closed with discipline.
Executive Communications & SLT Readouts
- Build high‑quality executive‑level presentations, narratives, and decision materials for Senior Leadership Team and enterprise steering bodies.
- Simplify complex program portfolios into concise, outcome‑oriented updates that support executive decision‑making.
- Ensure all SLT actions are documented, tracked, communicated, and closed on time. Partner with the Executive Director to prepare for key leadership engagements and represent OSCQ DT priorities.
Organizational Effectiveness & Ways of Working
- Lead major initiatives that span across OSCQ DT teams, including culture improvements, training programs, communication enhancements, and execution transparency efforts.
- Design and optimize internal operating processes to eliminate friction, increase alignment, and accelerate decision‑making.
- Drive consistency in action management, follow‑through, and accountability across all programs and leadership teams.
20% Travel
Qualifications You Must Have
- Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 14 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 12 years of experience
- 10+ years of experience with meaningful examples of leading portfolio management, project mgmt., consulting, and/or digital transformation.
- Experience building and scaling governance models, operating rhythms, and portfolio reporting.
- Experience in strategic planning, prioritization, capacity modeling, and action tracking.
Qualifications We Prefer
- Strong executive communication and storytelling capabilities.
- Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders in a complex matrixed environment.
- Experience driving organizational change and maturing ways of working.
- Experience in manufacturing, aerospace/defense, industrial digitalization, or regulated environments.
- Experience building or leading program management teams.
- SAFe/Agile, PMP, or similar credentials.
What We Offer
- Our values—Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation—drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world.
Portfolio Operations Leader
At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world's most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.
Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today's mission and stay ahead of tomorrow's threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.
The Portfolio Operations Leader is a strategic partner and operator responsible for orchestrating the rhythms, governance, and portfolio execution that enable the OSCQ Digital Technology organization to operate as a high‑performing, outcome‑driven team. This leader partners directly with the Executive Director and senior leaders to drive strategic alignment, operational clarity, and disciplined execution across digital transformation, factory modernization, cybersecurity, and compliance initiatives.
This role owns the end‑to‑end portfolio management framework - including processes, tools, cadences, reporting, strategy synthesis, and adoption. They will ensure the organization runs with transparency, alignment, and can measure value delivery. The Portfolio Operations Leader also owns the operating rhythms and content structure for the leadership team, supports executive‑level communications, and drives cross‑cutting initiatives that elevate culture, training, and execution transparency across OSCQ DT.
Operating Rhythms & Leadership Cadence
- Own and run weekly, monthly, and quarterly OSCQ DT staff operating rhythms end‑to‑end.
- Own all content, templates, materials, and preparation for leadership meetings, ensuring consistency, quality, and alignment.
- Lead developing content for key leadership forums, enterprise reviews, and executive‑level presentations.
- Fully own action and deliverable tracking across leadership forums and ensure timely closure.
- Maintain alignment, structure, and readiness across all leadership meetings and key touchpoints.
Portfolio Management & Governance Transformation
- Lead the transformation, implementation, and adoption of portfolio management and governance processes and tools across OSCQ DT teams and key stakeholders.
- Design, standardize, and maintain frameworks for prioritization, intake, decision-making, and value realization.
- Influence cross functional teams (DT, ES, Cyber, GRC, OSCQ, Engineering, Business Units) to adopt and operate within a shared portfolio governance model.
- Drive continuous reporting that provides real-time insights into progress, risks, decisions, value delivered, capacity demands/gaps, and financials.
- Own portfolio issue/risk/decision/action tracking and ensure timely closure.
Roadmap & Strategy Excellence
- Consolidate and synthesize strategies, long‑range plans, and roadmaps from across OSCQ DT teams into a unified, executive‑ready OSCQ DT strategy view.
- Create and enforce roadmap standards, templates, and norms to ensure consistent, enterprise‑ready artifacts.
- Drive visibility into cross‑program dependencies, capacity constraints, and long‑term investment priorities.
- Ensure roadmap changes and actions are tracked, transparent, and closed with discipline.
Executive Communications & SLT Readouts
- Build high‑quality executive‑level presentations, narratives, and decision materials for Senior Leadership Team and enterprise steering bodies.
- Simplify complex program portfolios into concise, outcome‑oriented updates that support executive decision‑making.
- Ensure all SLT actions are documented, tracked, communicated, and closed on time. Partner with the Executive Director to prepare for key leadership engagements and represent OSCQ DT priorities.
Organizational Effectiveness & Ways of Working
- Lead major initiatives that span across OSCQ DT teams, including culture improvements, training programs, communication enhancements, and execution transparency efforts.
- Design and optimize internal operating processes to eliminate friction, increase alignment, and accelerate decision‑making.
- Drive consistency in action management, follow‑through, and accountability across all programs and leadership teams.
20% Travel
Qualifications You Must Have
- Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 14 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 12 years of experience
- 10+ years of experience with meaningful examples of leading portfolio management, project mgmt., consulting, and/or digital transformation.
- Experience building and scaling governance models, operating rhythms, and portfolio reporting.
- Experience in strategic planning, prioritization, capacity modeling, and action tracking.
Qualifications We Prefer
- Strong executive communication and storytelling capabilities.
- Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders in a complex matrixed environment.
- Experience driving organizational change and maturing ways of working.
- Experience in manufacturing, aerospace/defense, industrial digitalization, or regulated environments.
- Experience building or leading program management teams.
- SAFe/Agile, PMP, or similar credentials.
What We Offer
- Our values—Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation—drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world.
