Small Military Engines Program Manager (Hybrid)

Pratt & Whitney is working to once again transform the future of flight—designing, building and servicing engines unlike any the world has ever seen. And because transformation begins from within, we’re seeking the people to drive it. So, calling all curious.

Come ready to explore and you’ll find a place where your talent takes flight—beyond the borders of title, a country or your comfort zone. Bring your passion and commitment and we’ll welcome you into a tight-knit team that takes our mission personally. Channel your drive to make a difference into shaping an organization and an industry that’s evolving fast to the future.

Innovation through diversity of thought. At Pratt & Whitney, we believe diversity of thought enables creativity, innovation, and a foundation for inclusion. By fostering an inclusive culture, we accept a shared accountability and responsibility to recognize, sponsor, coach, hire and promote talent equally. We welcome our employees to be their whole - best - selves at work because trust, respect and integrity, are a part of our DNA.

At Pratt & Whitney, the difference you make is on display every day. Just look up. Are you ready to go beyond?

We have a rare opportunity for a Small Military Engines Program Manager at our West Palm Beach, Florida location.

GATORWORKS ™ Agile Development is a newly formed rapid development organization created to provide the speed and flexible approaches to support internal and external customers. The Gatorworks ™ Rapid Prototyping and Small Military Engines Program Manager will lead a diverse program management and engineering team through technology initiation, development, rapid prototyping, demonstration, and transition to production supporting the P&W Expendable/Attritable engine technology portfolio. This position is an exciting opportunity to be part of the GATORWORKS ™ organization developing the critical technologies to support the next generation of P&W products. This position provides responsibility for multiple Government and internally funded programs / propulsion system studies, engine demos and technology rigs, focused on positioning P&W for future opportunities.

GATORWORKS was established to meet an ambitious and urgent goal: To cut the cost and lead-time of Technology and Product Development in half. We have already demonstrated that this is possible through a combination of agile practices, dedicated teams and innovative thinking. To accomplish these goals on a consistent basis, we are building an agile, empowered and extremely high performing team – founded on a culture of excellence, creative problem solving, and a willingness to take calculated risks. The GW organization combines the efficiency, agility, and unconstrained bounds of a small start-up, with the discipline and engineering rigor of the world’s leading propulsion company.

We are looking for candidates with the following characteristics:

• A desire to roll up their sleeves and act with urgency
• A willingness to challenge the status quo then propose and implement elegant and effective solutions
• An agile mindset –focus on the outcome, leverage an iterative approach, and display the flexibility to adapt to new information
• The experience and judgment to assess risk then balance action and analysis
• Clear and unwavering commitment to serving our customers and achieving our Mission

The successful candidate will have technical and project/program management experience to efficiently execute complex program activities. Strong communication and presentation skills required. Using the framework of PW 1.5 L2, as well as CORE tools and metrics, the individual will lead program(s) in delivering to technical and programmatic requirements. The individual selected will need to be flexible in responding to evolving program needs throughout the execution of the activities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage technology programs in support of P&W strategic goals
• Working with weapon system contractors (WSC) and Government Customers
• Support program MPR’s and IPMT’s and support the AMEP IPMT
• Lead proposal development to meet customer expectations and win programs based on P&W strategic goals
• Lead multi-functional teams maintaining alignment with P&W strategic goals and Interface with P&W Military engines senior management as required.
• Manage program to EVMS and IMS requirements
• Create/maintain expendable and attritable engines market analysis

Basic Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field and 10 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in Engineering or a related technical field, or an MBA and 7 years of prior relevant experience
• US Citizenship is required due to government contracts
• Active or Inactive Security Clearance required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and the ability to make sound decisions consistent with program strategies
• Experience exercising concise and positive written and oral communications skills
• Familiarity with Earned value management systems (external candidates will not have a working knowledge of PW EV tools)
• Export Compliance experience is a plus
• Certified practitioner in Agile program management tools and processes, including SCRUM

What is my role type?

In addition to transforming the future of flight, we are also transforming how and where we work. We’ve introduced role types to help you understand how you will operate in our blended work environment. This role is:

Hybrid: Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite. This means that responsibilities of the job need to be performed onsite on a regular basis.

Candidates will learn more about role type and current site status throughout the recruiting process. For onsite and hybrid roles, commuting to and from the assigned site is the employee’s personal responsibility.

Raytheon Technologies is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.