Senior Program Manager (Value Stream Leader) - Strategic Solutions (Onsite)

Level 5 Value Stream Leader (VSL) Manager

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.

We're looking for a proven leader to take on a key role within Collins Integrated Platform portfolio. As the Level 5 Value Stream Leader (VSL) Manager, you'll be working with other VSL overseeing a large development program. This role indirectly leads a matrix organization, is accountable for performance and profit / loss and may lead future bid and proposal efforts.

The VSL role combines three core responsibilities : delivering on financial commitments, leading a high-performing team, and ensuring successful execution. It requires someone who is comfortable making decisions, managing complexity, and working across functions to get results. This role is also customer-facing, requiring strong communication and relationship-building skills to ensure alignment, responsiveness, and trust with key government and industry partners.

This is a critical leadership role with direct influence on the success of our mission and the teams who deliver it. Key attributes needed to align with the business culture include a candidate who is People Focused, has a One Team mentality and is Mission Driven.

One Team

This leader will foster a collaborative environment, build strong internal and customer relationships, and enable open communication to have high-performing and effective program teams.

People Focused

We develop talent and are passionate about building knowledge.

Mission Driven

Providing critical capabilities, for no fail missions, in support of our Nation's defense is part of our legacy and motivation, and meeting commitments is our priority.

What You Will Do

As the Level 5 Value Stream Leader, you will be accountable for driving execution within the program. Your role combines financial leadership, program execution, and customer engagement, and team development. Key responsibilities include :

Financial and Forecasting Leadership

• Providing timely and accurate inputs for quarterly forecasts and monthly flash cycles
• Ensure non-recurring engineering (NRE) cost elements are reviewed for timing, risk, and alignment with program phases
• Partner with Operations to develop reliable production forecasts, factoring in delivery schedules and risk
• Maintain accurate orders forecasts in collaboration with the Business Development team, including order timing, value, and probability of win
• Track and communicate anticipated sales resulting from new orders to maintain revenue predictability
• Help prepare Strategic Financial Plan inputs in partnership with Operations, Engineering, and Business Development

Program Execution and Strategy

Team Leadership and Talent Development

Customer and Stakeholder Engagement

Qualifications You Must Have

Qualifications We Prefer

What We Offer

Learn more and apply now! Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military, and government customers complete their most complex missions whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. By joining our team, you'll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today.

Onsite : Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form with our customers and with each other propel us all higher, again and again.

Apply now and be part of the team that's redefining aerospace, every day.