Technical Program Manager - Networking

** Date Posted:
**** Country:
** United States of America
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* Location:

** MA105: BBN Headquarters 10 Moulton Street , Cambridge, MA, 02138 USA
** Position Role Type:
** Hybrid
* * U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:
** Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
** Security Clearance:
** DoD Clearance:
Secret

RTX Corporation is an Aerospace and Defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 185,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity.

The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, VA.For over 70 years, RTX BBN Technologies has solved real-world problems through research, exploration, development, and prototyping. We collaborate with top technical talent to pioneer transformative solutions. BBN’s Network & Cyber Technologies (NCT) team leverages math, engineering, and physics to tackle customer challenges in network and communications, EW, and cyber domains.

We specialize in information exchange, protection, and exploitation.

This is a position for candidates with research and development (R&D) program management experience. In this role, you will provide key program management and pursuit support enabling NCT technical staff to win and deliver innovative solutions to customers in the Networking domain. For pursuit activities, you will work directly with our tech director to meet with customers, pursue new applied research concepts, and develop winning proposals as the capture manager.

As the program manager for new awards, you will work collaboratively with our principal investigators (PI) to help coordinate resources, track progress, facilitate collaboration, and ensure on-time delivery within budget. Your leadership and organizational skills will empower our engineers and scientists to push boundaries and meet critical customer needs.
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* What you will do:

*** Manage the pre-proposal pursuit process across multiple early-concept opportunities with various government R&D customers.
* Lead capture on proposal responses to BAAs and RFPs to include managing the capture, coordinating with subcontractors, collaborating with the technical team to write the technical volume, working with internal contracts and finance teams to produce the cost volume.
* Coordinate extensively across technical and functional support staff to enable on-time, on-budget delivery
* Translate and track customer needs, and advise technical experts and senior leaders on optimal solutions
* Monitor spending, staffing, schedules, contracts, purchases, and deliverables
* Manage schedules, resources, and budgets to ensure execution within cost targets
* Identify, track, and escalate program risks and issues for mitigation
* Facilitate collaboration through clear communication and information sharing
* Employ PM best practices and tools to maintain alignment across complex projects
* Deliver regular project updates and insights to stakeholders and leadership
* Lead review meetings, inform decision making, and coordinate across project interdependencies
* Drive achievement of milestones through resource planning and progress tracking
** What you will gain:
*** Exposure to cutting-edge technical work and innovative research
* Collaborate with a motivated, engaged team of experts pushing boundaries
* Develop hands-on experience managing complex defense projects
* Build program management skills through resource coordination and planning, scheduling, and budget oversight
* Visibility into the end-to-end program lifecycle from concept to delivery
* Interact closely with customers to understand emerging…