Director, Mergers, Acquisitions

**Date Posted**:
2024-04-11
**Country**:
United States of America
**Location**:
UT6: 4 Farm Springs 4 Farm Springs Road, Farmington, CT, 06032 USA
**Position Role Type**:
Remote
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.

To realize our full potential, RTX is committed to creating a company where all employees are respected, valued and supported in the pursuit of their goals. We know companies that embrace diversity in all its forms not only deliver stronger business results, but also become a force for good, fueling stronger business performance and greater opportunity for employees, partners, investors and communities to succeed.

The following position is to join our RTX Corporate, Enterprise Services, Research Center or BBN team:
The Director, MA&D Support Lead will lead a team supporting Raytheon and Corporate Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures from ES (Enterprise Services). This includes leading the coordination and design of solutions for all ES deliverables (divestiture or integration), KPI’s, and pricing for TSA (transition service agreement) and TSA exit activities.

This position will ultimately report to the Strategy & Transformation M&A Leader which is in the process of being filled

**Key Duties / Responsibilities**
- Drive execution of MA&D activities for Raytheon and Corporate as it relates to transitioning Enterprise Services governed offerings, to include Digital, Business and Real Estate Services.
- Coordinate with various ES domain leaders to establish and track workplans, budgets and risk register for all phases of M&A lifecycle; identify issues, create mitigation plans and manage escalations
- Manage M&A pipeline consisting of ~10 projects at various stages of completion
- Develop communications for RTX / internal senior leaders including Corp / BU Business Development, ES domain leaders and various functional leaders
- Communicate with potential buyers / sellers in effort to support negotiations, align requirements and co-create solutions for ES services to meet contractual/legal requirements
- Lead a team of program and project managers who work across ES service areas and the Raytheon and Corporate teams to map critical dependencies enabling delivery of priority projects
- Support continuous improvement of the ES MA&D process in collaboration with key stakeholders in the businesses and functions
- Champion culture change through active engagement and evangelism, promote innovation and re-orient our focus to delivering

**Minimum Qualifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Information Technology, Operations or Supply Chain Management. Strongly prefer relevant advanced degree (MBA, MS), Program or Project Management certification.
- Minimum 14 years leadership skills. Merger and acquisition background helpful. Incumbent should have strong analytical capabilities, process focus, and demonstrated achievement of significant key business goals.
- Proven ability to develop and lead a team in a matrixed organizational structure. Extensive experience working with cross-functional teams and leading high performing teams.
- Subject matter expertise & understanding of Digital/IT & prior leadership experience in Digital function.
- Strong communicator who is adept at explaining shared services and performance management concepts in business language.
- Strong interpersonal skills, ability to debate, dialogue, negotiate, influence and work with others collaboratively and constructively.
- Ability to think strategically with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong business acumen and ability to share diverse multi-functional perspectives.
- Experience with leading organizational change.
- Subject matter understanding and experience in multiple disciplines (Finance, IT, HR, Supply Chain, Communications).
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

This role will be hybrid working from one of our RTX offices.

What We Offer: Whether you’re just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave,