Collins Aerospace is an RTX business. Our global team dreams, designs and delivers smarter, more connected solutions for passenger safety and comfort, mission success, space exploration, and operational efficiency and sustainability.

Industry: Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
Company Size: 10,001+ employees

Collins Aerospace

Savvy Admin PROD

**Date Posted:**

2026-04-08

**Country:**

United States of America

**Location:**

US-IL-REMOTE

**Position Role Type:**

Remote

**U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:**

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

**Security Clearance Type:**

None/Not Required

**Security Clearance Status:**

Not Required

As a Senior Manager, Subcontracts Program Manager supporting Collins Aerospace’s Civil Space programs, you will oversee critical subcontract efforts that enable the delivery of advanced Mission Systems solutions. This role exists at the intersection of program execution, supply chain strategy, and government contracting, ensuring suppliers meet the cost, schedule, quality, and compliance expectations required in a highly regulated aerospace and defense environment. You will contribute from early capture and proposal development through production and sustainment, serving as a trusted partner to Program Management, Engineering, and Supply Chain teams.

In this position, you will take ownership of complex, high‑value subcontracts and lead activities such as acquisition planning, supplier evaluations, negotiations, and performance oversight. You’ll manage subcontract execution using FAR/DFARS and earned value principles, drive risk mitigation, and maintain strong relationships with supplier leadership and internal stakeholders. The role offers the opportunity to influence program outcomes through sound judgment, disciplined subcontract management, and close collaboration across functions. This is an individual contributor position with visibility to senior leadership and meaningful impact on programs with significant subcontract content.

**What You Will Do:**

- Lead subcontract planning, proposal review, supplier evaluations, and overall subcontract strategy development

- Provide business guidance to internal teams by offering market insight and supply chain support

- Lead supplier negotiations and partner with the Supply Chain Contract Manager to prepare and negotiate contractual documents

- Manage proposal preparation and oversee the execution and performance of complex subcontracts

- Monitor subcontract performance, manage Cost Account Manager duties, and provide regular updates to internal stakeholders and senior leadership

- Oversee subcontract products and services, including obsolete parts, production needs, on time delivery, and future product or service roadmaps

- Conduct supplier visits and maintain strong working relationships with supplier leadership and L4 program management

- Represent the company on matters involving legal requirements, customer specifications, and government regulations

- Provide direction for subcontract activities and oversee work performed by Subcontract Administrators, Buyers, and Supply Chain Contract Managers

- Lead internal department cadence reviews and internal customer cadence reviews

- Manage program cost, schedule, and risk and support the execution of programs with significant subcontract content and total values above fifty million dollars or critical to mission success

- Develop and execute subcontract plans, identify qualified suppliers, prepare the Supplier Statement of Work, and develop new supply sources as needed

- Support programs with moderate to high risk and complexity while working independently and applying sound judgment in subcontract and compliance activities

**Qualifications You Must Have:**

- Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience

- Demonstrated experience managing subcontracts projects using Earned Value Management System (EVMS) methodology and Cost Account Management (CAM) activities

- Prior experience applying acquisition policies and procedures, including the Truth in Negotiations Act (TINA), within a government contracting environment

- Prior experience working with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS)

**Qualifications We Prefer:**

- Experience identifying, assessing, and mitigating program and subcontract risk throughout the lifecycle

- Experience working within the RTX Lifecycle Program Management (RLPM) or similar enterprise operating frameworks, including familiarity with product lifecycle value streams

- Experience supporting U.S. Government subcontracting efforts within a regulated aerospace and defense environment

- Demonstrated experience partnering with Program Management teams to support execution of complex development or production programs

- Prior experience in Supply Chain, Subcontracts, or Procurement functions, with exposure to supplier performance management and subcontract execution

**What We Offer:**

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:

- Medical, dental, and vision insurance

- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees

- Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option

- Tuition reimbursement program

- Student Loan Repayment Program

- Life insurance and disability coverage

- Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection

- Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits

- Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning

- Adoption Assistance

- Autism Benefit

- Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions

- Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program

- Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits

- Bright Horizons, child and elder care services

- Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program

- And more!

**Learn More & 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.

- Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.

**Remote: ** Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home). An employee may be expected to travel to the site location as needed.

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.

~~**As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.** ~~The salary range for this role is 132,400 USD - 251,600 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

~~RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.~~

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Senior Manager, Subcontracts Program Management (Remote)

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