Collins Aerospace
Project Manager - Customer Programmes
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Project Manager - Customer Programmes
Project Manager – Customer Programmes (Onsite, Hybrid Role)
Date Posted: 2026-06-18 Location: Winnersh, Wokingham (UK)
At RTX, the world’s largest aerospace and defence company, we draws together 185,000 skilled minds to address humanity’s most complex challenges. With our distinct strength in Collins Aerospace—a global leader in intelligent, technologically advanced aerospace solutions—we push the boundaries of what’s possible.
About the Role
Collins Aerospace is seeking a Project Manager – Customer Programmes to support the Mission Operations and Data Intelligence (MODI) business within the Battle Management, Command & Control and Networks (BMC2&N) organisation.
This hybrid role (based in Winnersh, Wokingham, UK) combines operational, strategic, and customer-facing accountability to ensure programme excellence, business growth, and success.
Key Responsibilities
- Direct programme execution from inception to completion, overseeing all phases of development and customer integration.
- Manage customer interfaces, ensuring specifications are met and programmes succeed on time and to budget.
- Control contract lifecycles—negotiation, proposals, budgets, contracts, and performance—while managing projects and subsystems within major programmes.
- Lead pursuit activities—developing change proposals, steering negotiations, and driving business plans with cross-functional teams.
- Coordinate internal reviews (e.g., gate reviews, plans) and coordinate compliance with internal policies.
- Align priorities, resolve conflicts, and implement milestone reviews with stakeholders.
- Ensure financial targets (bookings, sales, margins, cash flow) are achieved while holding Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and Control Account Managers (CAMs) accountable.
- Inspire growth, including new business development, strategy alignment, and innovative problem-solving to meet evolving customer needs.
- Drive frequent customer engagements, including reviews, technical design meetings, and high-level policy dialogues.
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Requirements
** Essentials**
- UK Security Clearance (SC) eligibility.
- ability to obtain requisite security clearance for UAE and Middle Eastern travel.
- Advanced degree or equivalent relevant experience required.
- Proven Programme/Project Management expertise (with Prince 2® or PMP certification).
- Demonstrated leadership of Integrated Project Teams (IPTs).
- 50% business travel (primarily to the UAE).
** Preferences**
- Experience in Government & Military acquisition and programme execution.
- Expertise in executive stakeholder briefings.
- Hands-on experience in training environments and engineering lab setup.
- Strong leadership skills, including:
- Influential customer-facing communications.
- Strategic thinking to cultivate innovation.
- Developing talent and driving customer-focused results.
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Benefits & Perks
- Highly competitive salary and performance-based bonus.
- Private Medical Insurance.
- Health & Wellbeing Cash Plan (Flexible Benefits).
- 4:1 pension match up to 10% of salary.
- Liberal annual leave (25 days + bank holidays + voluntary buy/sell up to 5 days).
- Life Assurance coverage.
- Peer Recognition Awards and employee-selected top-up benefits.
- Inspiring purpose: Contribute to missions that transform aerospace and defence ecosystems worldwide.
At Collins Aerospace, We Redefine the Future
Our team is shaping the most sophisticated missions—military, civilian, and government—by delivering intelligent communications, missionised systems, and collaborative defence solutions. If you thrive in ambitions, embrace innovation, and solve world-changing problems, this role is for you.
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Apply now to help define tomorrow’s aerospace landscape.
About RTX Equal Employment Opportunity: Candidates will be considered without regard to protected characteristics.
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