Contracts Manager

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Company Overview :

RTXis a new company for a new age built on a legacy of innovation integrity and excellence. By uniting two premier companies a leader in aerospace and a leader in defense were setting a new industry standard. Raytheon Technologies brings together advanced technology platforms research and development capabilities complementary product portfolios and the highly skilled workforce that created them. By the numbers alone we are one of the worlds largest aerospace and defense companies with 195000 employees 60000 engineers. Our true strength comes from our four highly specialized businesses: Collins Aerospace Pratt and Whitney Raytheon.
Raytheon Emirates headquartered in Abu Dhabi was incorporated in 2017 as a whollyowned subsidiary of RTX under Raytheon. Incorporated in the UAE located in the UAE and ultimately to be led by UAE Nationals.

Role Summary:

Our Contracts teammates are valued business partners influencing and executing balanced business deals collaborating with internal and external stakeholders all in support of the products and services we deliver to our customers. With a global portfolio of clients partners and suppliers the development opportunities for our Contracts experts are endless both domestically and abroad.

This role requires significant collaboration with other areas of the corporation especially the Raytheon Offset Team. There will also be collaboration requirements/opportunities across the RTX enterprise. This is a unique opportunity that has significant autonomy and tremendous exposure to leadership in various businesses.

We are looking for a passionate Contracts professional to accept a high degree of responsibility in a complex multicontract Prime Offset and Localization Program area representing a dynamic portfolio that will require an entrepreneurial skill set and a passion for future technologies. This portfolio involves a multitude of projects supporting a strategic and longstanding partnership with Tawazun Council. This position will be located at the Raytheon Emirates Limited (REL) offices in Abu Dhabi UAE. This individual will be responsible for managing the transactional and development components of contracts and pursuits in UAE. This individual should possess prior knowledge of Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) Offset and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contracting and a broad business acumen.

Responsibilities

In this role you will directly support various end customers who use Raytheon Emirates products in vibrant and changing environments. Your main responsibilities will include:

• Leverage current and/or prior experience and demonstrated indepth knowledge of international business environment and industrial partner/government customer network to serve as the customer interface for contractual matters.
• Engage in strategic assessment of business pursuits including project development and pertinent negotiations with industrial partners and Offset Authorities.
• Provide strategic thought leadership to develop innovative Offset solutions resulting in achieving business and mission area objectives
• Develop strategies for exploiting growth markets and specific business pursuits.
• Take ownership of tough issues and use knowledge of situational dynamics to establish personal engagement strategy and drive closure on contractual issues.
• Work across the enterprise to shape opinions of key stakeholders balance competing priorities of multiple customer stakeholders and use astute judgment as to engaging executive direction on how to move forward.
• Coordinate crossfunctionally to manage and maintain portfolio performance metrics and regular communication to leadership
• Provide sound contract management to meet customer obligations achieve company goals and comply with company policies
• Lead the development of proposals negotiations contractual agreements contract and day to day administration of Offset programs
• Manage contractual scope and terms and conditions to ensure work is performed to the overall contract scope
• Develop key customer relationships with Tawazun and other partners in the UAE
• Effectively report status on performance metrics credit activities and procedural steps and reporting in order to obtain offset credit.

This highly collaborative handson role requires regular engagement with the customer Program Management Office (PMO) and other functions such as Engineering Offset and Finance.

You will leverage a drive for working with international businesses by means of selfmotivation and highlevel organization while managing multiple priorities at the same time. In addition you will bring a passion for learning and practicing new skills. If you are eager to try new things and interested in expanding your business acumen then you may have found the right opportunity.


Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires: A University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience.
• Global business acumen and demonstrated immersion in a foreign culture
• Experience in contracts administration including proposal preparation and contract negotiation for production and service contracts
• A proven record in international contracting to include prior experience working on proposals contracts and compliance

Qualifications We Value:

• Multilingual (Arabic and English)
• Experience creating and delivering written reports and presentations to managers peers executive leaders and other stakeholders
• Experience applying analytical problemsolving skills
• Strong contracting written and verbal communication negotiation and organizational skills
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and work independently
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and manage complexity in a diverse environment
• Expert use of MS Office especially Excel Word PowerPoint
• Demonstrated ability to develop effective relationships with international customers
• Entrepreneurial experience in a startup or investment environment that bring technology products or services to market internationally
• Collaborative and influential decision maker technical degree or background

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity color religion gender sexual orientation or identity national origin age disability protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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