[Hiring] Director, Corporate Real Estate Portfolio Manager @RTX

Role Description

RTX has an opening for a Director, Global Corporate Portfolio Manager (Director, Real Estate) position that reports to the Sr. Director, Corporate Business Relationship Manager (BRM).

Exciting Opportunity!

• Responsible for strategic oversight, planning, and performance of RTX global real estate portfolio including 1.4 million sq. ft. across multiple countries and states, serving more than 5,000 employees.
• Drive portfolio strategy, ensure alignment with business needs, oversee project delivery, and support capital and space planning across the enterprise.
• Opportunity for a strong strategist who can simplify complexity, influence senior leaders, and ensure the portfolio supports operational, financial, and workforce objectives.

What You Will Do:

• Lead global portfolio planning and ensure alignment with business growth, workforce needs, and financial targets.
• Monitor utilization, capacity, lease events, cost exposure, and key risks.
• Provide strategic recommendations to senior leadership based on data and business forecasts.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, flexibility, and portfolio performance.
• Oversee project delivery for corporate portfolio initiatives, ensuring high-quality execution.
• Develop project programs including schedules, budgets, and charters to support approvals.
• Guide new project engagements through initiation, planning/funding, and execution using the Variable Project Management (VPM) model.
• Ensure compliance with corporate governance policies across all project activities.
• Oversee accurate and timely reporting for business units and Facilities Project Delivery.
• Collaborate with internal teams, vendors, consultants, and Centers of Excellence to deliver projects on scope, schedule, and budget.
• Identify project risks, lead constructability reviews, and develop mitigation plans.
• Lead portfolio reporting, forecasting, and scenario analysis.
• Manage KPIs including utilization, cost performance, and long-range planning metrics.
• Ensure data accuracy across systems and organizations.
• Present clear portfolio updates, insights, and business cases to senior leadership.
• Drive improvements in portfolio efficiency, cost performance, and project delivery.
• Standardize portfolio governance and project delivery practices.
• Leverage data, technology, and automation to modernize real estate operations.
• Partner with Real Estate Centers of Excellence and business units to align strategy and execution.
• Serve as a trusted advisor on portfolio and project delivery matters.
• Support development and approval of real estate business cases.
• Engage with government agencies as required.
• Develop and manage capital plans and operating budgets for the corporate portfolio.
• Assess financial impacts of portfolio decisions using modeling and benchmarking.
• Ensure financial transparency and alignment with enterprise goals.
• Travel up to 20-30%.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 14+ years’ experience in corporate real estate portfolio management, project delivery, or strategic planning.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Finance, Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) or related discipline or equivalent combination of related work experience and schooling in lieu of degree.
• 7+ years’ experience leading large, global real estate portfolios identifying project risks and leading mitigation efforts.
• 6+ years’ managing large-scale facilities or real estate development projects across all phases.
• 2+ years’ experience developing business cases using financial and analytical skills.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Requirements

• Decisive, structured leader comfortable managing escalations.
• Experience in operations, EH&S, security, or program management.
• Corporate finance or portfolio/asset management experience.

Benefits

• Robust total rewards package with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs.
• Parental (including paternal) leave.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Achievement awards.
• Educational assistance.
• Child/adult backup care.