Job description
Role Overview
Associate Director - Contracts at RTX, based onsite in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Reporting to the Contracts Director, MENA, this role provides strategic contractual and commercial leadership across Raytheon Saudi Arabia programs and business activities.
Company Overview
RTX is the world's largest aerospace and defense company, with 185,000 employees united by purpose to solve the world's most complex problems. The company operates three market-leading businesses, maintains world-class operations, and invests heavily in research and development to push the boundaries of known science and protect the world.
Role Purpose
Lead contractual, commercial, compliance, governance, and customer engagement activities across Raytheon Saudi Arabia. Serve as a strategic partner to RSA leadership, RTX business units, program teams, and Saudi government stakeholders to ensure contractual excellence, regulatory compliance, and successful program execution.
Key Responsibilities
Contract Management
- Manage contract lifecycle activities, including negotiation, review, administration, amendments, and compliance.
- Provide leadership and oversight of contracts and commercial activities across RSA programs and pursuits.
- Prove experience managing complex contracts, negotiations, and customer agreements.
Strategic Leadership and Partnerships
- Partner with program and business leaders on contractual risks, proposals, pricing reviews, and business decisions.
- Serve as a key interface with Saudi Ministry of Defense stakeholders, government entities, and strategic partners.
- Support localization, industrial participation, strategic growth initiatives, and business operations.
Compliance and Governance
- Drive compliance with RTX policies, customer requirements, and applicable regulations.
- Support governance processes, audits, risk management, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Customer and Stakeholder Management
- Lead customer correspondence management and ensure effective communication with internal and external stakeholders.
- Engage with government customers and senior stakeholders.
Team Leadership
- Develop and lead a high-performing Contracts and Translation team across Riyadh and Jeddah.
- Demonstrate leadership experience developing and mentoring teams.
Translation and Localization
- Lead translation services supporting contractual, technical, and business requirements.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional qualification with 12 years of experience in contracts, commercial management, legal, compliance, or program support roles.
- Experience supporting defense, aerospace, government, or highly regulated industries.
- Proven experience managing complex contracts, negotiations, and customer agreements.
- Experience engaging with government customers and senior stakeholders.
- Demonstrated leadership experience developing and mentoring teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Professional qualification in contracts, law, commercial management, finance, or business.
- Experience working in Saudi Arabia or the Middle East.
- Knowledge of Saudi government procurement processes and regulatory environment.
- Experience supporting defense programs, Foreign Military Sales (FMS), or government contracts.
- Experience with localization, industrial participation, or strategic partnerships.
- Experience leading governance, compliance, or translation functions.
- Program management experience.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong negotiation, communication, and relationship management skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic international environment.
- Strong business acumen with experience supporting profitability, risk management, and cash collection objectives.
Additional Information
- Position Role Type: Onsite.
- Location: SA-01-RIYADH-S1, 9054 Airport Rd, ROSHAN FRONT BLDG S1, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- 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.