Remote Contract Project Manager Jobs in Canton, MA

Date Posted:

2026-08-10

Country:

United States of America

Location:

US-MA-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

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

Enterprise Services (ES) is looking for a Digital Technologies (DT) Project Manager (PM) to join our ES Applications Value Management Office (VMO). We transitioned to a VMO to highlight our enhanced focus on multi-mode value delivery, including traditional project management, Agile product delivery, and operational/project financial analysis services. This role is a traditional PM but expected to lean into Agile delivery increasingly in the future. This role will focus on large and complex projects in our portfolio. 

Our VMO is part of an enterprise shared services organization and is responsible for leading significant business technology projects that reach across the company. Our projects primarily on application development, enhancements, and modernization. Many are SaaS software implementations & customizations. We also execute infrastructure projects and business process improvements with a digital slant.   

Our PMs are delivery professionals who enable teams to perform to their highest potential.

What you will do:

• Lead & drive large-scale, complex DT projects, showing up with a proactive, entrepreneurial, demonstrating a strong sense of urgency and ownership, as if you were investing your own money in the project’s results. 

• Understand and support the Strategic Vision of the organization and ensure strategic alignment as a trusted advisor. 

• Foster trust and build collaborative relationships with digital and functional executive sponsors, ensuring a deep understanding of their strategic interests & viewpoints.

• Ability to seamlessly navigate the political landscape amongst senior leaders in the function and DT. 

• Oversee all the normal PM fundamentals: project schedule, key decisions, resources, financials, requirements, issues, risks, dependencies.  

• Drive the project’s delivery cadence and maintain momentum and accountability, blending agile & waterfall techniques as needed.  

• Continuously demonstrate progress, provide status reports/briefings. Create compelling materials to effectively communicate with senior/executive leaders the value delivery story for the project.  

• Efficiently shepherd your projects through our phase-gated project governance framework. Maintain the team’s focus on critical cyber, architecture, and compliance artifacts and secure relevant approvals at each gate.  

• With grit and tenacity, attack complex issues and challenges for your project. You will need to initiate and skillfully navigate tactful executive escalations to drive critical decisions while preserving trust, maintaining relationships, and fostering a constructive path forward.

• In addition to delivering exceptional results on your assigned project, you’ll participate in efforts to continuously enhance and mature our PM services while evolving our value management capabilities.

• Ability to travel ~20% within US 

Qualifications You Must Have: 

• Typically a university degree and 10 years prior relevant experience OR an Advanced Degree in related field and minimum 7 years’ experience OR in absence of a degree, 14+ years of relevant experience is required 

• 5+ years of experience with project management oversight of DT software development or infrastructure initiatives. 

• 3+ years of proven experience managing large scale projects involving complex enterprise systems, such as ERP, Payroll, Data Repository, or Engineering systems. 

• 3+ years of a demonstrated ability to interface and collaborate with concurrent Enterprise projects, managing dependencies, resources, and schedule. 

• 3+ years of experience building and managing schedules in MS Project.  

Qualifications We Prefer: 

• Experience working in a government and/or large, complex corporate/industrial environment. 

• Expert in creating visually appealing, executive-level PowerPoint presentations. 

• Experience developing & managing financial business cases & cost/benefit analyses for DT projects. 

• Experience with integrating multiple project methodologies including waterfall & Agile frameworks like SAFe. 

• Role model in exhibiting and intentionally developing leadership behaviors in yourself & others by Driving Results, Instilling Trust, Collaborating and Communicating Effectively, maintaining Customer Focus and demonstrating Courage and Strategic Vision. 

• Project Management certification (PMP, etc.) and SAFe or similar agile certifications.

What We Offer:

Whether you’re just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance and child/adult backup care.

Work Location:

Remote: Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home). If you live within a reasonable commute of an RTX site with other colleagues you interact with, your manager will discuss whether there is a degree of onsite presence associated with this role.

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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