Senior Manager, Defense Public Relations (Remote)

USA (Remote)

$132K/yr – $252K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

Job Summary

Own strategic defense PR and holistic RTX storytelling by coordinating cross-unit campaigns, media relations, and crisis communications to protect reputation and drive measurable impact.

  • Own: lead strategic defense PR campaigns aligned to business priorities and tell a holistic RTX story across space, missiles, and communications.
  • Collaborate with media relations and train executives to secure high‑value media engagements and candid, on-message spokespeople.
  • Leverage analytics with the team to measure PR ROI and adjust channels and messaging for stronger outcomes.

Job Description

Responsibilities - Draft and execute strategic defense PR campaigns in line with business priorities, including but not limited to space solutions and payloads, strategic missile defense, resilient communications and connectivity, command and control, and all-domain solutions . - Maintain and develop relationships with relevant defense and niche trade media. - Remain up to date on the evolving news cycle and report significant media risks and opportunities to the PR team, business communications partners and company executives - Media train relevant leaders and spokespeople for planned media engagements and seek out appropriate pitch opportunities - Manage, develop, pitch and oversee company media engagements, including interviews, press briefings, Q&As, response to queries, press releases - Manage crisis communications as needed across the portfolios this position supports, alerting leadership of risks and drafting statements and response strategies when applicable - Connect the dots across RTX business units and campaigns to tell a larger, holistic RTX story as part of a strategic PR plan - Draft press releases, briefing documents, media coverage reports for relevant businesses and campaigns. - Project management/collaboration ensuring all projects are delivered on-time, within scope - Take a data-driven approach and collaborate with our analytics team to develop meaningful metrics. Leverage analytics to improve ROI on recommended channel efforts.
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RTX

RTX is comprised of three market-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon – working as one to answer the biggest questions and solve the hardest problems in aerospace and defense.

Founded in 2020
Arlington, Virginia, USA

Salaries

Posted range

$132K/yr – $252K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$200K
Last Raise
$200K
Grant, 1 years ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2024
    Grant • $200K

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