Senior Manager, Defense Public Relations (Remote) at RTX | USA | $132K/yr – $252K/yr

RTX

Senior Manager, Defense Public Relations (Remote)

USA (Remote)

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

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the strategic PR narrative across defense portfolios, coordinating cross-unit campaigns and media risk management to shape a holistic RTX story.

Media relations: build and maintain relationships with defense trade media and pitch opportunities.
Crisis and risk management: monitor news cycles, alert leadership, and draft timely responses and statements.

Job Description

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.
Work across the communications team, partnering with relevant COEs to develop compelling narratives, approve talking points, and ensure coordination on relevant campaigns and crisis communications plans.
Other duties as assigned

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

www.rtx.com