Associate Director - User Experience Job at Raytheon in Yuma

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Overview

Raytheon seeks a visionary and hands-on User Experience (UX) Manager to lead a high-performing team of designers and researchers in crafting intuitive, innovative, and impactful digital experiences. This role shapes the end-to-end user experience strategy — including UI / UX design, visual design, and interaction patterns — across our portfolio of digital products and services. You will be at the forefront of user-centered design, championing design thinking, and ensuring our digital touchpoints are functional and delightful. This is a key leadership role blending design leadership, people management, and cross-functional collaboration.

What You Will Do

• UX Strategy & Design Leadership : Lead the visioning, research, modeling, and delivery of end-user experience for digital products and services.
• Develop and maintain UX strategy, design standards, accessibility principles, and usability best practices.
• Drive the creation of wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups to clarify complex design challenges.
• Apply design thinking to promote empathy-driven, iterative problem solving.
• Team Management & Development : Manage, mentor, and inspire a team of 6–10 UX professionals, including UI designers, UX researchers, and visual designers.
• Create growth plans, provide ongoing feedback, and foster a culture of innovation and design excellence.
• Prioritize workload and allocate resources to ensure high-quality, timely delivery of design work.
• User Research & Testing : Lead the vision for user research and usability testing practices, define research protocols and metrics, and validate design decisions.
• Lead persona development, customer journey mapping, and user flow optimization to guide the product development lifecycle.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration : Partner with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to ensure design feasibility and alignment with business goals.
• Serve as the voice of the user in cross-functional discussions, balancing user needs with technical and business constraints.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure design fidelity and scalability in implementation.

Qualifications You Must Have

Qualifications We Prefer

What We Offer

Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value : Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.

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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.

Salary range : 147,000 USD - 295,000 USD. The range is a good faith estimate representing all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including role, function, responsibilities, experience, location, education, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, EAP, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits depend on the business unit and whether a collective-bargaining agreement applies.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual incentive programs depending on position level and bargaining agreement status. Payments are not guaranteed and depend on performance and other factors.

This role is a U.S.-based position. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

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 protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with applicable laws.

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Seniority level : Director

Employment type : Full-time

Job function : Information Technology

Industries : Defense and Space Manufacturing

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