Localization Manager- Saudi Arabia

Date Posted:

2026-08-27

Country:

Saudi Arabia

Location:

SA-01-RIYADH-S1 ~ 9054 Airport Rd ~ ROSHAN FRONT BLDG S1

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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. 

Raytheon Saudi Arabia is looking for a Global Industrialization / Localization Manager to join our team. We are expanding our international market opportunities to support our business and financial goals by focusing on partnerships with international customers. This involves developing local industrial capabilities in line with sovereign industrial policies and expectations. Key aspects of this strategy include:

• Development of local supply chains.
• Establishment of military industry partnerships.
• Utilization of national military industry talent.
• Transfer of technology, Intellectual Property, tools, and processes to the global industry.

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These initiatives are crucial for enhancing collaboration and ensuring that Raytheon meets the specific needs and expectations of its international partners, contributing to the overall growth and success of the company in the global Defense and Aerospace environment.

In this role, you will be aligning with a cross-functional team responsible for several strategic projects. These projects are coordinated across various Strategic Business Units (SBUs) and involve collaboration with Operations and Supply Chain (OSC), Requirements & Capabilities (R&C), Contracts, Global Trade, and Finance teams. The current pipeline of Offsets and Localization projects in the proposal phase exceeds $15 billion in obligation value, with an additional forecast of approximately $20 billion in the long-range plan.

Our highly talented team is located across the world embedded within our strategic business locations throughout the US, Europe & the Middle East North Africa (MENA).

This accompanied onsite role will be based in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

International travel for occasional global customer engagements greater than one week in duration across Raytheon’s global markets including MENA, Asia, and Europe.

What You Will Do

• Manage the coordination and development of industrialization concepts and proposals, supporting negotiation of industrialization agreements, establishing strategic industrial partnering agreements, and coordinating associated global supply chain arrangements.

• Execute all phases of the global industrialization program lifecycle in support of those strategies and plans that enable supply chain, product and country industrialization opportunities in Raytheon’s global market including but not limited to:
  • Project Concept Development
  • Proposal Development
  • Contract Negotiation and Award
  • Support Program Execution

• Collaborate with relevant Raytheon functions, landed companies / program teams, and existing commercial consortiums to identify, develop and mature industrial partnerships that support execution of global industrialization initiatives.
• Collaborate with the landed company and capture/program teams in developing relationships with local customers and industry stakeholders, as well as USG authorities, to enable delivery of our global industrialization initiatives.
• Interface regularly with both internal and external customers along with executive leadership.  
• Ensure program growth, accurate forecasting, estimate at completion, and monthly internal reporting. 
• Work closely with localization program managers and other functions to develop and delivery quarterly reports and credit claims in accordance with project milestones

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s and a minimum of 8+ years prior relevant experience, or an Advance Degree in a related field and a minimum of 5+ years’ experience.
• Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) Certified.
• Experience with proposal (Submit Gate) leadership and management, specifically creating winning Management, Cost and/or Technical Proposals, Basis of Estimates (BOEs) or Industrial Partnership Agreements & Plans (IPAs & IPPs).
• Experience interfacing with customers at all levels.
• Expert knowledge of the international offset and localization market.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
• Experience with Patriot / GEM-T.
• Experience working in MENA region.
• Ability to identify best practices and how to best utilize within in a global environment.
• Ability to establish and maintain strong customer relationships to sustain and grow business.  
• Program Management Experience (P&L ownership).
• PM Level 4 Certification or equivalent external certification.

Required Education:

Bachelor's degree in related field and 8-12 years of related experience. 

What We Offer:

Whether you’re just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a total rewards package that goes above and beyond 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.

Additional Information:

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products

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