Jessica Jenkins
Bristol,CT
Summary
Aerospace Program Manager with 8 years of experience specializing in program management, particularly in network transformation, data center consolidation, and agile methodologies. A Certified Scrum Master and Program Management Professional with expertise in enabling teams to deliver significant business value through effective coaching in agility. Recognized for intellectual curiosity, tenacity, and adaptability, with a strong commitment to driving business success through strategic initiatives. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and foster collaboration to achieve project goals efficiently.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Program Manager, Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestures
RTX Corporation
01.2024 - Current
- Supporting end-to-end M&A transactions from due diligence through post-merger integration ensuring seamless execution and alignment with strategic objectives.
- Managing 3-5 concurrent M&A projects, aligning stakeholders and reducing delays by 15% through program oversight.
- Leading integration across IT, HR, and operations to ensure seamless day one readiness in fast paced, cross functional M&A environments.
- Executing post-merger integration for deals up to $50M, minimizing disruptions by 20% through structured plans and KPI driven delivery.
Program Manager, Applications Integration, Enterprise Services Strategy & Transformation
RTX Corporation
01.2022 - 01.2024
- Management of network transformation including the domestic data center consolidation of Enterprise Services applications portfolio.
- Lead applications workstream with a cohesive mission focus on project execution delivering $178M run rate savings by 2024.
- Cultivated successful relationships by coordinating cross functional collaboration and streamlined processes resulting in 32% application portfolio reduction.
- Developed ongoing solutions to address program related risk mitigation while adjusting individual roles to achieve program goals and requirements.
Strategy Analyst, CORE Analyst, Enterprise Services Strategy & Governance
Raytheon Technologies
01.2020 - 01.2022
- Leadership and management of Enterprise services-wide goal alignment and performance metrics process, implementation and support of objectives & key results cloud-based application; development of global work placement strategy and governance.
- Managed departmental objectives & key results introduction & application deployment to ~500 users.
- Enterprise tool development, reporting, training, and oversight.
- Developed improvements to reduce offshore hiring to two weeks, delivering $30.8M of incremental efficiencies via zero based budgeting.
Technical Analyst, Digital Technology
United Technologies
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Executive level performance management reporting.
- Prepared market research analysis illustrating data graphically and translated complex findings into executive summary to support senior executives, CDO, CIO.
- Helped launch and manage Objectives & Key Results process to drive strategic alignment across corporate and business unit Digital teams.
- Developed operations key performance indicators to measure and improve organizational efficiency.
- Developed relocation charter including plans for the occupant relocation of 3 sites.
Senior Associate, Business Intelligence, Supply Chain Finance
Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Accountable for departmental strategic communications, performance metrics, system design, training, and end user administration.
- Forecasted, invoiced, and managed over $16 million in rebates.
- Evaluated supplier performance metrics and market intelligence to optimize cost reduction. Tracked $10 million in cost savings projects.
- Managed all phases of SharePoint structural build, including content and design, statement of work and executed PO to completion.
- Developed communications strategy that supports changing market conditions, supplier updates, governance/compliance, and leadership messaging.
Military Aftermarket Program Management Co-Op
Collins Aerospace, a division of United Technologies
01.2017 - 01.2017
- Lead Electric Power Spares initiative to prepare on time delivery metrics, collected, validated, and worked with business development leaders to justify and communicate resourcing requests.
- Liaised with strategic business units to map business requirements to technical specifications.
- Implemented improvements to performance reporting processes, tools and calculations to support internal and external consumers.
- Facilitated the creation and implementation of a database tracking system to increase accuracy and quality of the final product.
General Assignment Reporter
Western Mass News, a division of Meredith Corp.
01.2015 - 01.2015
- Television news reporter, reported local news stories for publication and broadcast, conducted extensive research to describe the details of events and assure accuracy and validity to ~200K viewers.
- Developed enterprise story ideas including sports, human interest, and breaking news subjects through multiple perspectives.
- Strong writing, public speaking, interview, social perceptiveness, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment under strict deadlines.
Education
Pre Law Program - Law
Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) Plus Guided
Newtown, PA05.2025
MBA - Finance
Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT12.2017
Bachelor of Arts - Communications
Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT05.2015
Skills
- Collaborative networking abilities
- Data analysis and visualization
- Effective communication
- Flexible problem-solving
- Financial data analysis
- Agile project management
Certification
2025 MA&D recognition spotlight award
2024 RTX Power of Choice candidate
2024 Women of Color STEM panelist
Project Management Professional (PMP), 2023
Certified SAFe 5 Scrum Master, 2021
ACE Associate certification, CORE Apprentice 2021
Thayer Leadership Development Program, 2020
Timeline
Program Manager, Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestures
RTX Corporation
01.2024 - Current
Program Manager, Applications Integration, Enterprise Services Strategy & Transformation
RTX Corporation
01.2022 - 01.2024
Strategy Analyst, CORE Analyst, Enterprise Services Strategy & Governance
Raytheon Technologies
01.2020 - 01.2022
Technical Analyst, Digital Technology
United Technologies
01.2019 - 01.2020
Senior Associate, Business Intelligence, Supply Chain Finance
Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies
01.2018 - 01.2019
Military Aftermarket Program Management Co-Op
Collins Aerospace, a division of United Technologies
01.2017 - 01.2017
General Assignment Reporter
Western Mass News, a division of Meredith Corp.
01.2015 - 01.2015
Pre Law Program - Law
Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) Plus Guided
MBA - Finance
Central Connecticut State University
Bachelor of Arts - Communications
Central Connecticut State University
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