Senior Manager, Public Relations

About the role

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers' mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

Job Description

The Senior Manager of Public Relations is responsible for strategic communication planning to drive positive engagements with media and target stakeholders to support the Space and Mission Systems segment of L3Harris Technologies' strategic growth objectives. This position leads and collaborates across the marketing and creative division of the team to deliver best-in-class public relations activities within an integrated communications approach to influence external stakeholders. This role is both strategic and hands-on including managing one direct report and a retained PR agency of record.

Essential Functions

• Develop and implement SMS PR strategy to drive interest and engagement with media and other target stakeholders
• Proactively position leadership for thought-leadership opportunities with key media
• Partner with Marketing to gain a clear understanding of business objectives, initiatives, and priorities
• Lead SMS public relations synchronization meetings/efforts to manage oversight and influence across the business segments for communication opportunities to reach targeted stakeholders
• Collaborate effectively with sales, business development, and program management to identify newsworthy areas that support business efforts
• Collaborate with our Creative Services group to proactively seek out creative ways to share our narrative through visual storytelling
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to leverage social media to advance our narrative
• Perform analytic reporting to measure effectiveness of your efforts
• Prepare leadership for media interviews and presentations
• Provide leadership, issues/crisis, and other communications support as needed
• Monitor industry trends; recommend best-practice media strategies and tactics
• Direct small team of PR professionals and agency

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Journalism, PR, or related field with a minimum of 12 years of prior related experience; Or, Graduate Degree with a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience; Or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 16 years of prior related experience
• 10+ years’ experience in marketing, communication, and digital experience within a corporate or agency environment or prior corporate/government communications, PR agency, or journalism experience
• 10+ years’ experience in communicating highly technical concepts, products, or services
• Experience with AP Style and social media platforms

Preferred Additional Skills

• Experience working within the aerospace and defense industry
• Aptitude for learning and understanding technical products and industry-related concepts quickly
• Able to effectively prioritize projects and manage expectations of deliverables while working independently
• Excellent writing, editing, verbal, and presentation creation skills
• Ability to translate business/market/management concepts into understandable messages and stories
• Sharp media relations/crisis communications instincts
• Able to generate positive Tier 1 business/trade media coverage
• Able to operate/meet deadlines in a fast-paced, demanding environment
• Strong attention to detail and excellent AP Style knowledge
• Comfortable working across all staff levels and business functions

Benefits

• Health and disability insurance
• 401(k) match
• Flexible spending accounts
• EAP
• Education assistance
• Paid time off
• Company-paid holidays