Senior Manager, Subcontracts

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. L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security. Job Location: Rochester, NY.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct experienced subcontracts professionals, lower-level supervisors, or associate managers.
• Communicate within and outside of the organization to explain and influence changes to policies, practices, or approaches.
• Lead, direct, and review the work of direct report(s) who exercise latitude and independence in their assignments.
• Make significant improvements, providing leadership, direction, oversight, and management of supplier activities associated with subcontract task orders, including contractual cost, quality, delivery, and schedule commitments in support of mission-critical solutions and systems.
• Lead all aspects of the subcontract acquisition process from the proposal stage through program award with the ability to execute in the DoD and Commercial subcontract support areas.
• Supervise drafting and negotiating contract vehicles including Subcontracts, Letters of Subcontract, Teaming Agreements, Long-Term Agreements, Master Service Agreements, Software License Agreements, Insurance Agreements, Intellectual Property Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, and other legal matters.
• Lead the team of Subcontract Managers to hold subcontractor cost, schedule, and technical performance, and ensure that L3Harris and its customer objectives are achieved, including on-time delivery, exceptional quality, and affordability.
• Propose major milestones, such as preliminary and critical reviews and other schedule goals, and initiate corrective action measures when necessary.
• Identify supply chain and contractual risk and provide recommended strategies to minimize or manage those risks and their associated impact to all stages of the contracting lifecycle.
• Draft, review, and interpret contracts (including statements of work, statements of objectives, forecasts, specifications, terms & conditions, price, schedule, delivery schedule, etc.) and advise on contractual rights, obligations, and risk.
• Manage other ongoing contract and subcontract management tasks as required (e.g., drafting and reviewing contractual correspondence, preparing for and attending contract review meetings).
• Ensure budget, sales forecast, and EVMS performance are met; manage program budgets and explain variances in monthly performance.
• Apply ingenuity and innovation to develop solutions to complex subcontract problems and identify areas for performance improvement and cost reduction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience; or, Graduate degree and a minimum of