Senior Specialist, Program Management

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong internal and external relationships to support effective program execution and stakeholder alignment.
• Establish program performance metrics, clarify priorities, and develop management plans to achieve budget, schedule, technical, and business objectives.
• Use program management tools to monitor, analyze, and report performance against contract requirements, forecasts, and internal goals.
• Carefully coordinate cross-functional program activities and support timely, informed decision-making across stakeholders.
• Develop and deliver clear presentations, status updates, and recommendations to senior Program Managers, company leadership, and customers as needed.
• Identify, assess, and manage program risks, issues, and opportunities, and lead resolution efforts through closure.
• Track and report key program indicators, including schedule performance, cost performance, Estimate at Completion (EAC), sales, profit, and overall contract execution.
• Lead or participate in Integrated Product Teams to drive program execution, strengthen cross-functional collaboration, and eliminate non-value-added costs.
• Manage technical, production, and execution challenges that may impact program performance, and coordinate corrective actions with functional teams.
• Negotiate proposal and program elements such as cost, fee, payment terms, delivery schedules, and terms and conditions.
• Manage assigned programs to meet contractual and internal commitments for schedule, performance, and budget.
• Communicate program requirements and resource needs across Engineering, Finance, Quality, Material Control, Purchasing, Manufacturing, and other functions to ensure aligned execution.
• Develop, review, and support customer funding requests and proposal activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
• Experience in Test and/or Operations Management
• Proficiency in schedule planning and management
• Working knowledge of Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS)
• Experience in electronics manufacturing environments

Benefits

Commensurate with experience.

Pay

TBD

Schedule

4/10: Employees work 10 hour days, 4 days a week