Director, Program Management

About the job

Job Title: Director, Program Management

Job Code: 44810

Job Location: Plano & Richardson, TX

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 47,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.

Essential Functions:

• Site leader responsible for the strategic direction and overall P&L performance of the Targeting & Sensing Systems business and leads a matrixed and cross-functional teams across multiple locations.

• Solve highly complex problems with significant business impact.

• Accountable for the cost, schedule, and technical performance requirements of the portfolio through all phases

• Develop, manage, track, and report financial forecasts.

• Provide executive level briefings to key internal and external stakeholders.

• Direct the preparation of proposals, business plans, proposal work statements and specifications, operating budgets, and financial terms/conditions of contracts.

• Manage a team of Program Managers, to include providing programmatic and technical leadership, coaching, mentoring, and succession planning.

• Cross-functional coordination with matrixed leadership to accomplish business objectives.

• Ensure that all resources such as engineering, manpower, production, and facilities are available to support the program.

• Direct the work of employees assigned to the program from technical, manufacturing, and administrative areas.

• Develop and execute business roadmaps and strategies to grow the portfolio.

• Define program parameters and/or guiding internal research and development efforts.

• Work with customers to determine needs, requirements, and new business opportunities.

• Ensure customer satisfaction, maintaining customer communication, and providing overall management of the customer relationship.

• Travel required approximately 10% of the time.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 15 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 19 years of prior related experience.

• Active US Secret Clearance

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Proven leadership experience

• Experience managing programs within a DOD or Aerospace environment

• Understanding of customer procurement processes and government funding approval

• Solid technical background and strong financial skills

• Program strategy and capture experience

• Earned Value Management System experience

• Experience leading cross functional teams and working across different business organizations and customer communities

• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills

• Excellent oral, written, negotiation, and presentation skills

• Experience with customer and stakeholder communication

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