Manufacturing Programs Lead — Scale-Up & Execution

Harris; Upper Marlboro (MD); On-site; USD 89,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401K with company match

Paid time off

Parental leave

Short-term incentive

Job summary

Harris seeks a Manufacturing Project Manager to coordinate and track initiatives that scale its manufacturing and supply chain capabilities. This role serves as the central portfolio management resource, ensuring leadership visibility, accountability, and progress across multiple workstreams including facility startups, modifications, fulfillment center setup, and data integration.

It does not own the technical solution or day-to-day operations, but coordinates handoffs from business

Qualifications

• Experience managing cross-functional programs, projects, or operational initiatives.
• Strong project management discipline, including schedules, milestones, action tracking, risk management, and executive reporting.
• Ability to coordinate across business development, operations, and leadership teams.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to simplify complex moving parts into clear status, issues, and decisions.
• Comfortable working in an environment where processes, systems, and roles are evolving.
• Ability to influence, coordinate, and drive execution across multiple functions without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Translate strategic initiatives into actionable plans with defined owners, milestones, and measurable outcomes.
• Maintain portfolio-level visibility across manufacturing and supply chain initiatives.
• Develop/manage integrated project plans, milestones, activities, risks, and executive summaries.
• Provide leadership with clear visibility into status, dependencies, risks, decisions needed, and accountability gaps.
• Help ensure teams are aligned on priorities, timelines, owners, and next steps.
• Support coordination of manufacturing facility initiatives, including greenfield setup, plant modifications, equipment planning, and fulfillment center development.
• Track cross-functional workstreams related to facility readiness, including layout, equipment, staffing, procurement, systems, and operational launch requirements.
• Coordinate with manufacturing leadership, plant managers, industrial engineering, purchasing, facilities, and other stakeholders to maintain progress.
• Support production readiness by coordinating the transition from opportunity development to manufacturing execution.
• Facilitate recurring coordination meetings across manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, estimating, business development, and operations.
• Hold teams accountable to committed actions, milestones, and deliverables.
• Identify interdependencies across workstreams and help resolve or escape conflicts.
• Develop clear reporting for initiative status, milestones, risks, blockers, and upcoming decisions.
• Support dashboard development and data visibility efforts in partnership with BI teams.
• Communicate progress in a concise, leadership-ready format.

Skills

Cross-functional programs

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Executive reporting

Communication skills

Process improvement

Tools

Dashboards

Spreadsheets

PM tools

Reporting systems

Job description

Harris seeks a Manufacturing Project Manager to coordinate and track initiatives that scale its manufacturing and supply chain capabilities. This role serves as the central portfolio management resource, ensuring leadership visibility, accountability, and progress across multiple workstreams including facility startups, modifications, fulfillment center setup, and data integration.

It does not own the technical solution or day-to-day operations, but coordinates handoffs from business