Senior Specialist, Program Management

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Senior Specialist, Program Manager in Alpharetta, GA. The role focuses on planning, executing, and closing programs across development and production, with responsibilities spanning cost, schedule, and performance across domestic and international customers.

Responsibilities include leading IPTs, developing cross-functional proposals, applying EVMS, and maintaining scorecards. Travel up to 15% and ability to obtain US government clearance are required.

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.

Responsibilities

• Manage overall program portfolio performance to time, cost and quality constraints.
• Lead IPTs through business case formulation and cross-functional proposals/execution plans.
• Ensure programs are planned to deliver on business case objectives.
• Apply core planning elements: requirements, milestones, risk, resources, critical path scheduling.
• Lead monitoring and control using integrated cross-functional approaches.
• Utilize Earned Value Management techniques and reporting.
• Develop, maintain and manage internal performance scorecards for development and production programs.
• Use gated control and approval processes for the product life cycle.
• Collaborate across functions to improve performance variances from business case objectives.
• Partner with Business Development, Sales and Marketing to nurture relationships and formulate strategies.
• Travel up to 15% and ability to obtain US Government clearance.

Skills

Program management

Leadership

Negotiation

Data driven decision making

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Graduate Degree

10 years of experience (in lieu of degree)

Tools

Earned Value Management

Job description

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 Title: Senior Specialist, Program Management

Job Code: 44340

Job Location: Alpharetta, GA

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

Job Description:

We seek an experienced program management practitioner for the role of Senior Specialist, Program Manager. This role will be responsible for the planning, execution, monitoring, controlling, and close out of assigned proposals as well as development and production programs. This role will support military aerospace business segments with customers spanning domestic and international locations. This position will be responsible for the achievement of customer and internal business case objectives by working across all enterprise functions to formulate both strategic vision and tactical direction for the assigned projects.

Essential Functions:

• Manage the overall customer and business case performance of the program portfolio with responsibility and accountability for success to time, cost and quality constraints.
• Lead the IPTs through business case formulation in the pursuit phases of programs for development and production opportunities. Work with IPT to participate in strategy formation and transform objectives into cross functional proposals / execution plans.
• Responsible for ensuring all programs are adequately planned at a business and functional level to deliver on business case and customer contract objectives.
• Knowledge of core planning elements such as requirements planning, deliverables definition, milestone definition, risk management, resource management, and critical path scheduling are key.
• Lead the IPTs through the monitoring and control phase of program execution using robust management operating systems and integrated cross functional approaches.
• Knowledge of Earned Value Management techniques and reporting are key.
• Develop, maintain and manage internal performance scorecards for development and production programs.
• Utilize a gated control and approval process for the product life cycle. Responsible for customer scorecard performance and the associated internal performance measures.
• Lead through expert planning, baseline control, metrics and analytics.
• Work across the functions to identify and plan activities required to continuously improve upon performance variances from business case objectives.
• Partner with Business Development, Sales and Marketing functions to nurture productive relations, collect the appropriate market and customer intelligence and formulate strategies in pursuit, sales and marketing campaigns.
• Up to 15% travel.
• Ability to obtain US Government clearance.
• 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.
• Preferred Additional Skills: Management of international programs and customers, Demonstrated leadership capability and the ability to affect organizational change in challenging environments, Must be adept at achieving results through multiple organizational functions without direct authority and through influence and negotiation, Must be an integrative thinker with a strong foundation in data driven problem solving, Negotiations experience.
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L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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