Senior Specialist Program Management

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. in Huntsville, AL seeks a Senior Specialist in Program Management to lead defense program efforts across undersea warfare and advanced energetics portfolios.

The role emphasizes hands-on engineering context, earned value oversight, and cross-functional coordination to support warfighter needs. Qualified candidates bring a Bachelor's degree with 6+ years PM experience (Graduate degree+4 preferred).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; 6+ years program management experience; Graduate degree +4 years preferred; In lieu of a degree, 10+ years related PM exp.

Responsibilities

• Support program capture and growth within undersea warfare
• Support growth in advanced energetics and propulsion portfolios
• Travel up to 25% to customer sites and trade shows
• Assess and communicate program earned value performance
• Proposal cost and technical volume development

Skills

Program management

Earned Value Management

Proposal development

MS Project

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Graduate Degree

Tools

MS Project

SharePoint

Excel

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: 46152

Job Location: Huntsville, AL

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

Job Description:

The Defense Advanced Concepts group is looking for a new Project/Program manager to support either development of the Undersea Warfare portfolio or the Advanced Energetics and Propulsion portfolio. A successful candidate will be a motivated to support the American warfighter in development of the next generation of weapon propulsion. A technical background in engineering or the hard sciences with demonstrated hands on experience building experimental hardware is desired. The Advanced Concepts group works a high mix of internal and external development efforts across all domains, the group thrives on technical challenges and a “solve it” mentality. Work is performed with general oversight.

Essential Functions:

• Support program capture and growth within the undersea warfare portfolio, specifically including but not limited to torpedo propulsion.
• Support program capture and growth within the advanced energetics, rotating detonation engine, jet engine augmenter, and advanced weapons portfolio.
• Ability to travel 25% to customer sites to support customer meetings, engagements and trade shows.
• Assess and communicate program earned value performance.
• Proposal cost and technical volume development.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant program management experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related program management experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related program management experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering degree preferred.
• Baseline understanding of Earned Value Management and Program Management (PMI Certification not required but viewed positively).
• Engineering degree and technical background with design and developmental program experience.
• Understanding computational fluid dynamics, stress analysis, flight dynamic or electrical and electronics systems.
• Systems engineering or controls.
• Understanding of industry procurement processes and challenges.
• Experience with Microsoft products such as Work, Excel, Power Point, Teams, SharePoint.
• Understanding and experience with MS Project.
• Navy, Air Force, DARPA, DTRA, NRO, AFRL acquisition program leadership experience.

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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