Strategic Manufacturing Programs Lead

Harris Computer; United States; Remote; USD 89,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

401K with company match

Vacation time & holidays

Parental leave

Short-Term Incentive Plan

Job summary

Harris is seeking a Manufacturing Project Manager to coordinate and track initiatives that scale manufacturing and supply chain capabilities across multiple workstreams, from facility startups to fabrication estimating. The role does not own technical solutions but ensures work is planned, tracked, and completed with clear accountability, milestones, and executive visibility.

You will lead cross-functional coordination and reporting to drive production readiness.

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.
• Proficiency with project management tools, dashboards, spreadsheets, and reporting systems.

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.
• Coordinate with manufacturing leadership, plant managers, industrial engineering, purchasing, facilities, and other stakeholders to maintain progress.

Skills

Cross-functional programs

Project management

Coordinate across teams

Communication skills

Process discipline

Influence & execution

Tools

PM tools

Job description

Harris is seeking a Manufacturing Project Manager to coordinate and track initiatives that scale manufacturing and supply chain capabilities across multiple workstreams, from facility startups to fabrication estimating. The role does not own technical solutions but ensures work is planned, tracked, and completed with clear accountability, milestones, and executive visibility.

You will lead cross-functional coordination and reporting to drive production readiness.