L3Harris Technologies

Director, Program Management – Chief of Staff

L3Harris Technologies

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Palm Bay • Florida • United States

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Lead the Program Excellence (PMX) team and collaborate closely with functional partners and the Division program teams
  • Implement numerous Repeatable Program Excellence (RPX) improvement projects, provide innovative solutions that enable the business
  • Serve as the single point of contact for functional program management issues for the Sector
  • Support other Sector and enterprise initiatives such as MissionOne
  • Lead sector business initiatives as directed by the sector president
  • Lead and develop a team of PMX professionals, schedulers, and planners to deliver exceptional service in support of the business
  • Support sector business issues, direct the evaluation of root cause analysis, systemic corrective actions, and process control monitoring
  • Implement preventive corrective action or mitigation programs as well as incorporate lessons learned into future plans
  • Identify and monitor key program metrics, maintain scorecard database, generate scorecard metrics, and communicate trends
  • Coordinate Independent Review Team (IRT) activity including setting IRT expectations, making IRT assignments, ensuring program action items are closed, and certifying gate reviews
  • Support the development of tools and resources to standardize the management of programmatic and financial forecasts
  • Partners with business leaders to develop specific courses of action in program execution that yield predictable results and profitable return on investment
  • Engage with Business Development in driving long-term business strategy

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 15 years of prior related experience; Or, Graduate Degree with a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience; Or, in lieu of a degree, minimum of 19 years of prior related experience
  • Prior program management, proposal management, and EVMS experience
  • Prior experience leading and influencing through cross-functional teams
  • Experience presenting to all levels of leadership
  • Ability to develop and lead a best-in-class PMX team including setting the strategic direction through building talent capabilities and retaining a pipeline of top talent
  • Knowledge of space and satellite technology or sensors and optical imaging
  • Experience planning, organizing, and directing work across multiple disciplines that provides best value solutions to the customer and business
  • Knowledge Earned Value Management (EVMS) and standard program reporting metrics
  • Understanding of the Department of Defense, Air Force, Space Force, and Intelligence Communities
  • Experience implementing strategies to influence external stakeholders for business advantage
  • Ability to develop broad, cooperative relationships with numerous stakeholders and influence without direct authority.
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Paid time off
  • Flexible work hours
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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