Senior Product Line Manager
L3Harris Technologies
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Nashville • Tennessee • United States
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About the role
- Responsible for end-to-end ownership of assigned ForceX product lines, supporting development, fielding, production, and lifecycle management.
- Drive product strategy, roadmap execution, investment prioritization and cross-functional alignment.
- Define and maintain product roadmaps and technical baselines, in partnership with engineering.
- Translate customer requirements, operational gaps, and market demand into clear product priorities and requirements.
- Serve as the product integrator and execution focal point across various teams.
- Drive product-level decisions across cost, schedule, performance and risk.
- Own product-level investment planning, including IRAD priorities, business cases and ROI justification.
- Partner with program teams to ensure product requirements are executable and production-ready.
- Support capture and growth activities by providing product differentiation, technical positioning, and roadmap alignment.
- Interface directly with customers during roadmap reviews, technical interchange meetings, and program briefings.
- Assess competitive offerings, emerging threats and technology trends relevant to ForceX missions.
- Establish and execute product governance, including milestone reviews and leadership decision forums.
- Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory, contractual, and export control requirements.
- Work with a cross-functional team to ensure products meet profitability metrics.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree Engineering, Business, or related technical field and a minimum of 12 years of prior relevant experience.
- Graduate Degree Engineering, Business, or related technical field and a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
- In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience.
- Experience managing complex DoW or national security systems that integrate hardware, software and external platforms across development, production and sustainment.
- Strong understanding of DoW acquisition environments, and compliance requirements associated with fielded defense systems.
- Experience managing complex hardware and software-based systems across development, integration, production and sustainment.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DoW Security Clearance.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience briefing senior leadership and customers.
- Experience supporting C-UAS, ISR, missile, C2, or mission systems.
- Prior ownership of product roadmaps and investment portfolios.
- Experience working with both domestic and international customers.
- Active security clearance.
- Familiarity with production scaling, affordability targets, and lifecycle cost management.
Benefits
- Every other Friday off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
product strategyroadmap executioninvestment prioritizationproduct governancetechnical positioningcompliance requirementslifecycle managementDoW acquisition environmentshardware and software integrationprofitability metrics
Soft Skills
cross-functional alignmentcommunication skillsleadershipcustomer interfacingbriefing senior leadershipdecision makingproblem solvingcollaborationstrategic thinkinganalytical skills
Certifications
U.S. DoW Security Clearanceactive security clearance