Job Description
Job Code: 21147
Job Location: Fort Wayne, IN
Job Type: Part-Time
Job Description:
For the past 60 years, from the dawn of the Space Age, our L3Harris weather business has been an industry-leading provider of high-precision, space-based instruments for severe weather tracking and forecasting and low-latency, high-throughput ground systems providing command, control, communications, data processing, and spectrum management for domestic and international customers. Recognized as an external and internal expert and thought leader with deep and substantive technical expertise as well as advanced business knowledge and leadership capabilities, the Program Manager communicates with contacts inside and outside of the organization on matters of strategic importance to influence executive leadership and customers on new concepts, practices, and approaches. The candidate will extensively analyze near and long-term implications of various strategies, provide recommendations, and implement solutions that have a direct impact on business area goals. The role requires both advanced business knowledge and a technical mastery of how mission requirements relate to product performance. This is a part-time role and requires an onsite presence at the Fort Wayne, IN facility.
Essential Functions:
Accountability to customer and L3Harris Spectral Sensor product line to include:o Customer Satisfaction: Continually delight our customers with our values, responsiveness, and mission performanceo Financial: Align capture strategies with business goals: Orders, sales, operating income, investment, and cash flowo Schedule: Timely, responsive, and successful execution of internal and external activities (informal) and deliverables (formal)o Responsible for high-level relationship managemento Work with customers to align mission needs with spectral solutions technology to capture new business opportunitieso Solve highly complex problems with significant business impacto Provide guidance on the preparation of program proposals, business plans, proposal work statements and specifications, operating budget, and financial terms/conditions of contracto Communicate status, changes, risks, and opportunities to L3Harris leadershipo Collaborate with the broader organization to develop resource plans for strategy implementation such as manpower, teammates, production methods, and facility requirements
Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 12 years of prior relevant experience; Or, Graduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience; Or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 16 years of prior related experience
Preferred Additional Skills:
Proven experience in managing, analyzing, and implementing next-generation weather acquisitions for infrared sounder systems, and satellite data integration In-depth experience managing and supporting a diverse portfolio of weather-related customers (e.g., NOAA, NASA) Technical expertise in cross-track infrared sounders Experience in strategy development aligning internal capabilities with external needs to capture new business opportunities Strong customer relations with space-based acquisition agencies Experience with technology development program(s) with annual revenues of $50M+ ensuring performance optimization for atmospheric and environmental monitoring applications Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal skills for both internal and external customers
Experience in Earned Value Management
L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/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.
Key skill Required
- Data Processing
- Sales
- Accountability
- Affirmative Action
- Business Goals
- Customer Satisfaction
- Data Integration
- Development
- Earned Value Management
- Environmental
- Environmental Monitoring
- Executive Leadership
- Forecasting
- Guidance
- Implementation
- Influence
- Integration
- Leadership
- Management
- Operating Budget
- Optimization
- Orientation
- Program Management
- Responsiveness
- Strategy
- Strategy Development
- Strategy Implementation
- Value Management
- International
- Spectrum Management