Director, Program Management - Spectral Solutions

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Job Title : Director, Program Management - Spectral Solutions

Job Code : 27333

Job Location : Fort Wayne, IN

Job Description :

L3Harris is searching for a strong leader to take on a vital role as Deputy Director, Spectral Solutions, responsible to the Spectral Solutions Vice President and General Manager (VP / GM). Candidate will be a self-starter that drives measurable program execution, ensure organizational capacity, and increase business scalability in this rapidly growing portfolio. This role supports an annual revenue of nearly $1B, active contracts worth over $6B, and has been the primary organic growth engine within the Space and Airborne Systems Segment. This position will have a direct interface with internal / external customers, our team of key business contributors, and stakeholder leadership. The role includes responsibility for guiding L3Harris employees in their work and influencing them to deliver their best while acting within the L3Harris corporate values.

About L3Harris Spectral Solutions : From the dawn of the Space Age, our L3Harris Spectral Solutions 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. In addition to a long legacy and continued growth in our civil weather mission, our differentiated solutions have also disrupted other markets, to include space-based Missile Defense. Within the past 5 years, we have captured significant market share of our nation’s future missile defense architecture for the Department of Defense as an end-to-end mission Prime Contractor.

Essential Functions :

As Deputy Director, Spectral :

• Coordinate and support cross-product line initiatives including representing VP / GM in essential internal meetings and reviews as required
• Develop and execute on our scalability initiatives in Physical scale, Personnel Scale, and Process scale
• Coordinate with the Spectral Solutions staff and cross-functional teams to ensure all assigned projects are completed on time and within budget
• Coordinate with our Division Business Operations function and personnel including their essential strategic and tactical functions and related deliverables
• Manage high-level relationships with internal stakeholders
• Align Divisional Internal Research and Development priorities and technology roadmaps with divisional Chief Engineer and Sector / Segment budgets
• Align discretionary spend priorities with divisional Business Operations and Sector / Segment Business Development
• Participate in development of divisional joint strategic plan
• Prioritize resources, personnel, and workforce assignments
• Manage the cost, schedule, and performance requirements of Division-level projects through all phases from inception to completion
• Drive actions and mitigations to assure the Division achieves financial Annual Operating Plan objectives
• Support planning for and involvement in applicable trade shows

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As Deputy Fort Wayne Site Executive :

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