Job Title: Senior Specialist, Program Manager

Job Code: 18874

Job Location: Field position - Virginia OR North Carolina

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off 

Job Description:

The Public Safety and Private Communications (PSPC) sector of the L3Harris Communication Systems (CS) segment is seeking a program manager to join our Land Mobile Radio (LMR) implementation team.  Daily activities include interfacing with local government customer, laying out schedules and plans, managing the cross functions (systems engineering, factory technicians, financial analysis, etc.) and overall ownership of the successful delivery of LMR systems to the customer that is within scope, schedule, and budget.

Essential Functions:

• Scope Management: Ability to interpret contracts and maintain the scope baseline

• Schedule Management: Familiarity and use of MS Project for building and maintaining project schedules

• Cost Management: Ability to work with Excel spreadsheets and a program financial analyst for forecasting spend and controlling cost

• Risk Management: Use of a risk register to identify risk, determine financial exposure, and develop plans to mitigate risk

• Change Management: Ability to recognize and document potential changes in a Change Log and drive Change Orders that are profitable to the business

• Communication Management: Excellent verbal and written skills as this position is both outward facing (customer) and inward facing (internal team)

• Action and Issue Management: Use of an action/issue register to drive internal and external team meetings to keep progress moving forward

• Technical Acumen: Must have prior communications background or the desire to learn the basics of our radio infrastructure and radio products

• Ability to obtain US security clearance

• Travel is estimated to be <25% through the state of Viriginia via vehicle transport

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 6 years relevant Program Management experience. Master’s degree and 4 years relevant Program Management experience.   In lieu of degree, minimum of 10 years relevant Program Management experience.

• 2+ years experience implementing large scale Land Mobile Radio (LMR) or similar communication systems.
• 1+ years of experience using Microsoft Project for Scheduling and other MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Preferred Additional Skills:

• MS/MBA (Masters) degree

• PMP Certification

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California, Seattle, Washington D.C., Maryland Greater Washington D.C. area and New York City, the salary range for this role is $102,000 - $190,000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.