Director, Program Management

Job Title: Director, Program Management

Job Code: 39951

Job Location: Rochester, NY

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

Job Description:

L3Harris is seeking a strategic and results-driven Director of Program Management to lead program execution across the Airborne Imaging Portfolio within Military Avionics. This leader will be responsible for driving portfolio performance across cost, schedule, technical execution, customer satisfaction, and program growth while ensuring alignment with business objectives and operational priorities. The Director will lead a team of program managers and cross-functional partners in the execution of complex defense and aerospace programs, serving as a key interface with internal leadership, customers, and functional teams. This role requires a strong blend of business acumen, program execution discipline, customer engagement, and people leadership. 

Essential Functions:

• Develop, coach, and lead a high-performing team of program management professionals


• Provide strategic oversight of multiple programs, ensuring delivery on cost, schedule, quality, and technical commitments


• Drive portfolio health, including risk management, financial performance, forecasting, resource planning, and milestone execution


• Serve as a primary escalation point for program issues and proactively lead mitigation and recovery plans where needed


• Build and maintain strong customer relationships, ensuring responsiveness, trust, and alignment to mission needs


• Support growth objectives by partnering on capture, proposals, strategic planning, and new business opportunities


• Lead portfolio reviews and provide clear, actionable communication to executive leadership on performance, risks, opportunities, and business outlook


• Responsible for the overall development and management of the financial forecasts and strategic planning of the business area


• Establish and reinforce program management best practices, standard work, and execution rigor across the portfolio


• Ability to Travel up to 15%

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 15 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 19 years of prior related experience.


• Active Secret US Security Clearance required

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Demonstrated success in growing and capturing new business opportunities


• Ability to make effective decisions regarding the profitability and achievability of pursuits


• Ability to work with other Program Managers, Business Development Managers, and Engineering/Support functions


• Experience developing broad, cooperative relationships with numerous groups and individuals including directly leading a team of Program Managers


• Ability to extensively analyze implications of both near and long-term solutions


• Knowledge/experience with optics or optical engineering


• Experience with executing throughout the full avionics’ lifecycle including requirements flow-down and allocation, design, development, test, and sell-off


• Previous experience managing government/DoD contracts


• Demonstrated experience with the implementation and execution using Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) and employment of applicable metrics

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in New York state is $160,000 - $297,000. 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.

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