Principal, Program Management Excellence- Engineering

Job Title: Principal, Program Management Excellence
- Engineering

Job Code: 40715

Job Location: Anaheim CA, Herndon VA, Camden NJ, Palm Bay FL, Northampton MA or Millersville MD.

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

Job Description:

The Program Management Excellence (PMX) team within the Maritime Sector is looking to fill a Functional Lead role. The successful candidate should be an experienced Program Manager and/or Engineering Manager who is well-versed in People, Process, and Tools best practices within the Aerospace & Defense industry. The successful candidate will serve as the enabler for Engineering execution across all programs in the sector.

The candidate must be able to lead cross-functionally with the other members of the Maritime PMX staff, Engineering functional partners and the sector’s IPTs to drive predictable program performance.

Essential Functions:

• Drive and support predictable performance across all sector programs for the Engineering function
• Partner with program, other IPT members with Engineering function to support ensure executable baseline plan (cost and schedule)
• Drive and support program baseline planning for the Engineering function
• Manage Division CAM training for the Engineering function
• Partner with program, IPT members with the Engineering function to ensure Engineering IPT lead / CAM excellence
• Serve as and IPT support member and advocate for Engineering functional initiatives within sector programs
• Assist and support the function for Gate and Independent Reviews for the sector
• Drive program R&O management for the Engineering function
• Support Engineering with EAC/ETC development, review, and approval
• Support the program, IPT and Engineering function for preperation of various sector and division reviews
• Reensure Engineering policy and process requirements are applied within programs
• Support continuous improvement projects
• Coordinates and adjudicates PMX support priorities

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 12 years of experience
• or post-graduate degree and 10 years of experience
• or in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 16 years of prior related experience
• Ability to obtain Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Security Clearance
• 10+ years of prior experience in Aerospace & Defense program management, Engineering management and EVMS
• Experience managing Profit & Loss (P&L)
• Demonstrated ability to present to executives/management on important topics
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, identify problems and propose solutions
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally, across geographically-dispersed teams
• Ability to Travel at least 25%

Preferred Additional

Skills:

• Active Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Clearance
• Prior experience managing Profit & Loss (P&L)
• Prior experience managing direct reports
• Prior experience providing instructional training to program team(s)
• Ability to Travel — up to 50%

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington State, DC and Virginia (Greater D.C. area), Denver, or NYC areas is $153K-$284K. The salary range for this role in Colorado state, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New York state, Cleveland Ohio, Vermont and Virginia (outside of Greater D.C. area) is $133K-$247K. 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.

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Harris 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.