Director, Program Management; Mission Portfolio

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Job Title:
Director, Program Management

Job Code: 44137

Job Location:
Melbourne, FL;
Chantilly, VA;
Rochester, NY

Job Schedule: 9/80 - Employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked (Every Other Friday Off)

Are you ready to take your career to new heights by joining us as a Program Manager in our L3

Harris Space Systems business? Do you want to be part of a culture that values diverse ideas, perspectives, experiences, backgrounds, and lifestyles?

The Director of Program Management, Mission Applications Portfolio, is responsible for leading a strategically important and rapidly growing portfolio with approximately $100M in annual revenue. This role provides leadership across portfolio execution, financial performance, customer engagement, talent development, and growth strategy.

The incumbent will lead multiple programs and program managers in a complex, matrixed environment and will be accountable for delivering strong cost, schedule, technical, and quality performance while positioning the portfolio for scalable growth. This leader will work closely with engineering, finance, contracts, supply chain, quality, and business development to ensure successful program execution and capture of future opportunities in the Mission-Unique software market.

• Lead all aspects of the Mission Applications Portfolio, including execution, customer satisfaction, financial performance, risk management, and resource alignment.
• Provide strategic and operational leadership for a portfolio currently valued at approximately $100M annually, with responsibility to scale the business over the next 1–2 years.
• Direct and develop program managers and portfolio staff to ensure disciplined execution across all programs.
• Ensure portfolio performance meets or exceeds commitments for revenue, margin, cash, bookings, and customer deliverables.
• Establish portfolio governance, management operating rhythms, escalation paths, and performance review mechanisms.
• Drive program execution excellence through disciplined planning, baseline management, forecasting, risk and opportunity management, and corrective action implementation.
• Serve as the senior point of contact for portfolio-level customer communications, executive reviews, and strategic alignment discussions.
• Partner with business development and capture teams to support growth strategy, new business pursuits, transition planning, and executable growth.
• Collaborate across functions to ensure staffing, engineering execution, supply chain performance, contract compliance, and operational readiness align with portfolio objectives.
• Lead portfolio reviews and provide regular financial, operational, and strategic updates to senior leadership.
• Build a high-performing organization capable of supporting increasing scale, complexity, and customer demand.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance execution predictability, affordability, and organizational effectiveness.

• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum…