Job Title: Program Delivery Lead

Job Code: 45644

Job Location: Melbourne, FL, Rochester, NY, Salt Lake City, UT or Herndon, VA

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 Program Delivery Lead for the Manufacturing and Quality Applications IT Organization will oversee status on system enhancements and project delivery. Responsibilities include: collaboration with cross-functional teams, monitoring, documentation and communication of status for enhancements and IT projects, serving as a liaison to Segment business relationship managers to understand business priorities.

Essential Functions:

• Lead oversight of application system enhancements and IT project delivery for the Manufacturing and Quality Applications organization, ensuring alignment with business priorities, timelines, and operational objectives.
• Monitor and communicate status of enhancement requests, project milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, and deliverables to stakeholders and leadership.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including IT, business stakeholders, developers, analysts, and project managers, to drive execution and resolve delivery challenges.
• Serve as a liaison with Segment Business Relationship Managers and other business leaders to understand priorities, demand, and strategic objectives, and translate them into actionable plans.
• Coordinate intake, prioritization, tracking, and governance of application enhancements and project requests across multiple teams and functions.
• Develop and maintain project and operational documentation, including status reports, action logs, meeting notes, process documentation, roadmaps, and delivery metrics.
• Facilitate regular reviews with stakeholders to provide transparency into work progress, upcoming milestones, and areas requiring escalation or decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to improve delivery processes, reporting, communication practices, and operational effectiveness across the Enterprise Applications organization.
• Promote strong collaboration and accountability across teams to ensure successful delivery of application and project commitments.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 12 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, Program Management, Computer Science, or a related field; PMP, MBA, Agile, or other relevant certification preferred.
• Minimum of 10–12 years of experience in program delivery, IT project management, application delivery, business systems support, or operational leadership.
• Demonstrated experience overseeing application enhancements, project execution, and delivery status reporting in a complex business and IT environment.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, software development lifecycle, and application enhancement delivery processes.
• Experience coordinating across cross-functional teams and managing competing priorities.
• Proven ability to track, monitor, and communicate application delivery status, including risks, issues, dependencies, and key milestones.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess business needs and support development of effective delivery plans and solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to tailor messaging for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Demonstrated ability to build effective working relationships and influence stakeholders across all levels of the organization.
• Experience serving as a liaison between business stakeholders, business relationship managers, and IT delivery teams.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to establish trusted partnerships with Corporate HQ, Segment, sector, and division leadership.
• Experience with portfolio reporting, project dashboards, status communications, and governance processes.
• Familiarity with application enhancement tracking, demand management, and release planning practices.
• Experience driving process improvements and implementing structured delivery and reporting frameworks.
• Strong business acumen and understanding of operational processes, tools, and organizational priorities.
• Experience with both Waterfall and Agile project delivery methodologies.
• Proficiency with project tracking and collaboration tools used to manage delivery status, actions, and documentation.

Salary Information:

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, and the Greater D.C. area, Denver, or NYC areas is $139,500 - $259,500. The salary range for this role in Colorado state, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New York state, Cleveland Ohio, Vermont and Virginia is $121,500 - $225,500. 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.