Program Management Excellence - Divisional Lead

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

12/18/2024

Job Title – Program Management Excellence – Divisional Lead

Job Location – Bristol, UK

Job ID – 19120

About This Opportunity And L3Harris UK

From 11 UK sites, our team of nearly 1,000 people delivers unique capabilities across space, air, land, sea and cyber for military, security and commercial customers across the UK and worldwide.

L3Harris in Bristol/Burgess Hill/Barrow provides warship automation systems through control and simulation solutions that are in service on Albion Class Landing Platform Docks and Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers. More systems are being developed and delivered for Type 26 and Type 31 Frigates.

The Program Management Excellence (PMX) team within the Maritime Sector is looking to fill a Division Lead role for the Sensors & C5 Solutions (S&C5S) International Division. The successful candidate should be an experienced Program Manager or Proposal Manager who is well-versed in People, Process, and Tools best practices within the Aerospace & Defense industry. The successful candidate will serve as the single point of functional program management execution for the S&C5S International Division VP and their staff. The candidate will work effectively with the other members of the Maritime PMX staff, functional partners and the sector program teams.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• Hybrid working where possible – 60% onsite requirement over a month
• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support
  
  
  

What The Role Will Involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Drive predictable performance across Division Programs
• Own Program Performance Analysis / Reporting for the Division
• Manage Division PM training
• Program Leadership Team (PLT) Certification program
• Program Management (RPM) rotational program
• Coordination of training requirements and training instruction for program teams
• Training metrics
• Organise Gate and Independent Reviews for the Division
• Own implementation of tools across the Division
• Common Work Breakdown Structure (CWBS)
• Common Data Matrix (CDM)
• Cobra Standardisation
• Opportunity & Risk Register
• Schedule Metrics Analysis & Reporting Tool (SMART)
• Program Health Dashboard (PHD) & Automated Program Review Template (PRT)
• Support various sector and division reviews
• Ensure appropriate PMO staffing for program proposals, baseline activities, and execution
• Enforce Program Management policy and process requirements
• Continuous improvement projects
• Coordinates support of internal and customer audits
• Coordinates and adjudicates PMX support priorities
  
  
  

What You’ll Bring

The role requires the following experience and skills:

• 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, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience.
• 10+ years of prior program management, proposal management and EVMS experience
• 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-disbursed teams
• Ability to Travel – minimum 25%
  
  
  

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Prior experience managing Profit & Loss (P&L), managing direct reports, experience providing instructional training to program team(s)
• Knowledge of Business Intelligence (BI) tools such as Tableau, PowerBI, etc.
• Knowledge of the Business Acquisition Process (BAP)
  
  
  

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

As an equal opportunities employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join L3Harris.

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