Senior Specialist, Program Manager

Job Title: Senior Specialist, Program Manager

Job Code:46725

Job Location: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (on-site)

Job Schedule: 1st Shift. Weekly/daily work hours may be flexed to attend required meetings across different time zones.

Job Description:

The Senior Specialist, Program Management/Site Lead provides leadership to a multidisciplinary, cross-functional team through direct management and indirect influence, ensuring that L3Harris meets contractual requirements for the assigned site. This position requires relocation to Adelaide, Australia, for the duration of the contract.

Essential Functions:

• Ensure site personnel and materials are effectively allocated to support the customer and end user, as applicable, and meet contractual requirements.
• Coordinate with geographically dispersed program and functional managers to ensure the site has the skills, staffing, and materials required by the contract or project.
• Coordinate with the Program Manager and Business Accounting to develop accurate monthly financial forecasts.
• Execute site activities and manage monthly expenditures within approved forecasts.
• Advise Program Management Office (PMO) leadership of conditions or issues that deviate from the plan.
• Collaborate with the U.S. Air Force (USAF) representative, foreign military customer and end user, L3Harris field team, foreign industry subcontractor site leads, and L3Harris Program Office leadership to optimize program operations.
• Serve as the primary site point of contact and liaison between these stakeholders and the L3Harris Program Office.
• Communicate with customers and end users to understand their concerns, operational issues, and problem areas.
• Apply critical thinking, experience, and expertise to develop solutions collaboratively, establish implementation plans, and execute those plans to resolve problems.
• Mentor direct reports and collaborate with functional management to support team development.
• Coordinate country-entry requirements and base, flightline, and work-center access for site personnel and visiting PMO employees, as required.
• Demonstrate professionalism and ethical conduct in all communications and activities.
• Monitor the performance of foreign industry subcontractors and vendors supporting the program.
• Analyze gaps between contracted requirements and desired outcomes, and recommend appropriate statement-of-work (SOW) changes to PMO leadership.
• Submit required subcontract data requirements list (SDRL) and contract data requirements list (CDRL) deliverables, program reports, and other documents by assigned deadlines.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Hold an active Department of Defense (DoD) Secret clearance and be eligible to obtain a Top-Secret clearance and Sensitive Compartmented Information access (TS/SCI).
• Requires strong knowledge of job area. Typically viewed as having a specialty within discipline. May have broad knowledge of project management. Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience. Possess a valid U.S. passport and driver’s license.
• Be proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Demonstrate excellent management and leadership skills, including the ability to manage and mentor a diverse team of aviation professionals.
• Be able to relocate to Adelaide, Australia.
• Comply with the Letter of Assignment (LoA), applicable company relocation policies, and program Site-Specific Operational Policies (SSOPs).

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience in USAF command organizations, a System Program Office (SPO), Foreign Military Sales (FMS), or military contracting site management.
• Subject-matter expertise in a functional area of Contractor Logistics Support (CLS).
• An active Top Secret clearance and eligibility for SCI access.