Manager, Configuration/Data Management

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers' mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

About L3Harris Technologies:

L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers' mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 47,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.

Job Description:

The Configuration and Data Management manager is responsible for the overall CM/DM infrastructure to ensure a consistent product performance, functional, and physical attributes with its requirements, design, and operational information throughout its life. The CM/DM manager will oversee the hardware and software CM group. Additionally, how CM/DM relates to the technical documentation of all products.

Essential Functions:

The following reflects management's definition of essential functions for this job but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Management may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.

• Oversee and develop CM/DM planning, identification, change control, status accounting, and audit

• Work with internal and external customers to analyze CM/DM issues

• Work with internal and external customers to analyze and support audits and corrective actions

• Create Basis of Estimates for future program work

• Provide advice and guidance on methods, procedures, and requirements to individuals responsible for the creation of documentation

• Provide CM/DM process training to entire organization

• Review metrics and perform audits to ensure CM/DM processes and procedures are efficient and effective.

• Coordinates, directs, and monitors deep dive and root cause analysis to identify opportunities to improve process and create efficiency

• Oversee Data Management responsibilities

• Resource management and planning.

• Lead team of 12 employees

• Provide regular labor and resource planning to support programs and activities.

• Actively support all phases of hiring activities for the team

• Support management of morale and work to proactively mitigate attrition.

• Support succession planning and identification/development of key talent.

• Administration and management of employees.

• Carry out performance management and goal setting of all direct reports, both formal and informal. Provide meaningful, constructive feedback to ensure the development of each staff member.

• Lead performance improvement plan formulation and execution as needed.

• Proactively support reward and recognition activities for the staff members. Develop and submit merit recommendations during the yearly merit review cycle.

• Perform conflict resolution between teammates as required.

• Career development of employees.

• Take an active role in the professional development of each staff member. May include identification, guidance, and support of formal training, on-the-job training, mentoring, and/or new program assignments.

• Proactively mentor, coach, assist, and/or provide additional help to engineers in the analysis, design, build, integration, test, validation, verification, documentation, and/or maintenance of products.

• Foster an individual and team culture of Continuous Improvement (CI)

• Understanding of principles of EIA-649

• Expert use of CAD and PDM tools such as SolidWorks, Expedition, AutoCAD, I-Deas, etc.

• Expert use of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tools such as Costpoint

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to drive change in a technical work environment

• Excellent coaching, mentoring, and team building skills

Qualifications:

• Requires Bachelor's Degree and minimum of 9 years relevant experience or graduate degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.

• Must be a U.S. Person

Preferred Additional Skills:

• CMPIC certification

• Working knowledge of the following:

• CMMi

• Costpoint ERP

• Teamcenter PLM

• SolidWorks

• Subversion

• SharePoint

• JIRA

• Microsoft Office