Product Line Manager

L3Harris Technologies • Melbourne, FL

222d

About The Position

L3Harris is widely known as the Trusted Disruptor with a mission to innovate relentlessly and deliver capability with the speed, passion, and determination that customers demand in executing their most challenging missions. The Enterprise Autonomy Team is on a relentless pursuit to deliver operational overmatch by delivering cutting edge autonomous solutions. Our AMORPHOUS C2 provides intelligent collaborative autonomy at scale with minimal human effort today! As the Autonomy Principal, Product Management, you will be the driving force behind the vision and strategy of our AMORPHOUS product family owning the entire lifecycle. You will be responsible for building and delivering solutions that exceed customer expectations aligned to DoD requirements. It is expected that you will go deep to learn about critical gaps, engage with users, synthesize feedback, and build the product infrastructure to support our goals. As a member of the leadership team, you should be able to work in partnership with engineers and architects, and thrive in a fast-paced environment with many competing priorities. You are often expected to be self-directed, and to be comfortable navigating ambiguity as you evolve the focus of the team. This role provides an opportunity to provide an immediate impact on real-world operations, ensuring we solve our customers' hardest problems.

Requirements

• 5 - 10 years in software product development, with at least 5 years in a hands-on product management capacity.
• Deep understanding of full-stack development, AI, Autonomy & distributed systems.
• Fluent in software development life cycles.
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills across functional and matrixed teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Expertise in developing strategic plans and setting timelines for technical services.
• Ability to identify opportunities and trends in software development.
• Demonstrated success decomposing a problem into addressable component parts.
• Proficiency in communicating technological visions, opportunities, and risks.
• Strong organizational skills including planning, documenting, and action item tracking.
• Experience with direct customer interaction for scoping licensed product capabilities.
• Proven ability to motivate cross-functional teams.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time, both foreign and domestic.
• Experience using AGILE methodologies.
• Ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Minimum of 10 years experience in Software R&D, product line management, and commercial software development.
• Defense, national security, or aerospace domain familiarity.
• Experience working in a developer focused product team.
• Up to 50% travel to multiple customer sites.
• Proven track record in aligning product lines and feature development.
• In-depth understanding of the DoD and Service software transition pathway.

Responsibilities

• Listen to customers to understand pain points, gaps, and address deficiencies.
• Define solutions by identifying potential features that will accelerate product goals and provide a world-class end user experience.
• Prioritize and plan by setting clear outcomes for the product portfolio in partnership with the team and stakeholders.
• Develop and communicate vision and execution strategy, proactively communicating goals to stakeholders.
• Execute hands-on to deliver new capabilities across the product lifecycle.
• Work with business development, proposal, marketing, and compliance leads to communicate product capabilities externally.
• Build product culture by developing relationships to bridge business and technical worlds.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree