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Encryption Development Program Leader/Manager 1

L3Harris

Camden, NJJob$153–284K/yrSeen 3w agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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Compensation
$153–284K/yr
Location
Camden, NJ
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Security clearance

Job overview

L3Harris seeks a Program Manager to lead the growth and execution of development programs in its Integrated Systems and Encryption business. The role leads experienced program managers and an existing portfolio, expands it through new business capture, and owns customer relationships and portfolio profitability. It requires full-time onsite work in closed areas at the Camden Waterfront office.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Earned Value ManagementCustomer Relationship ManagementProposal DevelopmentBusiness CaptureDevelopment Lifecycle ManagementEngineering ProcessesChange ControlRisk ManagementOpportunity ManagementStakeholder EngagementSupplier ManagementCryptographic EquipmentSAPMS OfficeMS ProjectCobraCost Plus ContractingFixed Price Contracting

Qualifications

Bachelor's or 12 Years ExperienceGraduate Degree or 10 Years Experience16 Years Experience in Lieu of DegreeActive Security ClearanceMaster's DegreePMP Certification or Working Toward

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance
Parental Leave
Paid Time Off

Full job description

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing 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.

L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Title: Senior Program Leader/Manager

Job Location: Camden Waterfront, NJ

Job Schedule: 9/80

Job Description:

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 $22 billion in annual revenue and 47,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.

Job Description:

L3Harris is seeking a high-energy Program Manager to lead the growth and execution of Development programs within the Integrated Systems and Encryption (ISE) business. The selected candidate will lead a team of experienced program managers and portofolio of existing development Encryption Development Programs, and have the responsibility of expanding the portfolio through strategic new business capture. The selected candidate will have executive level visibility and own the customer relationship management as well as the profitability of their portfolio.

A Successful Candidate Will:

  • Thoroughly understand and implement strong Earned Value Management from the program baseline through the life of the development program

  • Serve as the prime point of contact for customer stakeholders and manage customer relationships

  • Lead and shape new business opportunities including solution definition, proposal execution and contract negotiations

  • Be able to lead teams through the development lifecycle and the high level engineering processes for development programs, including software, systems, electrical and mechanical, and/or VHDL and ASIC engineering in partnership with engineering leadership.

  • Manage in a matrixed organization to ensure maintenance of the cost, technical and schedule baselines for the portfolio.

  • Implement program management best practices for items such as change control, risk and opportunity management, stakeholder engagement, and supplier management.

Qualifications:

  • This role is required to be onsite full time at the Camden Waterfront office, working in Closed Areas, SAPFs and/or SCIFs.

  • Experience leading and managing large, complex development programs through the full lifecycle.

  • Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 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

  • Expert EVMS knowledge demonstrated including programs with customer reporting.

  • Experience with Proposal Development and Capture efforts

  • Experience collaborating with and sustaining relationships with external stakeholders

  • Must have active security clearance

Preferrred Additional Skills:

  • Master’s Degree preferred.

  • Experience with design, development, and manufacture of cryptographic equipment.

  • Project Management Institute (PMI) Program Management Professional (PMP) Certification or working towards certification.

  • Proficient in SAP, MS Office, MS Project, Cobra

  • Experience with Cost Plus and Fixed Price Contracting

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role is $153,000-284,000. 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.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

By submitting your resume for this position, you understand and agree that L3Harris Technologies may share your resume, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions.

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How this job compares

Set against the 11,484 open Program Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$153–284K/yr
  • New Jersey median$130–200K/yr218 salary ranges
  • US median$120–202K/yr9,064 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $219K, is 32% above the New Jersey median midpoint ($166K) — in the top quarter of Program Manager salary ranges in New Jersey.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 242 open Program Manager jobs in New Jersey and 11,484 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New Jersey
Experience
This posting asks for at least 12 years of experience — more than three in four Program Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 6 years, across 9,831 postings).
Education
4,660 of the 11,484 open Program Manager jobs (41%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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