Lead, Contracts Operations

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: Lead, Contract Operations Job Code: 42390 Job Location: Huntsville, AL Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days- totaling 80 hours worked- and have every other Friday off     Job Description:   Provide operational leadership and strategic support to the Missile Solutions Segment Contracts, Proposal Operations, and Pricing organization. This role serves as a key member of the leadership team to advance and drive process, battle rhythm, improvement initiatives, and execution excellence and supports organizational priorities across contracts operations, training, policy deployment, communications, Contract Lifecycle Management System (CLMS) implementation, compliance awareness, and process improvement.   This position will focus on developing and implementing strategic process improvements that drive greater discipline in proposal reviews, change management, and alignment between contracts, subcontracts, estimating, and pricing. The role works alongside the Vice President and across the requisite cross-functional leadership teams to implement to improvements to process, implement initiatives and use of tools to improve business activities, standardization, and execution consistency.   The ideal candidate will bring strong business acumen, executive communication skills, advanced PowerPoint and Excel capabilities, and the ability to monitor and interpret changes in government acquisition policy and communicate impacts clearly to senior leaders. This individual will also build and maintain high-level SharePoint tools and communication platforms to enhance organizational effectiveness, knowledge management, and leadership visibility.   Essential Functions:   Serve as a proactive, engaged, and influential member of the Missile Solutions Contracts leadership team, helping drive strategic priorities and operational execution across Contracts, Proposal Operations, and Pricing. Provide senior Contracts Operations leadership across the organization by coordinating priorities, communications, metrics, reporting, and follow-up on key operational initiatives. Develop executive-level briefings, presentations, dashboards, and data analysis using advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills to support leadership decision-making, business reviews, and organizational communications. Establish and/or maintain battle rhythm and manage departments:  30-60-90-day calendar, staff call, weekly reports, offsite preparation, content for corporate overviews and charts. Monitor changes in government acquisition policies, regulations, and related guidance; assess potential business impacts; and brief leaders on required actions, risks, and opportunities. Build, maintain, and enhance SharePoint sites and related collaboration tools to support leadership communication, knowledge management, training content, policy deployment, and process documentation. Identify, develop, and implement process improvements that increase discipline, consistency, and efficiency in proposal reviews, proposal generation, contract operations, and cross-functional workflows. Drive the organization toward a more metrics-driven operating model by establishing and tracking key performance indicators, reporting mechanisms, and leadership