Highlights
The Leonardo DRS Land Electronics business provides C4I Network computing and integrated situational awareness, as well as state-of-the-art embedded diagnostics, vehicle power management and combat vehicle integration products and services. Beyond program execution, you will help shape Line of Business (LOB) strategy, influence product roadmaps, and lead lifecycle planning so the portfolio keeps growing, stay competitive, and executes successfully year after year.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Melbourne, FL |
| Industry | Aerospace and Defense |
| Company Size | 5,000 to 9,999 employees |
| Website | http://www.drs.com/ |
Description
Job ID: 115525
The Leonardo DRS Land Electronics business provides C4I Network computing and integrated situational awareness, as well as state-of-the-art embedded diagnostics, vehicle power management and combat vehicle integration products and services.
- Business Unit: Land Electronics
Location: Melbourne, FL
Career Functional Area: Program Management
Telework Type: Hybrid
Type: Full-time Employee
Schedule: 9/80
Shift: 1st
Job Summary
Every program in a portfolio carries its own risks, its own customers, and its own path to mission success, and someone has to see all of it at once. Leonardo DRS is looking for a Principal Program Manager to own a portfolio of programs in Melbourne, FL, with accountability that goes beyond running individual schedules and budgets. This role sits above the day-to-day execution of any single program, driving customer satisfaction, executing strategic initiatives, and delivering results against financial, operational, and key performance indicators across the entire portfolio. You will get ahead of risk instead of reacting to it, spotting issues and opportunities across multiple programs before they become problems on any one of them. Beyond program execution, you will help shape Line of Business (LOB) strategy, influence product roadmaps, and lead lifecycle planning so the portfolio keeps growing, stay competitive, and executes successfully year after year. This is a role for someone ready to operate at the portfolio level with real P&L accountability and the trust to lead beyond a single program's boundaries.
Our Mission
At Leonardo DRS Land Electronics, we build rugged, cutting-edge electronic systems that keep our warfighters connected, protected, and dominant on every battlefield. From advanced vehicle electronics and power management to tactical communications and sensor integration, our gear is engineered for the harshest environments - and the highest stakes. We move fast, innovate relentlessly, and deliver solutions that turn technology into tactical advantage. Join us and own the edge where innovation meets mission.
Essential Functions
- Own portfolio-level program performance; cost, schedule, and technical execution across multiple programs, not just a single contract.
- Drive customer satisfaction across the portfolio, serving as the senior point of accountability for customer relationships and turning feedback into action.
- Execute strategic initiatives that advance Line of Business (LOB) priorities and translate leadership direction into portfolio-level results.
- Deliver program performance against financial, operational, and key performance indicators (FOP/KPIs), reporting status to senior management stakeholders.
- Proactively identify, assess, and manage risk and opportunity across the assigned portfolio, developing recovery plans for programs trending off track.
- Shape LOB and influence product roadmaps, bringing a portfolio-wide view to decisions that affect multiple programs at once.
- Lead full lifecycle planning development through production and sustainment to ensure sustained growth, competitiveness, and successful execution across the portfolio.
- Build organizational talent within the program management function through coaching, mentoring, and team development.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain, Business, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 10+ years of program or project management experience, including full lifecycle work from development through production and sustainment.
- Prior direct responsibility for profit-and-loss (P&L) performance, with a demonstrated record of organizational leadership within the defense contracting discipline.
- Experience across the program lifecycle, including proposal development, requirements decomposition, and generation of statements of work and subcontracts.
- Experience with earned value management (EVM) and program metrics for assessing cost, schedule, productivity, and variance.
- Ability to manage aerospace/defense programs as a prime or subcontractor to a domestic or foreign military customer.
- Strong oral, written, and executive-level presentation skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
- Must currently possess an active DoD Secret security clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Proven portfolio management experience with successful P&L accountability across multiple programs.
- PMP certification or equivalent (e.g., DAU) preferred.
- Experience shaping strategy and influencing product roadmaps at a portfolio level.
- Background in process improvement methodologies such as Lean Six Sigma.
- Working knowledge of DoD FAR procurement regulations.
U.S. Citizenship required. This position requires an active DOD security clearance or the ability to obtain such clearance within a reasonable time after commencement of employment.
Only candidates that meet the qualifications set forth above are eligible to be contacted for further information. We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.
Taking care of our people is a top priority at Leonardo DRS. We are proud to offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a company contribution to a health savings account, telemedicine, life and disability insurance, legal insurance, and a 401(k) savings plan. We champion wellness programs that focus on physical, emotional, and financial well-being. We develop our talent by offering programs and activities to support career-growth, professional development, and skill enhancement. And we understand there is more to life than work, and the importance of offering flexible work schedules with our 9/80 program, competitive vacation, health/emergency leave, paid parental leave, and community service hours.
- Some employees are eligible for limited benefits only
Leonardo DRS, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. #LEL
Our Vision. To be the leading mid-tier defense technology company in the U.S.
Our Values. The Leonardo DRS culture is defined by our Core Values and Principles:
- Integrity
- Agility
- Excellence
- Customer Focus
- Community & Respect
- Innovation
We strive to uphold them in all aspects of our business practices to inspire our employees and provide outstanding support for our customers.
Nearest Major Market: Melbourne
About Company
DRS Technologies, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A., is a leading supplier of integrated products, services and support to military forces, intelligence agencies and prime contractors worldwide. Focused on defense technology, the Company develops, manufactures and supports a broad range of systems for mission critical and military sustainment requirements, as well as homeland security.
The Company has been recognized as one of the fastest growing defense technology companies in the world and holds leading market positions in thermal imaging devices, combat display workstations, electronic sensor systems, power systems, rugged computer systems, air combat training systems, mission recorders, deployable flight incident recorders, environmental control systems, telecommunication systems, aircraft loaders, military trailers and shelters, and integrated logistics and support services.
DRS's broad range of mission critical systems and sustainment solutions uniquely position the Company to support the ongoing superiority of the military's Current Force, as well as the modernization and emerging transformation initiatives of the Future Force.
DRS responds to the needs of U.S. and allied military forces, as they engage in day-to-day expeditionary activities, by providing high-tech products and systems that improve the capabilities of many key platforms. The Company also provides a range of military support systems and services. DRS's products are deployed on a wide range of high-profile military platforms and on several platforms for non-military applications.
Our sustainment products, such as environmental control systems, power generators, water and fuel distribution systems, chemical/biological decontamination systems and heavy equipment transport systems, are used to support military forces, humanitarian efforts and peacekeeping. We also provide security and asset protection systems and services, telecommunication and information technology services, training and logistics support services for all branches of the U.S. armed forces and certain international militaries, homeland security forces, and select government and intelligence agencies.
DRS strives to provide quality products and services and stand behind them, to invest in research and development and new market opportunities, and to leverage existing core defense programs and business areas.
The Company has been recognized as one of the fastest growing defense technology companies in the world and holds leading market positions in thermal imaging devices, combat display workstations, electronic sensor systems, power systems, rugged computer systems, air combat training systems, mission recorders, deployable flight incident recorders, environmental control systems, telecommunication systems, aircraft loaders, military trailers and shelters, and integrated logistics and support services.
DRS's broad range of mission critical systems and sustainment solutions uniquely position the Company to support the ongoing superiority of the military's Current Force, as well as the modernization and emerging transformation initiatives of the Future Force.
DRS responds to the needs of U.S. and allied military forces, as they engage in day-to-day expeditionary activities, by providing high-tech products and systems that improve the capabilities of many key platforms. The Company also provides a range of military support systems and services. DRS's products are deployed on a wide range of high-profile military platforms and on several platforms for non-military applications.
Our sustainment products, such as environmental control systems, power generators, water and fuel distribution systems, chemical/biological decontamination systems and heavy equipment transport systems, are used to support military forces, humanitarian efforts and peacekeeping. We also provide security and asset protection systems and services, telecommunication and information technology services, training and logistics support services for all branches of the U.S. armed forces and certain international militaries, homeland security forces, and select government and intelligence agencies.
DRS strives to provide quality products and services and stand behind them, to invest in research and development and new market opportunities, and to leverage existing core defense programs and business areas.