Lead, IT Business Analyst

About L3Harris

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 Details

Job Title: Lead, IT Business Analyst

• Job Code: 38062
• Job Location: Melbourne, FL
• Job Schedule: 9/80; Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description

The Lead IT Business Analyst is part of the Enterprise Services and Strategy - Value Optimization organization. This role will serve as a strategic partner between IT, Finance, and key business stakeholders to drive complex, high-visibility initiatives that improve financial performance, enable cost optimization and support enterprise transformation. This position will lead multiple cross-functional workstreams to ensure initiatives are effectively planned, governed, tracked, and delivered in alignment with business objectives, timelines, budgets, and expected outcomes. The ideal candidate brings a strong combination of project execution, financial analysis, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills.

Essential Functions:

• Lead and support complex, high-visibility IT initiatives and projects focused on financial management optimization, cost savings, and enterprise transformation.
• Execute core project management activities across cross-functional initiatives, including scope definition, schedule development, risk identification, dependency management, stakeholder communication, and oversight of execution.
• Partner with IT, Finance, and business stakeholders to identify, evaluate and advance opportunities IT financial savings and operational efficiency.
• Develop and support business cases, financial models, forecasts, and cost-benefit analyses for strategic programs, technology investments and transformational initiatives.
• Create, maintain, and manage integrated project plans that align deliverables, timelines, dependencies, and resource needs across multiple workstreams.
• Monitor project performance and proactively address, escalate, and help resolve issues that impact scope, schedule, budget, or intended business outcomes.
• Identify and analyze project and portfolio interdependencies, including resource constraints, overlapping efforts, and changing cost models, to support informed planning and decision-making.
• Review and validate business case assumptions, deliverables, and value realization before, during, and after implementation to ensure expected outcomes are achieved and sustained.
• Maintain project documentation, status reporting, governance materials, and executive-ready communications to support effective decision-making and transparency.
• Prepare and deliver clear, concise, and compelling recommendations, project updates, financial insights, and strategic considerations to senior leaders and executive stakeholders.
• Facilitate coordination across IT and business teams to ensure alignment on priorities, timelines, deliverables, and expected financial and operational results.
• Support portfolio-level planning by tracking progress across initiatives and highlighting risks, dependencies, and opportunities that may affect enterprise objectives.
• Occasional travel to support summits, planning meetings, conferences or other IT workshops is required.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Finance, or related field, with a minimum of 9 years of experience in contract auditing, project management, or a related role. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Strong project management skills with the ability to plan, coordinate, and drive initiatives to successful completion Ability to work collaboratively across departments and with external vendors
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational and analytical skills
• Proficient in contract management software and Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience in a technology or defense industry
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in program or project management with Cost Account Manager (CAM) responsibilities
• Certification in project management (e.g., PMP, PMI-ACP, PgMP, PfMP)
• Ability to work across regions, sectors and segments to influence change across the organization
• Demonstrated success leading large IT technology initiatives with enterprise level impact
• Capability to understand and analyze complex business processes/problems and develop clear solution proposals
• Ability to engage internal Business Partners and team members at all levels of the organization, and can clearly present ideas and concepts to executive leaders
• Self-aware individual who has the ability to collaborate and resolve cross-team conflicts

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, and the Greater D.C, Denver, or NYC areas is $99,500-$184,500. The salary range for this role in Colorado state, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New York state, and Vermont is $114,000-$212,000. 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 without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic.