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Job Title: Lead, Business Development – Release Systems US – Domestic
Job Code: 39541
Job Location: Amityville, NY (preferred) or Remote
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 Business Development Lead will be responsible for business development activities related to our US-based Release Systems portfolio of products within L3Harris' Tactical Airborne Systems (TAS) Division. The focus of this position is domestic pursuits related to carriage and release systems on airborne platforms. Direct responsibilities will include directing and leading customer interactions, strategy development, business development, market assessments, business case development, business capture, capture gating process, pipeline growth, business account management including discretionary spending budgets, CRM management, and development of 1-yr, 3-yr and 5-yr business plans.
The job requires the staff member to have strategic market development acumen, ideally demonstrated by prior new product introduction(s) or platform design-in experience. The position also requires the staff member to have effective communications skills, be self-motivated and organized. Some sales cycles may be very long and involve broad high-priced systems requiring Executive approval from the Customer and the Company and so he/she will be expected to provide regular updates to senior sales/operations staff concerning account issues, financial status, etc.
Essential Functions:
- Identify, pursue and capture new business opportunities related to carriage and release system solutions for airborne platforms in the US domestic market.
- Responsible for all phases of planning, forecasting and implementation of marketing and sales for assigned products.
- Formulate bookings goals, plans and strategies for market, and ensure that goals are met.
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Participate in IRAD process ensuring alignment of investment with business goals.
- Develop new product roadmaps to support the goals of the division.
- Plan and manage the development and introduction of new products.
- Develop and maintain competitive intelligence and competitive landscape understanding to inform business development and capture efforts.
- Develop, maintain and leverage existing relationships with key customers, decision makers, and acquisition officials.
- Form relationships with new customers and industry partners, paving the way for L3Harris capability insertion in new markets.
- Provide all necessary marketing information and direction to assure winning proposals.
- Coordinate and cooperate with all in-plant functional areas to assure timely and accurate response to customer requirements.
- Travel as required to ensure that goals are met, including travel for participation in Trade Show activities.
- Generate briefing materials as they pertain to the customers' interests/needs. Present briefings at customer or site location as needed.
- Develop, refine and update business cases.
- Manage capture gating process.
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Responsible for developing and managing the bookings forecast for product area.
- Manage CRM (Customer Relationship Management) database.
- Ability to travel up to 50%
- Ability to obtain US Secret clearance
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, & presentation), including the ability to generate and deliver articulate and persuasive briefings.
- Aptitude to clearly communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Excellent people skills, with experience leading and collaborating in a multi-disciplinary, diverse, and dynamic team environment.
- Prior military service related to military airborne platforms and/or airborne munitions.
- Knowledge and understanding of carriage and release market technology trends and challenges.
- Direct experience with US DOD procurement and contracting practices.
- Previous experience developing and executing comprehensive go-to-market strategy for new products and solutions.
- Experience with CRM software.
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 $122,000 - $227,000. The salary range for this role in Colorado state, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New York state, Cleveland Ohio, and Vermont is $106,000 - $197,000. 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.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote release manager jobs.
- 3–7 years of experience managing software release cycles in a production environment
- Hands-on proficiency with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions
- Experience with Agile and SAFe frameworks and release train coordination
- Familiarity with ITIL change management processes and release governance documentation
- Strong cross-functional communication skills for coordinating engineering, QA, and operations teams
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related technical field
Tips for Your Remote Release Manager Job Search
Quantify your release cycle improvements
Recruiters for release manager roles want concrete evidence of process gains. Rewrite your resume bullets to show reduced deployment failure rates, shortened release cycles, or faster rollback times. Vague claims about 'improving processes' won't get you past an ATS screen.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists release manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Highlight your toolchain fluency upfront
Release manager postings are heavily filtered by tool stacks. Lead your resume summary with the specific platforms you own: Jenkins, Jira, GitLab CI, ServiceNow Change Management, or Harness. Burying toolchain experience in a skills section costs you interviews.
Tailor applications to deployment model
A company running weekly SaaS releases needs a different candidate than one doing quarterly on-premise deployments. Read each job description for deployment cadence clues and adjust your cover letter and resume examples to mirror their model, not yours.
Prepare a change management scenario answer
Release manager interviews almost always include a behavioral prompt about coordinating a high-risk or failed release. Before your interview, script a specific story with a clear timeline, the stakeholders involved, and the decision you owned. Generic answers about 'communication' won't land.
Negotiate scope before negotiating title
When an offer comes, clarify what the release manager role actually controls: does it own deployment decisions, or just coordinate schedules set by engineering? Scope determines your growth ceiling and your day-to-day authority, so surface it before discussing any other terms.
Remote Release Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote release manager job?
Target companies that already run distributed teams, since they hire remotely by default and know how to onboard someone they never meet in person. Remote release manager employers screen hard for self-direction and clear written communication on top of the core skills, so show evidence you can own work without someone over your shoulder. Apply to the openings above that match your experience.
Which companies hire remote release managers?
Companies hiring remote release managers include IT Labs, Cognitive Medical Systems, and Five9, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Remote-first firms and large companies running distributed teams post the most remote release manager roles.
Can you get a remote release manager job with no experience?
Yes, but it is harder than an on-site role, because remote work expects you to operate independently from the start. Entry-level remote release manager openings do exist, especially at remote-first companies, and a portfolio of real work helps more than a long resume. Applying broadly to the roles that fit improves your odds.
Do you need a degree for remote release manager jobs?
Not always. Many employers hire remote release managers on demonstrated skills and prior work rather than a specific degree, though some larger companies still prefer one. Showing relevant results matters more than a credential for most remote release manager roles.
Which industries hire the most remote release managers?
The sectors hiring the most remote release managers are Technology & Software, Consulting & Professional Services, and Banking & Financial Services, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. These sectors run distributed teams and hire release managers remotely most consistently.
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