SUMMARY
As a Program Manager, you will be responsible for leading the successful delivery of projects that drive our strategic direction and goals. You are the cross-functional leader of your program team and you will drive accountability and engage the team to ensure the proper execution of our development objectives. Utilizing risk management techniques, you will equip your team with known issues, identify potential parallel paths, and guide them to address unknown risks in a way that mitigates impact to our time to market and effectively communicates our action plan to the executive leadership team. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated product development abilities. Must have a proactive work style and be comfortable managing multiple projects on a global basis.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLITIES
• Work closely with a cross-functional global team. Communicate to team effectively on program schedule and progress
• Take a lead role in scheduling and managing the development of new products
• Use New Product Development process to effectively drive program progress
• Drive and maintain multiple program schedules and budgets up to date and report status of projects on a regular basis
• Responsible for technical feasibility assessment, program scoping, and program budget and schedule
• Will manage others to ensure product documentation and specifications are available to support timely procurement
• Provide support to technical teams as needed
• Maintain readily accessible Project Design History Files
• Communicate effectively with team on program schedule and progress.
• Lead and organize program reviews in all phases. Solve problems occurring during the execution of the programs.
• Ensure product documentation and specifications are available as needed during development and post-launch.
• Work with Project Engineers and contract manufacturers to provide technical solutions and conduct design reviews as needed.
• Foster mutually beneficial relationships with domestic and international suppliers through a collaborative and co-development approach
EDUCATION OR EQUIVALENT REQUIRED
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering; Chemical or Mechanical
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
• 3+ years of experience managing projects
• 3+ years of experience in mechanical or chemical engineering
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