Program Manager
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Job Description
HARMANs engineers and designers are creative purposeful and agile. As part of this team youll combine your technical expertise with innovative ideas to help drive cuttingedge solutions in the car enterprise and connected ecosystem. Every day you will push the boundaries of creative design and HARMAN is committed to providing you with the opportunities innovative technologies and resources to build a successful career.
A Career at HARMAN
As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better. Innovation inclusivity and teamwork are a part of our DNA. When you add that to the challenges we take on and solve together youll discover that at HARMAN you can grow make a difference and be proud of the work you do everyday.
Strong handson experience on the agile and scrum concepts.
Has applied the real scrum concepts to make the project agile and has successfully handled multiple scrum teams.
Practical thinking and a good attitude to handle difficult situations
Good communications skills
1. Having decent years of experience in handling Scrum teams. Currently he is handling 4 teams.
2. Practical experience and knowledge is good. Able to answer most of the questions
3. Seems to be honest in his work based on the answers and response provided during interview.
4. Have sound knowledge on Scrum practices
Ensuring that engineering department goals metrics and objectives are met
Establish and audit standardized tools and templates to use when leading cross functional team meetings
Create and manage schedules based on approved project scope
Control project scope and delivery variance
Endtoend project management for both software and hardware based projects up to and including building products in a factory
Help drive the sharing of best practices across the project management team
Managing internal and external resources
Communication with senior management as well as with the team
Continuously evaluate the new product design development and release processes and suggest improvements to reduce product cycle times
Create project plans including schedule creation gathering development cost estimates and target cost information
Identify risks in the project schedules and assist in the creation of mitigation plans
Ensure that the VPD DPT corporate project tracking tool is kept up to date
Manage the gaps between functions to guide projects though the phase gated development process up to and including the launch to Sales
Some travel may be required
Minimum Bachelors in Engineering or related discipline
3 yrs of Project Management experience in an engineering or new product development environment
3 yrs of experience presenting to Senior Management
Experience with waterfall iterative and agile design methodologies
Preferred Qualifications:
PMP or equivalent certification preferred
Experience working with diverse teams in multiple sites
Expertise in Project Management Methodologies
Understanding of CMM or CMMi best practices
Excellent leadership skills
Detail oriented with good time management and multitasking skills
Excellent people skills including coaching and mentoring
Excellent interpersonal skills required to negotiate priority with those that do not report to them
Excellent written and oral communication skills both up and down the organizational chain
Must be a selfstarter achieving great results with minimum supervision
Must have a history of taking on and meeting challenging objectives
Experienced with standard project management tools such as Microsoft Project
Prior Experience of successfully managing New Product Development projects in the role of project manager
Technical background with an understanding of what it takes to complete embedded system designs
HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard torace religion color national origin gender (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age status as a protected veteran status as an individual with a disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
