Senior Project Manager
Senior Project Manager
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Job Description
GENERAL JOB INFORMATION
Under limited guidance organizes tracks and champions the design and development of assigned products.
Using advanced knowledge of the products project management and best practice manages multiple complex higher risk projects to ensure that new products and completed to established specification scheduling and cost requirements.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Serves as a resource to less experienced program managers to provide guidance on best practice problem resolution and acts as a mentor as needed.
Reviews project plans and proposals and works with management to develop project objectives. Identifies project responsibilities by determining the phases and elements of the project.
Determines project schedule and timelines by studying the project plan and specifications calculating time requirements and sequencing project elements.
Partners with marketing to determine requirements for a new product or product platform.
Collaborates with engineering management to allocate technical resources for a project. Identifies and manages outside technical resources that may be required to complete a project.
Controls and monitors project plans reviews any design specifications plan and schedule changes and recommendsactions to improve project outcomes. Monitors product costs and capital spending. Proposes and pursues solutions if either goes over budget.
Advocates for the design team identifies and clears potential roadblocks.
Identifies manufacturing/operations and purchasing issues that require resolution to successfully complete a project and drive the decision process.
Identifies technology and design issues that require resolution to successfully complete a project and drive the decision process.
Facilitates activities within the company in support of completing project milestones. Tracks project milestones and deliverables and effectively maintains project documentation.
Communicates with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis. Prepares project status reports by collecting analyzing and summarizing information and trends and recommends actions as needed to improve outcomes.
Establishes design qualification field testing and production testing plans and success criteria.
Coordinates with production/operations to successfully transfer a new product to production.
Conducts training classes for customer service personnel for new products.
Evaluates overall success of projects and drives process improvements to the overall process.
Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Education: Bachelors degree in mechanical electrical engineering or equivalent.
Experience: Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of experience in engineering successfully managing engineering projects objectives costs timelines and resources.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Advanced technical knowledge and design experience relating to the core competency technologies used in similar product lines (as defined by business unit).
Advanced project management skills and experience to successfully lead complex cross functional teams and high risk projects.
Skills and ability to effectively give direction and guidance and work well within the cooperative culture of the organization.
Ability to take ownership of a project and be able to organize and manage it while motivating technical professionals to produce quality designs on schedule. Ability to conform to shifting priorities requirements and timelines.
Proactive management and expert level problem troubleshooting techniques.
Effective written and verbal communication skills to effectively develop project documents and work with cross functional teams throughout the organization. Able to articulate a complete product development process from ideation to production.
Internal:
We would like to continue our search for a Senior Project Manager however we need to focus less on technical engineering backgrounds experience and degrees. Instead we should prioritize candidates who excel in Executive Communication Organization Skills Conflict Resolution Problem Solving Written Communication Timeline Management and Management of Critical Situations. Additionally it is essential that candidates have experience managing software development projects using Agile methodologies for new product development. By broadening our criteria we aim to attract highly skilled project managers who can effectively lead and navigate complex projects ensuring successful outcomes through their exceptional leadership and management abilities.
Also note that Project Managers that have solely focused their careers on implementing IT projects with Computer Science or IT backgrounds are still NOT a good fit for us.
Needs experience in leading system level project teams in a highly technical environment.
Needs to understand multiple engineering disciplines and how they work together to form a finished product (Mechanical Software and Electrical)
People person that can inspire quality work but still have a relatable and approachable demeanor.
Good track record and experience in orchestrating embedded software application software electrical and mechanical designs into a finished consumer product from concept to mass production.
Agile Software project management experience is a must.
PMP Certified Directing and scheduling work efforts across large teams of 40 people or more across all corporate disciplines Comfortable presenting to and leading conversations with C-Suite executives
This is an on-site position (not remote). Range is $120k - $135k but we can maybe go up slightly for the right person plus 8% Cash Profit Sharing (not guaranteed) plus 2% - 6% Discretionary Retirement Contribution (not guaranteed).
Employment Type
Full Time
