Manager, Project Management

About Ergotron:

Ergotron Inc. is a global leader in designing ergonomic solutions that connect people and technology to enhance human performance health and happiness. Through its 40-year history Ergotron has led the industry with innovative professional-grade products and customer-focused service. The company has earned more than 200 patents and through the Technology of Movement established a growing portfolio of products and solutions to help create environments that promote wellness productivity and efficiency.

Ergotron is headquartered in St. Paul Minnesota with a strong presence in North America EMEA and Asia Pacific. For more information please visit .

Position Summary:

The Manager Project Management provides strategic and operational leadership for the Project Management function ensuring effective planning execution and delivery of projects across the organization. This role partners closely with cross-functional leaders to support new product development operational initiatives and enterprise priorities while continuously improving project management processes tools and capability. Project Managers are responsible for program execution coordination communication and escalation. Function leaders retain accountability for technical execution staffing and deliverable quality.

Position Responsibilities:

Project Management Leadership

• Lead and develop the Project Management function setting standards methodologies and best practices.
• Ensure consistent application of project governance planning risk management and reporting across initiatives.
• Champion a culture of accountability collaboration and continuous improvement

Strategic Partnership

• Partner with Product Management Engineering Operations Supply Chain Quality Marketing and other stakeholders to support New Product Development and major cross-functional initiatives.
• Translate project goals and strategy into executable project plans and prioritized portfolios.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on project health tradeoffs capacity and risk.

Portfolio & Resource Management

• Oversee project portfolio planning prioritization and capacity management.
• Ensure alignment between business priorities and available resources.
• Track and manage project budgets and identify resource conflicts
• Proactively identify risks dependencies and constraints; recommend mitigation strategies.

Process & Continuous Improvement

• Design implement and evolve project management frameworks tools and metrics.
• Drive improvements in speed predictability quality and cross-functional coordination.
• Evaluate and implement tools or systems that enhance visibility and execution.

People Leadership

• Coach and develop project managers to build a strong scalable team with a keen ability to help them successfully work within a matrix organization.
• Provide clear expectations feedback and professional development opportunities.
• Foster an inclusive environment that values diverse perspectives and constructive problem-solving.

Communication & Reporting

• Establish clear transparent project communication at all levels.
• Provide concise executive-level reporting on status risks and decision points.
• Facilitate alignment and decision-making across functional boundaries.

Additional duties as requested.

Position Requirements (Knowledge and Experience):

Required

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Operations Business or a related field.
• 7-10 years of progressive project management experience including leadership of cross-functional teams.
• 2-3 years of people management experience.
• Proven experience managing complex and matrixed projects preferably in product development or manufacturing environments.
• Strong understanding of traditional and agile project management methodologies.
• Excellent communication facilitation and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (including Project Excel PowerPoint and Outlook) Oracle and Salesforce.
• Must be able to perform the physical requirements of the job as described to you for the position.

Preferred

• Project Management Professional (PMP) PgMP or similar certification.
• Experience supporting New Product Development in a hardware technology or industrial environment in particular electro-mechanical solutions with integrated software and/or software applications.
• Demonstrated success driving process improvement and organizational change.

Key Competencies

• Strategic thinking and execution
• Influence without authority
• Structured problem solving
• Change leadership
• Business acumen
• Empathy and people-centered leadership
• Bias to action and strong execution

Benefits:

• Ergotron provides a fast-paced innovative and flexible work environment with a comprehensive and competitive pay and benefits package. (Use below bullets for United States delete for Global positions)
• Our total rewards package includes but not limited to; competitive wages consisting of base pay bonus and/or incentive pay based on position medical dental vision life disability tuition reimbursement 401k with match and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• We work hard and we recharge. With competitive Paid Time Off (PTO) programs which includes vacation and sick and safe time and eleven paid holidays our employees have ample time throughout the year to spend with family and friends traveling or relaxing.
• We are proud to support our employees and their growing families by offering ten weeks of paid maternity leave four weeks of paid paternity leave and three days of paid grandparents leave.
• Both our newest and our most tenured employees are formally recognized. Our career milestones program ensures that our new team members feel welcome and rewards employees at five years ten years fifteen years and beyond.

Core Values:

• Customer-Centric Innovation
• Built to Last
• Always Improving
• Integrity