Project Manager

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Hands on management of the portfolio of projects for the products across their lifecycle, from initial design to end-of-life, including product launches, enhancements, and modifications involving hardware, software, and firmware.
• Guide cross-functional project teams that include development engineering, supply chain, planning, manufacturing, and marketing to meet their goals and deliverables.
• Define the scope of new approved project requests with cross functional input, assess their impact on ongoing projects, and propose how to incorporate and prioritize them into the existing portfolio to meet business objectives.
• Develop project plans and strategies to ensure on-time and on-budget execution, including schedules, resource requirements, deliverables, product requirements, KPIs, business case, budget, and key assumptions.
• Drive and own the execution of projects to committed schedules, ensuring adherence to company policies and procedures, and support continuous improvement of company processes.
• Act as a key point of contact for internal teams and external stakeholders, including customers, suppliers, and regulatory agencies, ensuring their work complies with company processes through regular meetings.
• Identify, manage, and escalate project risks, developing and communicating mitigation and contingency plans.
• Track, manage, and communicate project metrics such as schedule, status, accomplishments, risks, and resource needs.
• Follow the company's quality management system and all applicable processes and regulations for developing safety-critical products.
• Promote benchmarking and product positioning versus competitors in liaison with Product Management and Marketing.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering.
• Min 10 years of related and successful work experience in project management of electromechanical products in a product manufacturing company.
• Experience leading end-to-end delivery of electromechanical products, including team management, metrics tracking, reporting, and management communication.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate with all cross-functional teams within an organization.
• Prior development or project management experience in a highly regulated market or with life-safety products.
• Ability to build trusting and collaborative partnerships with sourcing, testing, manufacturing, and quality teams.
• Experience with product-development stage gate program governance and structures.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, demonstrating creativity and technical expertise.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, MS Project, SharePoint, Teams).

Nice to Have

• Advanced technical degree or MBA.
• Formal Project Management training/certificate (PMP).
• Presentation and communication skills with varied audiences.
• Organizational and analytical skills with data synthesis ability.
• Experience with Confluence/Jira tools and Agile methodology.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant project management experience in electromechanical product manufacturing.

Benefits & Perks

• Medical, dental & vision insurance.
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital coverage.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions.
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for employee and dependents).
• Short and long-term disability coverage.
• Health Spending Account (HSA).
• Transportation benefits.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation, Sick Leave).