Sr. Project Manager

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Position summary:

The Sr. Project Manager will provide governance across divisional strategic project costing initiatives to ensure timely delivery and successful program execution through partnerships with Value Assurance / Value Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Procurement, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Operations, and Product Management.   This role maintains program commitments, timelines, and customer relationships, with a focus on delivering bottom line business results through creative problem solving and cross-functional teamwork.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate end-to-end program health providing one source of clear, accurate communication.
• Coordinates global resources across departments and divisions, ensuring all project team members are actively working toward established checkpoints and results with adherence to budget, schedule, and scope.
• Leads internal and external steering committee meetings and executive level report outs.   Monitors actions, business performance metrics, and targets, working with team members to close gaps and drive successful outcomes.
• Leads and facilitates program issues, including risk mitigation, serving as a liaison with business leadership to ensure effective solution/resolution.
• Supports the organization through deployment of standard tools and practices.
• Identifies lessons-learned and standard methodologies to incorporate into the PMO (Project Management Office) process.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of relevant experience with prior experience in complex project management required.
• Bachelor’s degree required
• 3+ years working in a manufacturing environment (preferred).
• Advanced Continuous improvement experience (lean, PPI, Six Sigma, 5S) a plus.
• Project Management and/or PMP (Product Management Process) certification a plus.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills.  Able to deliver clear messages to a wide variety of audiences.
• Strong leadership skills with an ability to influence unique styles.
• Effective oral and written communication and executive presentation skills.  Must be proficient in interpreting and communicating metric data, conducting sophisticated analysis in Microsoft Excel, and building executive-level presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Results orientation.  Able to combine and interpret multiple communication streams to deliver data-driven outcomes.
• Experienced in navigating ambiguity and change with a global approach.
• Ability to travel (0 - 15%)