New Product System and Process Lead*

Job Description:

New Product System and Process Lead

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military environments to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a New Product System and Process Lead, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Improve process and tools used in support of new product development and achievement of new product launch dates for the Electrical Markets Division (EMD)
• Provide direct task-level guidance to New Product Introduction team members on project deliverables
• Provide access and administrative support to users of supporting software
• Perform pre-New Product Introduction gate review deliverable audits with project managers
• Ensure process deliverables, scorecards and gate reviews are applied consistently across EMD’s five product portfolios.
• Plan and facilitate monthly New Product Introduction gate reviews and weekly Agile reviews with Division Operating Committee
• Aid in development and implementation of robust processes for executing emerging automotive electrification new product development projects
• Track Quality Management System (QMS) metrics and support ISO-9001 audits, as required (internal and external).
• Support division plan to achieve IATF certification late in 2025 to advance its auto-e growth platform.
• May lead cross-functional small to medium New Product Introduction projects.

Your Skills and Expertise 

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution
• Eight (8) years of experience in New Product Development, project leadership, quality auditor roles, and/or process documentation and training in a private, public, government or military environment.

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Experience leading or participating on new product introduction teams, including the completion of New Product Introduction project deliverables
• Experience as a ISO-9001 auditor or auditee
• Demonstrated success in a project leadership role
• Familiarity with Six Sigma methodologies
• Organizational skills and ability to multi-task due to job diversity
• Excellent communication and inter-personal skills
• Experience in the automotive or other regulated industry

Work location:

• This role has on-site working model, with the employee working at least 4 days a week in the office at 3M Center, ​Austin, TX (preferred) or St. Paul, MN.

Travel: May include up to 10% domestic/international

Relocation Assistance: Is not authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.

U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum.

To comply with these laws, 3M must help assess candidates' U.S. person status.

The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the nece