Lead Program Manager - NPD

Lead Program Manager – Hybrid

This is a hybrid position that requires onsite work in Towson, MD, minimally 3 Days per week.

Towson, MD, United States

Come make the world and accelerate your success.

It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of approximately 43,500 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®.

The Job:  

As a Lead Program Manager, you’ll be a key team member of the Program Management office reporting to the Portfolio Program manager of the Pro Electrified Products Design Center.  You will be working as a hybrid employee. You’ll get to:  

• Direct Program Management: Engineering New Product Development Focus - Leveraging cross-functional knowledge of New Product Development methodologies to effectively manage risks, coordinate project activities and make appropriate decisions - Independently leads projects with the highest level of innovation, complexity and capital spend.
• In Addition to Direct Program Management, you will lead Batteries and Chargers development and effectively manage category risks across multiple high complexity projects
• Generate, Recommend, and Support Implementation of continuous improvement process development related to Program Management, Process Management, Cross Functional Working Relationship Development, and Metric Driven Performance Improvement Levers - Challenges the status quo (“This is how we’ve always done it”) to identify new opportunities for project acceleration. Effectively implements learnings in alignment with Engineering Excellence team.
• Generate Awareness and Recommend Control Actions related to portfolio level metrics within the Design Center Goals - Monitors sub-category KPI’s (e.g Agility, Product Cost, Capital Spending, CTQ’s) and proactively identifies non-conformance and drives cross functional teams toward mitigation strategies
• Support and Facilitate training of colleagues cross functionally related to targeted improvement of performance related to portfolio level metrics with Design Center Goals
• Develops and implements mitigation plans for identified project risk.
• Collaborates with cross functional team to develop timing and action plan for project.
• Ensures dependencies and critical path are identified and clearly communicated.
• Maintains technical knowledge through continuous development by educational workshops and pursuing certifications.
• Works with Product Management to Develop and Monitors program P&L and key drivers that affect overall program financial health ensuring programs meet established objectives (e.g. margins, costs, revenue)
• Applies technical knowledge and understanding to day-to-day decision making.
• Completes projects by scheduling and assigning resources and following up on work.
• Guides development of technical project objectives by reviewing project proposals and plans
• Determines critical activities to execute program objectives.
• Supports cross-functional teams to work seamlessly across boundaries of company, culture, and geography for successful project execution.
• Leads, collaboration efforts across organization to leverage best practices, expertise and shared resources.
• Prepares project status and communicates risks to leadership with proper level of detail and recovery plans.
• Challenges and provides constructive mitigation strategies.
• Runs efficient meetings by establishing cadence and techniques.

The Person:  

You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have:

• 10+ years of experience in Engineering Product Development required
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, mathematics or related field.
• Strong communication skills including demonstrated history of effective upward communication
• Proven experience in new product development within consumer and professional goods industries.
• Demonstrated personnel management skills and the ability to lead cross-functional teams, including executive leadership.
• Strong Understanding of NPD Financial principals and ability to quickly understand impacts of changes to relevant variables (Ex-Factory/Landed Costs, SG&A, Capital, SGM, AGM, Payback Period)
• Strong track record of facilitating effective col