Program Management Director, Trachte

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

As the Program Management Director, you will be at the forefront of our ambitious nVent Trachte business unit. You will bring to bear your outstanding leadership, analytical, and strategic skills to influence and guide our product and project management initiatives.

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:

• Proactively steer strategies by collaborating with external clients and cross-functional partners to define, develop, and commercialize new control house (e-house) solutions.
• Lead Trachte strategy planning process, roadmap definition, and pricing models.
• Analyze market and business trends to develop tactics and programs for growing market share through strategically positioned nVent products to improve competitive stance.
• Collaborate with Marketing to lead Voice of Customer (VOC) activities, design and handle customer trials of new solutions, and build value propositions that promote commercial success.
• Drive development of content for sales tools, training material, and marketing collateral.
• Provide Subject Matter Authority input and mentorship in support of customers, technical inquiries, internal and external training.
• Lead Project Management team, interacting frequently with external customers and internal collaborators. Project Management includes contract management, schedule attainment, budget control, risks & opportunities management, and change management.
• Lead Delivery Site and Service team including helping drive proper resource management and customer and project management team collaboration to ensure jobsite services are completed to expectations and within compliance.
• Lead a large, diverse team where you will guide, motivate, and develop team members within HR policies and "Win Right" values. Oversee competency assessments and ensure talent development is a priority.
• Serve as local leader across Trachte Wisconsin locations, bridging relationships across production and office facilities to drive collaboration, problem solving and an engaging working environment in partnership with other identified local leadership team members.

YOU HAVE:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or related field required. Master's degree in engineering or business preferred.
• 15+ years in Product Management, Project Management and/or Engineering preferred.
• Experience and technical understanding of the data center and power utility infrastructure industry preferred.
• Experience in leading large, diverse teams with proven emotional intelligence, followership, and individual development.
• Proficient in English, both verbal and written.
• Ability to analyze, interpret, draw meaningful conclusions, and come to informed decisions from business and financial data.
• Motivating and resourceful with a drive for action.
• PMI or PMP Certification and experience with Lean Manufacturing / Continuous Improvement methodology.

WE HAVE:

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day

  • nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.

  • Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com.

• Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work

  • We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide

  • Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money

• Core values that shape our culture and