Director, Program Management - Sustainable Infrastructure (Remote)

Johnson Controls, Inc.•Milwaukee, WI

29d•Remote

About The Position

The Director, Program Management - will manage and lead, launch a new program management office for the NA Sustainable Infrastructure team. This role will be working alongside our Senior leadership team, marketing, sales, engineering, finance, and partners. The Program Manager will lead program teams throughout the solution development process, delivery and service, ensuring each function manages their deliverables to meet the business objectives; schedule and budget and action are completed. The Program Manager will also develop and when necessary, represent SI-NA at regular accountability and cadence meetings to manage the business and will be responsible for clearly and concisely presenting the status of all open actions to groups of stakeholders. How you will do it Works collaboratively with leaders across Senior Leadership and Region functional groups. Identifies and determines direction of PMO office with input from the functional leadership. Acts independently to resolve challenges and to address opportunities related to the PMO. Work is both strategic and operational in nature.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field is required
Minimum of 4+ years of experience managing programs/projects required OR experience working on a program team as a functional lead
Ability to communicate effectively in a technical environment, including in front of C-level and VP-level stakeholders
Demonstrated organizational skills, including project planning, project management, and team building
Experience with a wide variety of structured problem-solving processes and reporting tools, including Microsoft PowerPoint
Excellent understanding of financial concepts

Responsibilities

Work with Senior Sustainable Infrastructure and Region leadership to identify program management office scope, budget, schedule, resources, and business cases for internal and 3rd party solution opportunities
Work in partnership with all leaders and functions within the business as necessary for internal solution development opportunities
Lead kick-off to assemble team, provide overview including scope, budget and schedule and communicate team member expectations
Lead team meetings with all functional areas to track progress, identify issues and develop action plans
Adhere to the JCI internal solution development process, holding team members accountable for their deliverables in accordance to requirements and verifying completion of each deliverable
Manage issues, risks and opportunities, assisting team members in removing roadblocks and escalating to management issues that cannot be resolved
Manage the program schedule documenting detailed tasks for each functional area, responsibility for the task, begin and end dates, and percent complete
Document critical path and track weekly to ensure schedule is maintained, and document actions to recover programs that are behind track
Manage program spending, accounting for both capital and expense spending by month and by function; for over budget items, document action to recover budget
Work with SI leadership team, Finance, and Regions to update the business case on an ongoing basis to ensure financials are properly represented