Engineering Program Manager III

Lennox International•Carrollton, TX

1d•$104,000 - $136,500•Onsite

About The Position

Lennox (NYSE: LII) Driven by 130 years of legacy, HVAC and refrigeration success, Lennox provides our residential and commercial customers with industry-leading climate-control solutions. At Lennox, we win as a team, aiming for excellence and delivering innovative, sustainable products and services. Our culture guides us and creates a workplace where all employees feel heard and welcomed. Lennox is a global community that values each team member’s contributions and offers a supportive environment for career development. Come, stay, and grow with us. What Drives Success Innovate your career. When you choose Lennox, you're getting the best. When you work at Lennox, you’re among the best. As a leading innovator of home and commercial, heating, cooling, refrigeration, air-quality, and related services, Lennox International is committed to helping our people innovate our products and their careers.

Requirements

BS degree, Engineering discipline preferred with 5+ years of related experience. MBA, additional project management training or PMP certification a plus.
Experience leading one or more complex development projects.
Experience working with product development and cost reduction processes.
Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to drive program specific issues and goals to closure.
Ability to integrate business, marketing, and technical elements.
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
Self-starter who is proactive, accountable, engaged and takes initiative.
Able to function in a team environment and ability to successfully negotiate and build consensus.
Takes responsibility for project execution and drives projects to successful completion.
Skilled at problem solving, developing alternatives, and presenting recommendations.
Proficient at defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts, and drawing valid conclusions.
Ability to develop detailed project schedules and perform cross functional risk management.
Demonstrated ability to work with all levels of management.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with virtual and offshore teams preferred.
Experience with HVACR (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration) systems preferred.
Six Sigma or Lean certification preferred.
Strong understanding of consumer products, software, and hardware development preferred.
Experience with project management software a plus.

Responsibilities

Work closely with management and business leaders to create the program scope, objectives, and risk assessment.
Manage and facilitate execution and operating mechanisms coordinated with business cadence.
Manage program kick-off, cross-functional core team meetings, complexity assessment, scope/change management, risk management, integrated program planning/execution, and communication.
Work closely with product marketing to finalize and document customer and product requirements.
Direct and coordinate activities of the core cross-functional team to ensure that the project progresses on schedule and within budget while meeting established system requirements.
Confer with project team leaders to develop plans and to assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority.
Review status reports prepared by project team leaders and combines information into a program status report to present and/or submit to management and others.
Confer with program personnel to provide technical advice and problem resolution.
Prepare and/or facilitate development of program objectives, milestones, meeting minutes, risk assessment meetings, escalation meetings, design reviews, and design changes.
Work on process improvement initiatives related to New Product Development (NPD) or Cost Reduction processes.
Work with sourcing, engineering, manufacturing, supplier development engineers (SDE), and external partners (suppliers/vendors) with project execution.
Travel up to 25% to start for building relationships and network with Division and Factory Engineering and Operations teams.