Module Project Manager

Analog Devices•Wilmington, MA

About The Position

The Data Center and Energy Division is seeking an experienced Module Project Manager to lead teams working on the development of new solutions for the Energy Conversion, Energy Management, Energy Storage, and Data Center markets. The successful candidate will lead project development teams taking responsibility for planning, execution, and delivery from project initiation through to release of the final module solution in volume to the customer.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline
A minimum of 8 years industry experience, 5+ years in an Engineering Project/Program Manager role working with large multinational companies, preferably with significant background in full hardware, software, and mechanical systems (module) design & development.
Significant experience in working with Manufacturing organizations and contract manufacturers on high-volume module products
Proven success in leading cross functional teams through influence
Experience with multi-site, multi-geographical development is desired.
Strong planning and organizations skills; must be able to set and manage priorities, adapt to change, drive progress of activities, issues, risks, and deliverables to closure through close coordination with multiple groups.
A problem solver who is able to quickly assess situations, collect relevant information or input from subject matter experts and drive manageable solutions.
Able to act decisively and make clear timely decisions which are in the best interests of the project.
Be creative and innovative. Demonstrate a willingness to explore new options to bridge project challenges or improve processes.
Willingness to take the big picture view; demonstrate an ability to identify and address challenges across organizational, functional, and project boundaries.
A nature of staying focused on solutions and ability to remain positive even under pressure.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to manage the detail to the target audience up, down, across, and out of the organization.
Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with others, foster teamwork and bridge differences to achieve the project goals.
A leader who can set direction for project teams and mentor more junior members of the PM community
Strong Knowledge of MS Office Tools.

Nice To Haves

PMP or other accreditation and experience with the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK) a plus.

Responsibilities

Work closely with functional stakeholders such as Marketing, Engineering, and Manufacturing to develop a clear definition for the project that meets market requirements and internal company goals.
Ensure that the appropriate level of due diligence is applied to the business justification for a project prior to the project entering the development phase.
Develop the execution plan for the project. This includes working with functional leadership to build a schedule, staffing plan, risk analysis and mitigation plan, and budget in support of project goals.
Oversee the successful execution of the plan: Manage the project bounding box; schedule, scope, budget and staffing, and additionally full factory cost (FFC) to ensure the project stays on track and within budgetary commitments.
Continually evaluate project risks and take appropriate action to mitigate.
Work closely with functional team leads to ensure project deliverables and dependencies are being met.
Coordinate the day-to-day project activities, priorities, meetings and communications ensuring alignment across all cross functional teams while optimizing performance at a project level.
Serve as the focal point for project communications. Compile regular project status for all stakeholders and effectively escalate critical issues and risks as necessary.
Ensure the project is developed in compliance with specified internal, customer or industry standards, processes and procedures.
Drive a culture of continuous improvement by ensuring post-release lessons learned activities for the project are completed
Serve as a champion for advancing Project Management best practices and new methodology.
Ensure that the project schedule is maintained and key project milestones of POC (Proof of Concept), samples and release date are achieved.
Ensure that each development function (Electrical Engineering, Software Development, Mechanical Engineering, Product Evaluation, Test Engineering, Marketing, and others) and project stakeholders/contributors are aware of the key milestone commitments and all critical information and changes relating to the project through team meetings and other communication.
Coordinate the qualification/reliability requirements of the project including overseeing the qualification schedule and handling of the test results in the event of failure. This entails collaborating with various disciplines including qualification, design, test, and packaging engineers.
Manage project change requests which may fundamentally impact the schedule and/or cost of the project. Identify and monitor out of bounds conditions. Issue PEP (Project Exception Process) reviews and project cancellations if warranted.
Track and record in the PLE Tool the performance of the project to key milestones.
Manage project resource forecasts in RCM tool to manage resourcing allocations and identify any potential gaps.
Ensure post-release After Action Review (AAR) of the project is completed as required.
Work directly and closely with key customers, scheduling and chairing regular meetings and delivering project updates. Travel to customer sites for reviews as required.
Work directly with Manufacturing and contract manufacturers to ensure quality, speed, scalability, & cost- resulting in consistency/resiliency in meeting rapidly increasing customer demand.