Program Manager - Team Lead

Marquardt Group•Rochester Hills, MI

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

We are currently in search of a Program Manager - Team Lead to join our Program Management department of the Marquardt Group in our location Rochester Hills (USA). The Program Manager - Team Lead for BU EAS is responsible for leading, supervising, and ensuring training for a team of Program Managers (2-3). In addition, the Manager will serve as a working manager being responsible for managing projects and ensuring that customer demands, overall project timing, and financial targets are met. This position will lead a project team from development through series production, acting as the primary point of communication between the customer and the project team.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or related field
10+ years of experience in project or program/project management with experience serving as a leader with direct reports
Any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
Proficiency with project management software, ideally MS Project
Advance computer skills including Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and MRP Software (SAP is preferred)
Understanding of budgetary control and resource allocation procedures
Ability to create a sense of community amongst members of the program management team and cross-functional teams
Ability to exercise coaching skills to ensure Program Managers are properly managing the customer, motivating the internal team, and supporting them to resolve conflicts in a win/win fashion
Advanced verbal and written communication and presentation skills, including group presentation for large and small groups made up of project teams, management, and customers
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with customers, sales representatives, managers, employees, and the public
Ability to comprehend complex verbal and written instructions

Nice To Haves

Experience within the automotive industry or working with electronics or electromechanical components is preferred

Responsibilities

Manage and coordinate all the efforts to have the Program Managers follow the internal product development procedure
Review the Program Managers’ project budgets by monitoring the costs against planned, as the program progresses
Support the Program Managers to plan the program in R-Plan and monitor its overall progress, resolving issues and initiating corrective action as appropriate
Manage and analyze open issues or potential program challenges
Coordinate ongoing analyses of projects and development activities to identify cost saving opportunities, quality improvements, and process improvements
Build, manage and motivate the Program Management team
Ensure quality and overall integrity of the programs
Ensure programs are in accordance with the program plan and meet customer and internal quality, timing, and budget
Work together with internal management teams and customer management teams to plan, develop, control, and direct programs
Facilitate cross functional team meetings (Engineering, Quality, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Sales, etc.) in order to support successful programs
Communicate and facilitate closure of issues with all parties (PM, Engineering, Quality, Purchasing, Manufacturing) as required
Manage the risks to the program’s successful outcome
Report progress of the program and escalate issues when necessary to appropriate leadership
Support sales team in presenting new technologies and products to existing customers and current products to potential new customers