PWI R&D Program Manager

HP•Corvallis, OR

20h

About The Position

The R&D Program Manager leads development and commercialization of PageWide Industrial printing platforms and major subsystem programs from concept through customer deployment and production ramp. The role drives cross-functional alignment, program execution, risk management, and business readiness while ensuring progression through HP's Product Life Cycle (PLC). The manager partners with engineering, operations, customer assurance, services, marketing, supply chain, and business organizations to deliver industrial printing solutions that meet customer, quality, schedule, and financial objectives. The position leads complex new product development programs across the product lifecycle; owns integrated plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and executive communications; and identifies and mitigates risks. It leads R&D teams through design, development, validation, and release, coordinates subsystem work across engineering disciplines, and drives PLC milestones and readiness reviews. The role also coordinates early customer installations and product deployments, prepares organizations for launch, incorporates field lessons into future releases, and transitions products into sustaining organizations. The manager facilitates decisions among technical and business stakeholders, communicates status and key decisions, builds relationships across global organizations and external partners, and contributes to PMO process improvement and standardization. Success is measured by milestone achievement, delivery against scope, schedule, quality, and cost objectives, effective risk and dependency management, successful customer introductions and product ramps, strong stakeholder alignment, and improved program management practices.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Technical Management, Business, or a related field.
10 or more years of experience leading complex technical projects or programs.
Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams without direct authority.
Experience driving large-scale hardware product development programs.
Strong program planning, risk management, and stakeholder management capability.

Nice To Haves

Experience with industrial systems, printing technologies, manufacturing equipment, or similar capital equipment industries.
Experience managing programs from concept through customer deployment and production ramp.
Familiarity with product lifecycle management and phase-gate development processes.
PMP or equivalent program management certification.
Experience presenting program status and recommendations to senior leadership.

Responsibilities

Lead large, complex new product development programs across the full product lifecycle.
Own integrated program plans, schedules, milestone tracking, dependency management, and executive-level communications.
Establish program objectives and align the organization on priorities and deliverables.
Identify, communicate, and mitigate program risks and issues.
Lead cross-functional R&D teams through design, development, validation, and release activities.
Drive Product Life Cycle (PLC) milestones and readiness reviews.
Coordinate subsystem development across multiple engineering disciplines.
Ensure requirements, tradeoffs, and technical decisions are evaluated against overall program objectives.
Plan and coordinate support for early customer installations and new product deployments.
Drive readiness across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, services, and customer assurance teams.
Capture lessons learned from field deployments and incorporate improvements into future releases.
Lead transition of products from development into sustaining organizations.
Partner with Operations, Customer Assurance, Services, Marketing, Supply Chain, and R&D teams.
Facilitate decision-making among technical and business stakeholders.
Build working relationships across global organizations and external partners.
Communicate program status, risks, decisions, and key milestones effectively.
Contribute to PMO process improvements and standardization initiatives.
Drive consistent use of PLC methodologies, tools, and governance practices.
Improve program execution processes, communication practices, and operational effectiveness.