PWI R&D Program Manager
About The Position
The R&D Program Manager leads the 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 guiding programs 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 role includes leading large, complex hardware product development programs; managing integrated plans, schedules, milestones, and dependencies; communicating with executives; and coordinating cross-functional teams through design, development, validation, release, customer installation, and production transition. The manager also supports consistent PLC practices and PMO process improvement.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Technical Management, Business, or a related field.
- 10+ 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 drive organizational alignment 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 execution of 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, R&D teams, and external partners.
- Facilitate decision-making among technical and business stakeholders.
- 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.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Long-term and short-term disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Life insurance
- 4–12 weeks of fully paid parental leave based on tenure
- 11 paid holidays
- Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
