Senior Program Manager
Hitachi•Michigan City, IN
•Onsite
About The Position
This position leads the successful planning and execution of new product development along with product lifecycle activities for industrial, portable and technology products with a cross-functional team. The successful candidate will develop, lead, and drive the project schedule and monitor / report progress on all key performance metrics (schedule, scope, finance, and risk) on a regular basis. This position is located at Hitachi Global Air Power’s campus in Michigan City, Indiana.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or equivalent degree
- 7-10 years of experience in project/program management
- Excellent verbal communication and organizational skills are required
- Proficient with Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, and Excel
- Experience in a New Product Development Phase Gate Design Process
- Leading through influence without authority and successful collaboration across the matrix organization
- Ability to effectively communicate at all levels of the organization
- Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Ability to multi-task and be highly organized for effective project execution
- Act with a sense of urgency and the ability to influence others to act with urgency
- Strong understanding of engineering principles, supply chain, and manufacturing operations
Nice To Haves
- Certification in Project Management (e.g., PMP certification) desirable
- SAP ERP/PLM experience is highly desirable
- Experience in NX Unigraphics or equivalent 3D CAD Software Program is beneficial
Responsibilities
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities, gather requirements to create project scope, and develop a program plan
- Develop the overall program schedule with detailed sub-workstreams by function and ensure committed owners’ delivery of all actions and work product deliverables
- Clearly define and document key program targets such as cost, timing, specification
- Lead, communicate and drive program goals and actions cross-functionally through all applicable stakeholders
- Guide stakeholders in the prompt and comprehensive delivery of their work packages
- Schedule, conduct, document, and distribute minutes for all program related meetings
- Employ analytical skills to evaluate data and resolve issues to meet program requirements and targets
- Identify deviations from program targets (cost, timing, specification, scope) and coordinate functions to develop and implement counter measures / mitigation actions
- Manage scope creep through enforcing proper evaluation and documentation of scope changes, capture impacts from stakeholders and present to leadership for approval
- Present all aspects that cannot be resolved at the working level to the proper leadership team members, secure approval, document and drive the decision back into the program team
- Escalate time sensitive issues to the responsible decision makers outside of the established review cadence
- Create and maintain program documentation structure and data repositories/tracking tools used to document all program related work
- Prepare and present the required materials for the monthly NPD program reviews
- Ability to lead multiple programs simultaneously.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
