Senior Program Manager

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. • Towson, MD

9d • $77,600 - $124,890 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Program Manager, you’ll be part of our PTA and Storage teams working as a hybrid employee. You’ll get to: Coordinates the readiness of all functions throughout the product development process. Establish and clarify product and program objectives and ensure that the development team has the guidance and resources necessary to succeed. Track and manage project scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk and communicate status and drive development teams to achieve project goals. Build project schedule, identify task sequence, duration, and resource to perform each task, monitoring and update project progress, manage changes to the schedule baseline to achieve the plan. Lead cross-functional teams to deliver products to market on vision, on schedule, and within financial targets Working with PE, Sourcing and Marketing to build product cost, investment plan and financial performance, monitor/control cost over life of project. Ensure project meet product quality standard, monitor those standards throughout project and product lifecycle, looking for continuous and incremental improvements to these processes. Ensures project includes all of work required, and only the work required, to complete it successfully. Develop mitigation strategies and monitor and report on risk levels to ensure timely resolution and project success Identify, monitor and control commercial, technical, or operational risk over the project life cycle, assess impact of identified risks, prioritize risks, and rank potential effect to cost/schedule/quality. Collaborate with team to find solutions to address risk, or escalate risk to management seeking decision to continue, re-direct or stop programs. Develop plans to close issues and minimize the effect on project cost, time and quality when identified risks become realized problems. Facilitate project weekly meeting, report project status on Product Design Reviews, Gate Reviews meeting to top management. Manage documentation storage throughout project lifecycle meet ISO Quality Management System Portfolio Management Awareness – Basic understanding of portfolio analysis for achieving strategic objectives given limited resource; Direct knowledge of project data used in portfolio analysis, its importance and benefit brings to business. Process Development Awareness – Basic understanding of process evaluation and identify shortcomings and potential approaches to bridge those gaps; Planning, managing and reinforcing change to achieve required project outcomes. Perform any other relevant tasks and duties as assigned by PMO Lead.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or electrical engineering.
• 5+ years working experience in engineering and program management.
• 2+ years Exp in PMO role
• Exceptional knowledge in project planning and management/supervision
• Good command of spoken and written in English.
• Project Management Software Skills.
• Open mind, good interpersonal communication skills and presentation skills.

Nice To Haves

• Working experience in the power tool industry is preferred.
• New product development experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates the readiness of all functions throughout the product development process.
• Establish and clarify product and program objectives and ensure that the development team has the guidance and resources necessary to succeed.
• Track and manage project scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk and communicate status and drive development teams to achieve project goals.
• Build project schedule, identify task sequence, duration, and resource to perform each task, monitoring and update project progress, manage changes to the schedule baseline to achieve the plan.
• Lead cross-functional teams to deliver products to market on vision, on schedule, and within financial targets
• Working with PE, Sourcing and Marketing to build product cost, investment plan and financial performance, monitor/control cost over life of project.
• Ensure project meet product quality standard, monitor those standards throughout project and product lifecycle, looking for continuous and incremental improvements to these processes.
• Ensures project includes all of work required, and only the work required, to complete it successfully.
• Develop mitigation strategies and monitor and report on risk levels to ensure timely resolution and project success
• Identify, monitor and control commercial, technical, or operational risk over the project life cycle, assess impact of identified risks, prioritize risks, and rank potential effect to cost/schedule/quality.
• Collaborate with team to find solutions to address risk, or escalate risk to management seeking decision to continue, re-direct or stop programs.
• Develop plans to close issues and minimize the effect on project cost, time and quality when identified risks become realized problems.
• Facilitate project weekly meeting, report project status on Product Design Reviews, Gate Reviews meeting to top management.
• Manage documentation storage throughout project lifecycle meet ISO Quality Management System
• Portfolio Management Awareness – Basic understanding of portfolio analysis for achieving strategic objectives given limited resource; Direct knowledge of project data used in portfolio analysis, its importance and benefit brings to business.
• Process Development Awareness – Basic understanding of process evaluation and identify shortcomings and potential approaches to bridge those gaps; Planning, managing and reinforcing change to achieve required project outcomes.
• Perform any other relevant tasks and duties as assigned by PMO Lead.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.
• wellness program
• retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees