Senior Program Manager

Allegion•Carmel, IN

19d•Hybrid

About The Position

At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 40 brands, 14,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Allegion is proud to be recognized with the 2026 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award (GEWA) for the third consecutive year, earning distinction in both the employee engagement and strengths categories. This year, Allegion also received Gallup’s With Distinction honor — a designation reserved for a select group of organizations that go above and beyond in building exceptional workplace cultures. This role offers the benefits of our dynamic hybrid work model—combining in-person collaboration for meaningful moments with the flexibility of remote work. Since hybrid arrangements can vary based on the needs of the individual, team and business, your talent acquisition partner will provide specific hybrid details about this role. We are committed to fostering a healthy work-life balance and building meaningful connections, ensuring you have the tools, resources, and support needed to excel in any environment. Together, we’ll unlock your potential and create a lasting impact. While this is the current structure and we currently have no plans to change, we reserve the right to make changes to the hybrid schedule as needed at the Company’s discretion.

Requirements

Demonstrated autonomy leading complex, new product and platform development programs from concept to production using a structured process including traditional and Agile methodologies, while also tailoring the processes as needed for each program.
Proven problem-solving skills and techniques, especially for technical applications.
Works directly with the team to assemble solution recommendations to the Business Leaders when a program is at risk.
Excellent leadership and communication skills at all levels within the organization.
Business acumen and experience in business tradeoffs.
Tenacity in coordination of project team members to achieve program timelines and outcomes.
Self-starter with experience leading significant impacts on project execution, processes and tools.
Good understanding of consumer products, software, hardware and/or systems development.
Experience with Microsoft Office tools, including project management software.
Bachelor's degree in engineering (preferred) or Business Administration
Minimum of 8 years’ experience in New Product Development, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience leading cross-functional teams.
5 years’ experience leading Connected Electronic products and systems preferred.
PMP or other Project/Program Management Certifications expected.

Responsibilities

Works closely with Product Managers and Portfolio Leaders to capture product roadmaps, product/project requirements, scope and success metrics and participates in business tradeoffs
Leads cross-functional teams including Product Management, Engineering, Design, Test, Finance, Operations Test, Cyber-Security, and other functions to establish project development strategy, schedule, product costs, budget and resource needs for highly technical projects.
Will work alongside other customer-facing Allegion employees as the products are integrated into customers’ sites. May also be a key point of contact with those customers to manage the integration process.
Continuously monitors and drives project activities, risk mitigation, and issue resolution to ensure programs progress on schedule and within budget while meeting program objectives and metrics.
Works directly with the team and functional leadership as needed to drive issues to closure, and/or escalates issues and mitigation recommendations to upper management.
Works with other program managers on interdependencies or conflicts with other simultaneous projects.
Schedules and leads timely status review meetings, and formal project Reviews with Senior Management.
Mentors other Project/Program Managers and coaches program team members on project management fundamentals.
Proactively leads initiatives with other functional managers to improve processes, tools, and handoffs
Ability to travel up to 20%.