Staff Program Manager

Fortive • Everett, WA

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About The Position

The Fluke Product Compliance team is seeking a Staff Program Manager to protect business growth by applying program management skills. Fluke is the world leader in professional electronic test tools and software. The programs will help keep the world up and running by developing and delivering rugged, reliable, and accurate test and measurement tools and software used by professionals in critical and fast-growing industries such as solar power and electric vehicle service equipment. Reporting to the manager of the Product Compliance Team, the Staff Program Manager will own process discipline, leading cross-functional, geographically dispersed program teams through scoping, securing resources, setting program targets, and holding self and team accountable. The role requires a person who is comfortable communicating at all levels of the organization, in managing conflict and tradeoffs and enabling cross-functional clarity and execution.

Requirements

• Excellent written and verbal communication to all levels of the organization with appropriate urgency
• Understands team dynamics and acts as a liaison between cross functional team members
• Able to lead stand up meetings and leadership communications
• Regarded as an expert/coach in influential communication / flexing their style to address the communication needs of the team or individual
• Demonstrates strong team building skills
• Able to work with multiple cross functional, cross geographic teams and drives success in project execution
• Able to coach team members for success
• Seen as an expert in evaluating risk and potential blockers
• Can lead teams through pivots when needed
• Seen as a Change Management Champion
• Strong Program Management skills including system tools and soft skills
• Strong Problem-Solving skills
• Strong knowledge of standard work around the entire product lifecycle required for the management of the project
• Strong understanding of the full organizational program needs and leads the cross functional program team required to support program activities
• A minimum of 10+ years of experience developing system level products, which include electronic hardware, embedded firmware, and application software in a fully integrated system
• Demonstrated ability to inspire collaborative team execution including leadership of geographically dispersed cross-functional development teams
• Proven experience in risk management and change management
• Comfortable communicating at all levels of the organization, adjusting appropriately for the audience and purpose
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution

Nice To Haves

• Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Physics degree preferred
• PMI/PMP certification a plus
• Regulatory Compliance experience a plus

Responsibilities

• Own process discipline
• Lead cross-functional, geographically dispersed program teams through scoping, securing resources, setting program targets, and holding self and team accountable
• Communicate at all levels of the organization
• Manage conflict and tradeoffs
• Enable cross-functional clarity and execution
• Create and update schedules / action plans
• Drive crucial conversations necessary
• Identify when countermeasures are needed and lead team through countermeasure execution
• Define project Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and understand how they impact larger Fluke-wide metrics
• Roll KPIs to leadership
• Accurately track KPIs to support high-level KPIs in the organization
• Evaluate risk and potential blockers
• Identify when countermeasures are needed
• Lead trade-off discussions / impact analysis to resolve including risk mitigation plans
• Lead teams through pivots when needed
• Commit, advocate and lead through change
• Incorporate Fortive Business System (FBS) tools/skills including project visual management for their program, as applicable
• Identify when problem solving is needed and cultivates a culture of problem solving and applies problem solving as a mindset to the program
• Identify and manage risks
• Appropriately escalate problems
• Create and manage budgets for projects of medium to high complexity
• Track status of budget and communicate to leadership
• Problem solve out of budget requests - challenge unplanned spend
• Guide other teams and project managers through budgeting exercises
• Lead project stand up meetings
• Own communicating to leadership and to team with coaching
• Apply basic visual management tools (Build Measure Learn (BML) schedule, issue tracker, risk register)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior