Technical Hardware Program Manager, Advanced

Zebra Technologies•Holtsville, NY

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working. United by curiosity and a culture of caring, we develop smart solutions that anticipate our customer’s and partner’s needs and solve their challenges. Being part of Zebra Nation means you are seen, heard, valued, and respected. Drawing from our unique perspectives, we collaborate to deliver on our purpose. Here you are part of a team pushing boundaries today to redefine the work of tomorrow for organizations, their employees, and those they serve. You’ll have opportunities to learn and lead in a forward-thinking environment, defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes you care about—locally and globally. Come make an impact every day at Zebra. Serving as a key Hardware Program Manager for the Advanced Location Technologies (ALT) business unit, the Technical Hardware Program Manager, Advanced, is a senior technical development leader who operates across all levels of the company. This role is pivotal in driving strategic hardware initiatives and product creation, with a primary focus on championing and implementing established design processes to enhance efficiency and inspire innovation within the Business Unit. This leader is responsible for guiding cross-functional electro-mechanical hardware-based product teams through influence and expertise, ensuring tight coordination with Engineering and Product Management from initial concept through to deployment to manufacturing. Key responsibilities include meeting complex program goals for product performance, quality, and manufacturability. In close collaboration with Product Management and Engineering, they work to define products requirements, solidify business cases, author development plans and execute commitments. Given our multitude of design and development partners, you will participate in negotiations involving Business Development, Finance, and Legal.

Requirements

BS Electrical Engineering or Computer Science degree, or related technical BS degree, with MS preferred
Minimum 8+ years of experience in Engineering/Program management and Scrum Master experience for hardware products in fast paced environment.
Minimum 8+ years of product development with 4+ years being in program management.

Nice To Haves

Experience in hardware product development for consumer or enterprise products (such as cell phones, wearables, tablets, laptops, IoT devices etc.) highly desirable
Strong strategic leadership and analytical skills
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Solid critical thinking and questioning skills
Self-motivated, results driven, manages risks, and thrives in an environment of uncertainty and continuous innovation.
Ability to drive definition and creation of solutions from skeleton use cases
Past responsibility for multiple significant delivered-to market solutions in asset intelligence (Location Services, Machine Learning, Machine Vision)
Experience working independently and as part of a team to solve difficult technical, quality, cost, and schedule challenges; well versed in risk management practices
Ability to translate customer problems into solution requirements, plan for demonstrations, proof of concepts and customer pilots, early stage go to market demonstrating proof of value

Responsibilities

Drives execution of hardware product development inclusive of concept definition, requirements, architecture, validation test, and governance compliance to our Lifecycle Management framework.
Organizes and presents business, technical and program status to Senior Leadership using digital media, dashboards and JIRA agile project management tools.
Develops and manages program budgets, ensuring financial activities align with quarterly and annual metrics.
Engages in strategic partnerships with technology companies that are developing adjacent solution elements.
Partners with entities that add value to your business and solutions.
Independently engages additional resources as needed to address program obstacles or delays, taking into consideration schedule and budget, adjusting the project with minimal impact to the business.
Leads system integration planning, release management, and planning for demonstrations, proof of concepts and pilots.
Leads multiple moderately complex projects simultaneously or manage a large program with cross-functional teams in numerous locations and time zones
Drives execution of solutions inclusive of concept definition, requirements validation, architecture specification, and governance compliance to our Application Lifecycle Management framework.
Translates customer problems into solution requirements.
Builds relationships and works across all relevant areas of the solution business including Sales, Services, IT, Finance, Marketing, Product Management, Engineering, Operations and Support.
Works independently with business in defining proof of value and customer’s return on investment.
Organizes and presents business, technical and program reviews/status to Senior Leadership using digital media, dashboards and JIRA agile project management tools
Executes program plan and budgets for multiple, large projects.
Recommends corrective actions and implement changes.
Identifies and mitigates risks; develops and implements risk mitigation plans.
Ensures alignment from key leaders of milestone achievement before moving the program forward.
Serves as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on the business functions and processes in which the program is operating.
Motivates a project team to ensure solutions are reliable and of quality, in a highly collaborative fashion
Demonstrates the ability to see cross-functional impacts of decisions and project plans and execution.
Balances scope, schedule and budget considerations to adjust the project with minimal impact to the business.
Understands the business objectives of the program and assumes personal accountability for success of the program against those objectives.
Coordinates deliverables and project assets to assist the project team.
Anticipates and addresses obstacles or issues that are moderate to significant in severity and escalates complex issues to management for assistance.
Engages additional resources as needed to address obstacles or delays.
Adjusts the plan per management guidelines as delays or obstacles are experienced.
Demonstrates advanced understanding of development processes and product launch scope and activities.
Coaches or acts as escalation point for less senior program managers
Supports early stage go to market activities and transition to marketing
Develops and protects intellectual property; be well versed with IP fundamentals.
Explores and understands competitive landscape in both product and business terms
Initiates strategic partnerships with technology companies (including startups) that are developing adjacent new cutting-edge solution elements.
Works closely with Portfolio Management to ensure strategic goals align and are represented in the innovation feature roadmap.
Assists in the development of business plans, strategies and approaches to take advantage of business opportunities.
Partners with Zebra Ventures to identify entities that are added-value to your business and solutions
Develops and protects intellectual property; be well versed with IP fundamentals.
Leads the creation of cross functional workstreams and drives execution for sales enablement, development and deployment.
Explores and understands competitive landscape in both product and business terms

Benefits

In addition to base pay, Zebra offers this role the opportunity to earn a performance-based annual cash incentive, at a target equal to 15% of base pay, in accordance with the terms of the applicable incentive plan.
Zebra Total Rewards includes more than just pay and is structured to meet the needs of our changing global business and evolving talent.
We are committed to providing our employees with a benefits program that is comprehensive and competitive – including healthcare, wellness, inclusion networks, and continued learning and development offerings.
We offer community service days, in addition to the traditional insurances, compensation, parental leave, employee assistance program and paid time off offerings depending on the country where you work.
Salary offered will vary depending on your location, job-related skills, knowledge, and experience.
Additionally, all Zebra roles are eligible for cash incentive programs.
For example, sales roles have additional opportunity to earn substantial variable compensation tied to quota achievement.
In most other roles, the Zebra annual cash incentive program links Company and individual performance together.
Some roles may also be eligible for long-term incentive equity awards.
We understand the importance of work-life balance and wellbeing, which is why we offer flexibility for our teams including: hybrid work, adaptable hours, Summer Flex Fridays, Focus Fridays, and an annual companywide well-being day to promote revitalization and success.