We are seeking an experienced and highly capable Program Manager for Honeywe'll Process Solutions business. The position will be responsible for leading the development efforts on several R&D programs.
Primary responsibilities include:
- Leads the cross functional program teams to successfully achieve the program & business goals.
- Build program team and integrate into a collaborative, cohesive group with a common vision, mission, and Management Operating System. Leads cross- functional, cross-cultural and virtual teams at sites across the globe.
- Establishes and maintains the channels of communication necessary to assure timely customer and business awareness of program progress/issues.
- Takes sole ownership of all aspects of the development program.
- Identifies key resource needs, and then coordinates with engineering and other functional managers for resources to staff programs.
- Works with functional leaders and project team to develop operating systems that ensure accountability and performance to milestones and budget.
- Successful planning, development, and execution of the assigned product and service development and/ or certification programs to fulfill contractual and business requirements within approved budget & schedule constraints.
- Uses the NPI process to achieve customer deliverables, schedule, cost and related program milestones/ objectives.
- Understand NPI process in-detail, and drive all NPI programs as per NPI Process
- On schedule delivery of New Product meeting NPI phase gates as per specification and On budget.
- Accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks and projects; sets objectives and goals; breaks down work into the process steps; develops schedules and task/people assignments; anticipates and adjusts for problems and roadblocks; measure performance against goals; evaluates results.
- Negotiate skillfully in tough situations with both internal and external groups; settle differences with minimum noise; win concessions without damaging relationships; be direct and forceful as we'll as diplomatic; gains trust quickly of other parties to the negotiations; has a good sense of timing.
- Manages customer and internal changes through a robust Baseline Change Management process.
- Deals effectively with various domestic and foreign third-parties (ie, customers, vendors, and partners) for the benefit of all programs
- Establishes professional relationships with global program managers and engineering directors to ensure customer satisfaction
ESSENTIAL PM SKILLS:
Ability to understand whole system/business perspective, identify and early escalation of risks at the right time
- Ability to quickly assess unclear, complex, and ambiguous situations and reduce into distinct, clear, timely, and stable direction for the development team.
- Ability to motivate and inspire a set of Project managers and Leads to excel in PM governance
- Good knowledge and experience in basic PM areas like Cost, Time, Risk and Integration Management
- Experienced in Earned Value Management
- Good experience in managing Multi Disciplinary programs
- Expert in usage of Microsoft project/any other scheduling tools
- Working knowledge of NPI Development Process is preferred
- Ability to set judicious expectations and manage them with key stakeholders
