The Program Manager will plan, execute, control, and complete Engineering Product Development projects in accord with committed timelines, performance requirements, and cost/budget targets. The Program Manager is ultimately responsible for ensuring project progress per plans and for evolving InVue’s New Product Development process.Responsibilities: - Plan, monitor, and control New Product Development projects from initiation to production release.
- Work with cross-functional project teams (engineering, industrial design, product marketing, operations, compliance, manufacturing, etc.) to define project scope, goals, deliverables, and timeline to support business goals.
- Direct interaction with customers to provide/facilitate updates, status, risk discussions, etc.
- Develop appropriate project plans and effectively communicate project expectations to team members, stakeholders, and customers in a timely and clear fashion.
- Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals – collaborate with department managers to obtain necessary resources.
- Draft and submit development timelines to management and customers and then proactively recognize and react to threats to committed timelines.
- Proactively manage changes in project scope, estimate impact of changes, identify potential risks, and devise contingency plans.
- Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members and contractors, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
- Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project.
- Manage Third Party vendors to keep alignment with project objectives
- Ensure quality and brand value of the product through collaboration with the innovation and quality teams.
- Conduct project postmortems and create recommendations to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
- Identify and implement improvements in InVue’s New Product Development process.
- Ensure compliance with InVue’s New Product Development Process.
- Travel as required for the purpose of meeting with clients, stakeholders, vendors, or off-site personnel/management.
Qualifications: - 6+ years’ experience as an Engineering Program or Project Manager in a fast-paced Hardware New Product development environment (preferably employed in an organization that designs and develops electro-mechanical devices).
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering is strongly preferred.
- Must have direct customer interface experience
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment is crucial.
- Persuasive, encouraging, motivating, and overall strong interpersonal skills.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
InVue Security Products, Inc is an Equal Opportunity employer. Federal law prohibits employers from discriminating against any applicant for employment because of applicant’s race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, or disability. InVue Security Products, Inc. is fully committed to complying with Federal law and will not discriminate against any applicant for employment.
