Program Manager

Program Managers oversee the operational aspects of an ongoing project and are responsible for leading, organizing, budgeting, and managing staff. Responsible for total end to end program performance, P&L, sales, and product delivery.

The Program Manager possesses leadership skills and has responsibility for the company's planning and performance of major business programs throughout all phases of the program lifecycle. The Program Manager is responsible for the cost, schedule, quality, customer satisfaction and technical performance of Thermal Products for using that successful execution to drive future growth. The Program Manager understands the customer's perspective, proactively responds to the Data Center and C&I customers, and gains customer trust by continually meeting commitments and quality standards

**JOB SUMMARY & ACCOUNTABILITIES**:

- Evaluates, determines, and drives program management activities to manage one or more moderate to significantly complex Projects.
- Provides expertise to review and drive execution of innovative solutions to technical issues.
- Develops cost, scope, and schedule framework for projects and program elements; manages and intervenes as necessary to ensure delivery to cost, scope, and schedule agreements.
- Provides primary support and guidance to the financial planning, monitoring, scheduling, and preparation and release of technical/schedule information required for program/project planning.
- Leads multiple aspects of moderately complex financial planning, monitoring, reporting, scheduling, and communication required for program/project planning and control.
- Performs some technical, administrative, and logístical liaison roles with company, customers, sales offices, design agencies, laboratories, integrated contractors, and regulatory agencies for one or more programs. May function as lead for one or more elements.
- Defines and establishes production/project definitions, maintenance of schedules, and engineering releases associated with fulfilling project on time, on cost, on quality and with customer satisfaction.
- Negotiates, evaluates, determines and executes engineering and program project management activities to manage one or more significant, complex program or components.
- Leads, directs, influences and exercises extensive technical and operational knowledge and expertise to evaluate and resolve significant technical issues pertinent for key project(s) or program(s).
- Participates in and formulates new strategic and market planning.
- Acts as primary and first point of contact for technical, administrative, and logístical issues with customers, corporate, laboratories, other stakeholders, and outside project partners.
- Leads multiple aspects of financial planning, monitoring, reporting, scheduling, network analysis, and preparation of technical/schedule information required for program/project planning, as well as Cost Out projects.
- Leads teams and matrix reports managing day-to-day multi-program requirements. Represents program manager as delegated for some management responsibilities. Assists the selection and development of technical program employees.
- Guides the effective use of program/project resources including personnel, tools, and methods.
- Integrates business requirements to meet the needs of core and emerging markets.

**QUALIFICATIONS**:
**Minimum Qualifications**:

- Experience aligning customer needs with business competencies to drive growth in both existing programs and emerging markets.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively write technical reports and project proposals.
- Ability to be company spokesperson for key programs.
- Ability to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive Company and personal information.
- Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrating Ethics and Integrity
- Detail oriented with ability to complete tasks in timely manner.
- Expertise for related project management assignments highly desired.
- Applied technical engineering or manufacturing engineering experience.
- A broad knowledge of project management processes and principles.
- Mechanical / manufacturing background highly desirable.
- Ability to integrate complex engineering and production concepts and information with project management systems and processes.
- Advanced knowledge of business concepts and principles associated with project cost and forecasting including Earned Value, Baseline Change Control,
- Proven excellence in effective communication, interactive and presentation skills
- Desired experience on metal mechanic manufacturing environment
- Desired knowledge on large Air Handling units engineering or manufacturing.
- Desired PMI certification.
- Desired GBSS certification