Program Manager
On-siteCharlotte, North Carolina, United States
Job Summary
Lead cross-functional programs containing several related projects, ensuring successful outcomes through continuous oversight and indirect management of Project Managers within the NA organization. Manage overall planning, control, status reporting, and delivery across multiple functions to meet time, cost, and quality targets while developing and maintaining RACI charts. Lead global project teams, build stakeholder relationships, and drive projects toward defined results by managing scope, change requests, and risks. Develop yearly project budgets, establish executive scorecards, and facilitate steering team meetings to ensure alignment with strategic business objectives. Monitor geopolitical risks and implement continuous improvement recommendations while mentoring other PMO resources.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum of ten (10+) years of previous professional Project Management experience in new product development, testing, and/or manufacturing, including development of sourced finished goods products with overseas suppliers
- Experience and track record in project planning to include: planning project budgets and all projects' financials as well as the permanent monitoring of project costs and product costs
- Establishing realistic project timelines
- Creating Work Breakdown Structures
- Stakeholder management
- Risk management and mitigation
- Experience in leading projects aimed at new product development for a wide range of outdoor power equipment, consumer goods, and/or product and process improvement projects
- Experience in leading multi-cultural hybrid teams
- Professional project management certification (e.g. PMP)
- Experience with a stage gate project planning
- Change management
- Demonstrated ability to effectively influence without direct authority
- Knowledge of project management process and techniques, along with a demonstrated ability to identify process gaps, understand project priorities, set clear goals and targets, and independently lead projects and produce positive results
- Ability to effectively manage issues at the project and program level and proactively identify when issues may turn into a risk and need to be escalated to the Steering Team
- Monitor geopolitical risks impacting current and upcoming programs and projects
- Demonstrated ability to manage several types of complex projects concurrently
- Technical Knowledge of phase gate development process and detailed understanding of Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and developing project critical path
- Advanced proficiency level with MS Office software applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project)
- Ability to create dashboards and report project status and data to management concisely
- Familiarity with Husqvarna business systems and ways of working
- Excellent time management and follow-up skills
- Detail-oriented and demonstrated ability to effectively manage multiple priorities simultaneously and meet critical deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a demonstrated ability to professionally represent the project status to Steering Team
- Strong initiative and ability to be self-directed in completing tasks and function with minimal supervision
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated ability to be flexible and adaptive to internal processes and change, delays or unexpected events
- Ability to travel up to 10% to domestic and/or international sites
- Willingness to work extended hours due to alternate time zones, including overtime and weekends
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with a stage gate project planning
- Change management
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