New Product Development (Pm)

Responsibilities:

• Plan, document, and provide project status reports on each project assigned by management. Ensure that project plans are based on complete specifications and customer expectations.
• Maintain project schedule, monitor progress against the schedule, and guide project decision-making to adhere to schedule targets. Guides and resolves resource conflicts and coordinates with functional managers and customers/partners to insure on-time completion of deliverables.
• Assess project risk in key areas (budget, schedule, quality/functionality, and cost) throughout the project. Communicate risks to the team and project stakeholders and coordinate mitigation activities.
• Accountable for team’s performance to project targets of schedule, project cost, product cost, feature completeness, and product quality. This includes understanding and managing technology, systems, and resources.
• Communicate effectively across all levels of the organization. Negotiate and track changes to project scope and targets.
• Maintain and consistently report program performance metrics to leadership.
• Approve all project expenditures and report on variances as the program progresses.
• Develop and maintain strong customer relationships built on Performance and Integrity.
• Maintain a clear focus on customer service throughout any activities – helping to balance the needs of the organization with the needs of the customer.
• Communicate decisions to the team regarding direction and objectives in a way that maximizes ownership and progress toward goals.
• Provides leadership to project teams through motivation, influence, and coaching of team members – focusing on encouragement and empowerment.
• Leverage deep knowledge of organizational roles and responsibilities to continually evolve business processes and procedures that focus on people over process.

Qualifications

Position requirements include:

• BS degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) related field or equivalent experience required
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience leading New Product Development
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience leading teams in a direct report or matrixed environment.
• Strong computer skills, highly proficient using standard PM tools including MS Office, Project, and Outlook.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in a fast paced production environment focused on multiplying the efforts of skilled labor through strategic automation
• Prior M&A integration experience highly preferred
• PMI PMP certification or PDMA NPDP certification.
• Product Line Management experience - demonstrated ability to manage entire product life cycle from New Product Development through end of life including revenue forecasting – basic P&L responsibility.
• Requirements gathering, analysis, tracking, and systems engineering
• Experience with products requiring domestic and international agency approvals
• Six Sigma certification