Project Manager - Aviation Services (Web/Mobile/Cloud)

Overview
We are seeking a full-time Project Managerin our Olathe, KS location. In this role, you will be responsible for providing project management and coordination for moderately complex projects between project team and other departments in the development of Garmin products.
Essential Functions

• Applies project management skills on moderately complex projects or tasks, including understanding and communicating milestones, timelines, and project decisions
• Provisions the timely documentation of clear project scope [i.e. detailed assumptions, requirements (internal, external, regulatory), objectives/targets, validation needs, resource estimates, costs, and timing]
• Leads effective and efficient team meetings, ensures team members/stakeholders are appropriately informed, and communicates project tradeoffs and decisions to ensure forward moving progress of the project
• Supports creation and maintenance of complex timelines and milestone tracking
• Applies project metrics and risk management principles to identify and mitigate potential schedule impacting items
• Drives the overall progress of assigned projects towards completion, using good judgment in determining when to escalate issues to management
• May perform as a project leader on small to mid-size projects
• Leverages understanding of product domain to support concept/new feature development efforts
• Ensures accurate project reporting and consistently provides clear and accurate project documentation
• Develops good relationships between the development team(s), other Garmin teams/departments and external entities (e.g. customers, suppliers, etc) and identifies/resolves possible conflicts
• Creates processes and releases GPNs, BOMs and ECOs within established processes
• Collaborates and participates in design reviews by providing input, feedback, and process improvement suggestions
• Provides reliable solutions to a variety of problems using sound problem solving techniques including support of root cause and corrective actions for given problems
• Demonstrates full use of accepted standards, procedures, tools and requirements as they relate to project management and product segment
• Demonstrates good customer communication skills, including but not limited to handling difficult conversations and negotiating with the customer for reasonable delivery targets
• Completes PPAP and APQP documentation requirements to meet customer expectations with limited support or mentoring
• Supports working hours as needed to best align with project development needs - resources will be treated as on-call for customer depending on customers working hours
• Develops and maintains a detailed project budget, product costs, staffing plan, and change request register

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline AND a minimum of 2 years relevant experience OR an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule)
• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Demonstrated proficiency using and applying engineering and project management tools
• Demonstrated understanding of production and operations issues as they relate to engineering project management
• Must be positive, detail oriented, organized, team oriented and a driven problem solver, multi-tasker, and self-starter with the ability to prioritize and lead projects in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment
• Ability to deal with confidential company matters
• Proficient computer skills in MS Office Suite (Microsoft Word, Excel, Project and PowerPoint)

Desired Qualifications

• Outstanding academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.5 as a general rule)
• Relevant knowledge, experience and/or training in avionics systems, software engineering, and/or aviation

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran's status, age or disability.
This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits