Project Manager

New Product Development

• Lead cross-functional teams to develop and deliver new products for customers.
• Create and own project plans and contribute to the product definitions.
• Motivate and direct staff to execute project plans and follow Schneider Electric design process.
• Initiate all project, design, cost, DFA/DFM, safety, and other reviews to ensure schedule, cost, and quality goals are met.
• Coordinate on-time development, manufacture, and delivery of quality products to market.

• Manage projects involving department or cross-functional teams focused on the delivery of a product from concept to launch
• Identify root causes of problems, offer options and solutions to resolve issues
• Handle multiple projects simultaneously (up to three or more in various states of execution)

• Build trust and consensus for effective project collaboration.
• Work Independently with little or no supervision
• Advance corporate competencies and processes through continuous improvement activities

• Create and own project plans (schedule, resources) to meet project expectations and to ensure quality, on-time delivery
• Coordinate all support activities to meet new product contract deliverables
• Maintain a risk register to co-ordinate, record and manage potential issues and follow mitigation plans through to completion.

• Report status of project activity to all stakeholders (e.g., management, support functions, customers, etc.)
• Communicate and manage changes in project scope to departmental and cross functional teams
• Be responsible for project metrics for schedule, cost, quality, customer satisfaction

• Interface with Cross-functional teams and with Corporate project office to continuously improve the lean new product development processes
• Implement and support organizational, workload, and process changes
• Contribute towards performance reviews in partnership with functional managers

• Technical degree in engineering or computer science, advanced degree preferred
• PMP Project Management Professional credential preferred

• More than 3 years of project management
• Power electronics background and development experience preferred
• Leadership in managing embedded system design
• Experience in hardware product development and launch to IT, commercial, or industrial markets

• Customer focused with good relationship building and conflict resolution skills.
• Excellent leadership, communications, listening, conflict management and interpersonal skills
• Effective time management and organizational skills; ability to manage or be a team player on several projects within a fast-paced work environment.
• Ability to deal with and to support organizational, workload, and process changes
• Resourcefulness in times of project stress
• Highly motivated and an independent leader
• Good written and oral presentation skills and the ability to communicate ideas effectively to senior management.
• Excellent decision-making and ability to thrive in a dynamic environment.