The R&D Project Managers is a key role of the Technology and Product Development (TPD) Team that delivers forward leaning technology, products, and solutions to the research and development initiatives. The ideal R&D Project Manager possesses a strong working knowledge of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) as well as traditional project management skills. An R&D Project manager owns cost and schedule performance for a portfolio of projects and delivers monthly reports on each project to TPD leadership. This role works directly with project, technical and product leadership within the engineering team to achieve project outcomes on schedule, in scope and on budget. Additionally, this role is the primary interface to support groups outside of engineering like finance, procurement, and subcontracts for each project. The TPD team is executing a complex R&D strategy to serve business needs across the globe. R&D project managers ensure we meet that challenge on time and on budget.
Ability to manage multiple projects with complex funding profiles
Perform all budget and forecasting related activities for projects across the portfolio
Strategize with leaders to develop best practices for the project management process
Execute the project review cycle process
Align project resources to project budget and schedule
Ensure skills of engineering resources aligned to execution needs
Work with TPD Product Management team to ensure product need and roadmap are aligned to budget
Identify and mitigate risks to schedule and costs
Monitor and control the billing milestones schedule to include intercompany purchase orders
Develop and maintain deliverables, KPMs & OKRs per TPD execution cadence
Drive all purchasing with the D&S procurement team for the assigned projects
Participate in the Scaled Agile Process by attending project team events
Responsible for Control Account Management (CAM) duties for assigned projects in the context of SAFe execution
Interface with business functions outside of engineering for reporting and process compliance
Identify opportunities to streamline and improve processes in TPD
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- Bachelors degree in engineering or technical area, may be waived with PMP Certification & prior experience.
- 5 years of working experience
- 2 years as a PM
- Agile (SAFe preferred)
- JIRA or AzureDevOps
- Responsible for project financials: acruals, forecasting, staffing/resourcing, driving demand
- Excel and other tools for financial management
- Excellent interpersonal, collaboration and communication skills.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to travel < 20%.
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.