Product Development Program Manager

Description

Program manager role based at the engineering and manufacturing site in Dublin, Ireland, supporting the Chiller Product Business Unit.

You will run new product development programs through the stage-gate process and work with some supervision, acting as a go-to source on program management.

The company is hiring for this role. Reference code: AVRIL.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams spread across regions through the stage-gate process.
• Start, plan and deliver programs against targets for budget, quality, performance and time to market.
• Break down scope and lead teams to build detailed execution and resource plans.
• Coordinate core, extended and support team members, plus contractors and consultants, so programs stay on plan.
• Identify and manage dependencies and the critical path.
• Find and resolve significant risks and issues early within the team.
• Coach and motivate team members to take ownership of their work.
• Produce progress reports, presentations and status updates through scoreboards, dashboards, management reviews and team meetings.
• Work with other program managers, functional managers and executive leaders to meet program goals.
• Apply good practice to improve how projects are run.

Requirements

• Required: a bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field, plus 3 years of project management or leading technical teams in a functional management role.
• Required: experience building schedules, assigning tasks, running project meetings and forming resource plans.
• Required: experience managing onsite and remote project teams across functions.
• Required: hands-on use of planning tools such as Microsoft Project and the Microsoft 365 suite.
• Required: willingness to travel up to 10% of the time within Europe or internationally to meet team members, stakeholders and remote staff.
• Required: familiarity with stage-gate development.
• Preferred: one or more years of direct experience running projects through stage-gate product development.
• Preferred: knowledge of or direct experience in the HVAC industry.
• Preferred: experience with collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams and work management platforms such as Daptiv, Planview, Smartsheet or Wrike.

Conditions

Based in Dublin, Ireland, at the engineering and manufacturing site.

Hybrid working arrangement.

Travel of up to 10% within Europe or internationally.