Project Leader – New Product Development (NPD)

Key Responsibilities

• Drives overall project from concept to mass production, coordinating with cross-functional team and motivating them to accomplish project objectives.
• Responsible for meeting cost, schedule, and performance targets during project execution.
• Establishes and reinforces strong culture within project team.
• Holds team members accountable for individual responsibilities during project.
• Recognizes when escalation is needed, then effectively escalates to leadership.
• Creates and tracks schedules and facilitates and documents project meetings.
• Consistently visualizes entire scope of a project with very little guidance.
• Effectively tracks project risks.
• Led tradeoff discussions with product management and other cross-functional team members.
• Demonstrates effective negotiation skills to reach a compromise when needed.
• Presents project updates, risks, and business cases to leadership.
• Safeguards component delivery via close coordination with US/Asia sourcing and supply chain teams.
• Captures build readiness planning throughout the development process with cross-functional departments.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or related field
• Minimum 5 years of experience in related field
• Strong understanding of electromechanical systems, materials, and manufacturing processes
• Results driven and deadline orientated
• Able to manage projects with extreme ownership to aggressive schedules and results
• Able to handle fast paced, and agile culture
• Able to adapt to constant change and competing priorities
• Excellent problem identification and resolution skills
• Experience working on cross-functional teams
• Thrives in a collaborative work environment
• Ability to develop and nurture productive business relationships, and influence and educate internal team members and external suppliers
• Strong analytical, communication, and project leadership skills
• 3-10% travel is required