Senior Manager, Project Engineering

About the role

A Day in Your Life at MKS: We are seeking a Sr. Manager, Project Engineering, who will lead the management and execution of cross-functional Product Development Process (PDP) projects collaborating with internal and external stakeholders and customers.

Responsibilities

• Embracing and embodying positive organizational cultural change, including modeling positive, effective mindsets and behaviors and mentoring and guiding junior technical and professional staff.
• Delivering Product Development Process (PDP) programs and projects against scope, schedule, cost, resources, and quality.
• Delivering other assigned programs and projects.
• Collaborating with internal and external cross functional stakeholders and customers to gather and analyze requirements for PDP and Project Management (PM) planning and execution.
• Collaborating closely with internal and external stakeholders and customers throughout the PDP during project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closing phases.
• Creating and managing the project master plan and schedule throughout the PDP.
• Proactively anticipating and identifying problems (“looking around corners”) during PDP planning and project execution and implementing solutions to those problems.
• Utilizing and leveraging existing PDP and PM processes and systems to communicate program and project status and provide transparency to internal and external stakeholders, management, and executives that enables data driven decision making.
• Implementing and participating in improving organization PM and Project Portfolio Management (PPM) methodology, processes, practices, governance and escalation including KPIs and standard reports and dashboards.
• Recommending and participating in adoption of technology solutions that enhance PM capabilities.
• Participating in organization Continuous Improvement efforts.
• Ability to take and follow directions and instructions.
• Ability to interact with other employees, customers, suppliers, vendors, or the public, in a safe, professional, and respectful manner.
• Access to sensitive and confidential business systems and software, personally identifying information, the company’s financial information, and/or the ability to maintain physical security and safety.
• Because this position involves the above material job duties, trustworthiness, reliability, and good judgment also are material job duties.
• Ability