Program Manager – Advanced Diesel Generator Team
Glacier Bay (www.glacierbay.com) is an 18 year old green technology leader and innovator. We are developing technologies for improved energy efficiency and power management. Our solutions focus on integrated systems and the development remarkable products that are smaller and significantly more efficient compared to collections of commercially-available, off-the-shelf components provided by competitors.
We have a strong history developing diesel generators with world-class efficiency and power density for its hybrid-electric marine propulsion systems (www.ossapowerlite.com). We are currently developing the next generation of advance land-based generators and are seeking a Program Manager for our team. Candidates must have extensive program management experience to successfully.
Responsibilities Include:
- Lead, coordinate, and facilitate the planning and execution of our customer-funded new products using New Product Introduction (NPI) methodologies
- Develop aggressive, but realistic schedules with engineering managers, development partners and customers
- Drive on-time delivery milestones, communicate project status, identify risks as well as recommend contingency plans, when appropriate
- Manage the dynamics of product development, both at a subsystem and system integration level.
- Manage and track program budgets, reporting status to executives, engineering managers and customers
- Impart constructive influence to engineering teams through careful task analysis, risk and resource assessments, and negotiation with the appropriate managers
- Ensure that projects have necessary staff to successfully achieve all program goals and deliverables
- Maintain a consistent tactical oversight on business effectiveness and initiate process improvements, as needed
- Specifically focus on the effectiveness of engineering disciplines and development of deliverables, including specifications, design analysis, documentation, prototype design verification testing, design for manufacturability/test/cost, design release to manufacturing and technology transfer
- Utilize Intuitive 8.1 ERP System
Additional Responsibilities:
- Coordinate program activities by preparing meeting agendas, coordinating meetings, writing meeting minutes, tracking action items, preparing presentations, conducting reviews and issue escalation
- Successfully identify and pro-actively manage issues and opportunities that arise during the course of initiatives and programs execution
Preferred Experience:
- Previous Program Management experience with the Department of Defense contracts
- Previous experience leading engineering hardware product developments
- Familiarity with a broad range of technologies
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including listening, giving and receiving feedback, counseling and coaching, negotiation and conflict management
- Experience facilitating a collaborative, problem-solving approach with cross functional teams
- Proven track record of on-time/on-budget delivery
- Strong presentation skills
- Excellent analytical skills to successfully understand strategic issues, goals, and objectives in a broad enterprise context
- Identify and mitigate risk at the program and enterprise level.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
- 10 years of engineering experience
- 5 plus years of program management experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong project leadership, planning, tracking skills
- Knowledge of program management tools, including MS Project
- Self motivated with a proven record to motivate and successfully lead others
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