R&D Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager, R&D

You've discovered something special. A company that cares. Cares about leading the way in construction, engineering, manufacturing and renewable energy. Cares about redefining how energy is designed, applied and consumed. Cares about thoughtfully growing to meet market demands. And - as ""one of the Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America"" - is focused on the mind / body / soul of team members through our Culture of Care. The Senior Project Manager, R&D will work closely with the cross-functional teams to ensure projects have the proper resource allocation, develop timelines, manage project budgets along with monthly forecasts, communicate progress and status, and execute in the agreed-upon timelines, cost and quality performance metrics. Project may span across all divisions of FTI. Project teams will be comprised of internal personnel and / or OEM / supplier resources assigned to plan and execute plans. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of successfully managing projects leveraging a highly defined, stage-gated product development process or solution delivery process from concept to commercialization, and experience in leading, motivating, and managing technically based cross-functional teams in accomplishing projects with notable impact(s) on company objectives. The Senior Project Manager is expected to help drive adherence to and serve as a subject matter expert for the product development process (PDP). This role will work, in coordination with the Director, to develop and maintain dashboards, reporting, templates and tools as well as work with project team members to identify opportunities for improvement (i.e., process, templates, tools, etc.) and promote standardization of project management practices.

Minimum Requirements

• Education : Bachelor's Degree in Management, Project Management, Engineering, Analytics, or a related field is required. Master's preferred.
• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) required.
• Experience : Minimum of 20 years of demonstrated Project Management experience. Experience with stage-gate Product Development Process (PDP), Product Lifecycle Management, and Solution Delivery Process (SDP) preferred. Lean Six Sigma certification or experience preferred. Change management certification or experience preferred.
• Recent experience managing projects of medium to large size with medium to high complexity.
• Management of medium-to-large project teams.
• Managing and controlling project budgets between $500k - $2M.
• Experience interacting with Executive Leadership.

Travel : 15- 20%

Work Schedule : This position works between the hours of 7 AM and 5 PM, Monday- Friday. However, work may be performed at any time on any day of the week to meet business needs.

Key Responsibilities