Sr Engineering Project Manager

The Manager of the PMO leads the New Product Introduction (NPI) team, overseeing the managing of projects that meet customer expectations, resulting in on-time & on-budget project execution. These are complex, high-profile programs. As the primary customer contact, you support all aspects of the customer program / project, lead internal multi-discipline project teams managing product development & production team activities, program schedules, budgets, scope, and the overall metrics to meet program / project objectives.

Primary Responsibilities :

• Partner with the Sales Team to develop estimates and proposals for new business opportunities as well as proposals and addendums for follow-on work with existing customers.
• Lead customer interactions for individual programs, with a strong focus on customer expectation management.
• Develop and maintain multiple project plans, schedules, and meeting notes to communicate program status to customer(s) and internal teams.
• Direct and coordinate program activities (schedule adherence, program budget, plan tracking, milestones, scope changes, design-to-cost objectives, plan updates, and weekly team meetings) while leading personnel responsible for specific functions throughout the life cycle phases of program.
• Guide successful completion of projects through collaboration with Development, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality and Regulatory Affairs Departments as well as outside consultants and suppliers.
• Responsible for overall coordination of all cross-functional activities.
• Provide continuous identification, monitoring, and mitigation of project risk.
• Appropriately escalate issues to management and leadership.
• Identify and execute opportunities for continuous process improvement in product development and manufacturing processes.
• Mentor other Program Managers within the group.
• Identify innovative opportunities to add value to individual customers' programs and products and provide value beyond defined project scope and constraints.

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