Program Manager

What you will do

As a Program Manager, you will be responsible for managing global new product development programs through the stage-gate development process for the Chiller Product Business Unit. You will utilize your technical expertise and program management knowledge to independently lead programs with minimal supervision and will be considered knowledgeable on matters related to program management.

This role will be based at the JCI engineering and manufacturing site in Wuxi, China. How you will do it:

• Lead cross-functional and globally distributed teams through JCI’s stage-gate development process.
• Initiate, plan, and execute programs to deliver benefits according to established targets for budget, quality, performance, and time to market.
• Lead teams through scope discovery and decomposition to develop detailed execution and resource plans.
• Manage and optimize the collaboration of core, extended and support team members, contractors, or consultants to ensure programs are delivered as planned.
• Coach, mentor, and motivate project team members to take positive action and accountability for assigned work.
• Create and deliver progress reports, presentations and project status updates via project scoreboards/dashboards, management reviews, and project team meetings.
• Proactively identify and resolve significant risks and issues within the project team and escalate material concerns with clear impact and recommendations.
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path(s).
• Develop and maintain integrated schedules, resource plans, risk registers, and recovery plans.
• Drive gate readiness by ensuring required deliverables, key assumptions, risks, open items, and resource needs are aligned before formal gate reviews.
• Collaborate with other program managers, functional managers, and executive leadership to accomplish program objectives.
• Leverage best practices to improve project execution and management. What we look for: Required
• Bachelor of Science (BS) in Engineering or related field with 5+ years of experience in project/program management and/or leading technical teams/projects in a functional management role.
• Demonstrated ability to independently lead cross-functional product development programs with minimal supervision.
• Experience creating and managing integrated schedules, assigning project tasks, facilitating project meetings, managing risks, and formulating resource plans.
• Experience overseeing onsite and online/remote project teams across different functions and regions.
• Experience leading global cross-functional teams across multiple regions and cultures.
• Practical experience with project management planning tools (such as Microsoft Project) and the Microsoft O365 software suite.
• Ability to travel (10% or less) domestically or internationally.
• Familiarity with stage-gate development. Ideal or Preferred
• Three or more years of direct experience independently leading projects through stage-gate product development.
• Knowledge of or direct experience within the HVAC industry.
• PMP certification.
• Experience using collaboration platforms (e.g. Microsoft Teams) and work management platforms (e.g. Daptiv, Planview, Smartsheet, Wrike).