Director, Global R&D Program Management

Key Responsibilities

• Build & Lead High-Functioning Teams: Consolidate existing NPD Program Managers into a unified team. Recruit additional Program Managers to support incremental NPD initiatives. Develop individual team members’ program management competencies.
• NPD Project Execution: Lead cross‑functional teams to successful launches of NPD machines, resulting in ready‑to‑serve products. Foster alignment and collaboration across multiple functional areas towards common business objectives. Continuously assess, redirect, and adjust teams to ensure product and project objectives are met.
• Deliver NPD Product & Project Results: Define clear project scope, deliverables, schedule, and financial targets before project execution. Achieve objectives for key NPD initiatives, including milestones, schedule adherence, product cost targets, and project cost targets. Conduct quality control on all major NPD projects to maintain high standards.
• Establish NPD Project Execution Standards, Playbook & Discipline: Develop, implement, and maintain a standards playbook across all product lines and projects, including scheduling management systems, work breakdown structures, critical path and dependency assessment tools, project status reporting processes and systems, and Agile approaches. Ensure disciplined adherence to Project Management execution play.
• Drive Stakeholder Alignment & Path Forward: Ensure consistent alignment across all stakeholders, including BWP leadership, internal functional departments, and customers, to keep projects on track with business goals. Provide clarity on key information, options, and decisions in complex situations and projects. Facilitate and drive effective conflict resolution. Exhibit exceptional communication skills across all levels and business disciplines.

Position requires domestic travel up to 40% of time, including to BW Paper systems manufacturing sites (in WI) for new product development launches, to BW corporate offices (in MO) for leadership meetings, and to customer sites for product launches. Limited (1‑2 times per year) international travel is required for meetings and customer visits.

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering field (or foreign degree equivalent).
• 8 years of relevant experience.
• 8 years of experience in each of the following:
  New Product Development and integration for product launch;
  Leading cross‑functional teams;
  Conducting product cost analysis and management;
  Tracking KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for production performance;
  Utilizing Program Management Software such as MS Project.

Salary Range: $154,425 – $220,000.

• Comprehensive Health Benefits
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Paid Time Off (PTO)

Barry‑Wehmiller is an equal opportunity employer. M/F/D/V. This organization uses E‑Verify. Applicants may be subject to pre‑employment screening which may include drug screening, reference checks, employment verifications, background screening and/or skills assessments. Please let us know if you require reasonable accommodations during the interview process.