Senior Hardware Technical Program Manager

Overview

At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working. United by curiosity and a culture of caring, we develop smart solutions that anticipate our customer's and partner's needs and solve their challenges.

Being part of Zebra Nation means you are seen, heard, valued, and respected. Drawing from our unique perspectives, we collaborate to deliver on our purpose. Here you are part of a team pushing boundaries today to redefine the work of tomorrow for organizations, their employees, and those they serve.

You'll have opportunities to learn and lead in a forward-thinking environment, defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes you care about – locally and globally.

Come make an impact every day at Zebra.

You will be on the front line of emerging Machine Vision and RFID technology. The Hardware Technical Program Manager is responsible for leading cross‑functional product teams of Electronics, Mechanical, and Software Engineering, Product Test and Operations. You will own the product development from initial concept to deployment.

A Technical Program Manager meets complex program goals for product performance, quality goals, regulatory compliance requirements, cost, schedule, and development budget. Also responsible for working with Product Management, Marketing, and Experience Designers to define the product, solidify the business case, and author the product and experience specifications. Given our multitude of design and development partners, participates in negotiations involving Business Development and Legal.

Location:

This role is required to be onsite in Holtsville, NY (Hybrid – minimum of 3 days in office per week).

• Recognized team leader of cross‑functional, globally distributed, innovative teams in numerous locations and time zones
• Ability to translate customer problems into solution requirements.
• Execute multiple projects simultaneously or a large program, utilizing modern project management methodologies to ensure maximum project effectiveness.
• Organize and present business, technical and program status to Senior Leadership using digital media, dashboards and JIRA project management tools.
• Engage in strategic partnerships with technology companies that are developing solution elements that add value to your business.
• Independently engage additional resources as needed to address obstacles or delays, considering scope, schedule and budget, adjusting the project with minimal impact to the business.
• Drive execution of solutions inclusive of concept definition, requirements validation, architecture specification, and governance compliance to our Product Development Lifecycle Management framework.
• Align development engineers, including electrical, mechanical, regulatory and manufacturing operations team members to a common goal.
• Collaborate with Agile product owners, scrum master or release train engineer to align the hardware and software product elements.
• Lead system creation, integration planning, release management, and planning for demonstrations, proof of concepts and pilots.
• Lead creating cross‑functional work streams and driving execution for sales enablement, development and deployment.
• Independently build relationships and work across all relevant areas of the solution business including Sales, Services, IT, Finance, Marketing, Product, Engineering and Support.
• Work independently with the business in defining proof of value and customer’s return on investment.
• Independently execute to program plan and budgets for multiple, large projects; recommend corrective actions, implement changes, identify and mitigate risks; develop and implement risk mitigation plans.
• Motivate a project team to ensure solutions are reliable and of quality, in a highly collaborative fashion.
• Personally anticipate and address obstacles or issues that are significant in severity and escalates complex issues to management for assistance.
• Limited supervision by management is expected in this position for complex or novel problems. May coach level 1 or level 2 Program Managers.
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