Project Management Officer Job Kennesaw area,Georgia USA,Engineering

The Project Management Office (PMO) is seeking an eager, detail oriented, and skilled Hardware Project Manager to support New Product Development. This candidate should be a self-starter with a positive attitude, good communication skills, and is a creative problem solver.

Work Location

Manufacturing facility is located Kennesaw, GA. Position is considered hybrid; some on-site presence will be required; typically, 4 days onsite, 1 day remote (subject to vary locally).

Key Responsibilities

Managing multiple hardware projects (which include firmware and software team coordination)
Understanding, complying, and enforcing policies and procedures as outlined in the Stage Gate New Product Development Process
Creating and managing project plans and reporting dashboards
Managing resource budgets, project scope, on time project delivery KPI and product quality
Leading and coordinating the actions of project teams to produce deliverables agreed upon with executive and/or functional management
Leading regular project team meetings, working with internal and external resources
Project status reporting as required
Issue and risk management/mitigation
Escalations management
Create and apply practices and processes to develop new products and/or services for the Company

Required Qualifications

5+ years of Project Management experience in Electronics Hardware Development or Contract Manufacturing

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelors' degree in Engineering, Business, or related subject
Experience managing technical cross-functional teams including stakeholders such as HW Engineering, SW/FW Engineering, Production Test, IT, QA, Test & Integration and more
Competencies in:
Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Teams
Prior experience presenting to executive level stakeholders
Experience with PM tools (MS Project, Smartsheets, PowerBI etc.)
Experience in manufacturing environments, including conditions & constraints related to producing new products
Experience in R&D Hardware & Software Engineering environments, including conditions & constraints related to producing new product
Experience with sprint preparedness activities
Solid technical understanding and ability to assist in defining and refining requirements through a project lifecycle

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