Director- Program Management, Global req

Director
- Program Management, Global

Work Mode: Onsite

Location: Onsite – Kohler, WI

The Director-Program Management is a key role within the Global Program Management team and part of the Global Product Innovation (GPI) organization, responsible for bringing multiple, and often complex, products to global markets. In alignment with the GPI and regional strategic plans, the Dir-Global Program Management is responsible for owning, driving and executing the program of NPD projects of a category or categories across targeted regions (North America, China, India, LATAM and APAC), and implementing the global product and channel marketing initiatives.

This individual should be an energetic leader who thrives in a dynamic, growing, fast‑paced, team‑oriented, and collaborative environment. Someone who is capable of and motivated by partnering with leadership in long‑range planning and driving the executive of new product development. The Director-Global Program Management will manage a group of professional project leaders based across the different regional centers of excellence (which may be single or multi region including North America, China, and India) coordinating cross functional product development, product improvement and migration projects in line with the five‑year New Product Schedule.

Project leaders and teams may be in disparate geographic locations and this leadership role requires strong relationships and communication skills to coordinate onsite and remote work with teams across the globe. Must have multiple years of experience working and living in multiple regions. Able to function in a high matrixed organization with an ability to navigate the grey to drive results.

Product Strategy, New Product Schedule and product roadmaps:

• Work with global and regional marketing teams to help develop a New Product Schedule (NPS), aligned to business strategy, that helps drive growth, profitability and vitality.
• Lead the creation of a program of new projects over a rolling five-year period for a category or categories.
• Deliver a program of new projects to global markets to time, cost and quality whilst minimizing the use of company resources.

Leadership:

• Lead a team of global project managers that may be based across multiple locations around the world.
• Identify and communicate the actions needed to implement the category / categories new product development plans across functions and stakeholders.
• Manage complex assessments of business resources (including capital and development expenses, cross functional team members and 3rd party resources) and determine business priorities, working with business leaders, to deliver positive outcomes.
• Supervise and coordinate day-to-day project activities, developing a business vision, and implementing corporate values.
• Mobilize and align the organization, including driving decision making to execute against business strategy and meet deliverables on key programs.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Identify potential issues and leads contingency planning and problem-solving by applying appropriate analytical tools and techniques.

Budget management and KPI’s:

• Work with finance to create budget plans for both capital and development expenses and track and deliver activities to agreed targets.
• Continuously monitor and analyze new product development performance relative to cost objectives, operating expense budgets, and development expense budgets; recommend corrective budget changes to maintain optimum operating efficiency.
• Oversee the development of Program Management methodology including key metrics and dashboards.
• Manage and report on performance within the area of responsibility, set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports and hold individuals accountable for achieving them.
• Work with category marketing and finance partners to ensure…