Program Manager- Power Electronics

## Program Manager
- Power Electronics Apply:
Onsite:
Sidney, OH, USA:
Full time:
Posted Today:
JR119171
** About Us
** We are a global climate technologies company engineered for sustainability. We create sustainable and efficient residential, commercial and industrial spaces through HVACR technologies. We protect temperature-sensitive goods throughout the cold chain. And we bring comfort to people globally. Best-in-class engineering, design and manufacturing combined with category-leading brands in compression, controls, software and monitoring solutions result in next-generation climate technology that is built for the needs of the world ahead.

Whether you are a professional looking for a career change, an undergraduate student exploring your first opportunity, or recent graduate with an advanced degree, we have opportunities that will allow you to innovate, be challenged and make an impact. Join our team and start your journey today!#

Role Overview – Program Manager We are looking for a highly motivated Program Manager to join our Global HVAC Controls & Power Electronics Team. The Program Manager is accountable for successful end-to-end delivery of assigned programs, ensuring alignment across engineering, product, operations, and commercial teams to deliver on time, on budget, and achieve business objectives. This role bridges strategy and execution by balancing trade-offs across scope, schedule, cost, and resources, while ensuring realization of the program business case.
** Key Responsibilities
*** Program Ownership & Delivery
** Own end-to-end program accountability, including scope, schedule, cost, resources, and risk.
* Develop and manage project schedules, milestones, and deliverables
* Lead cross-functional program teams across Engineering, Product Management, Marketing, Sales, and Operations to deliver complex programs. Integrate regional and vertical perspectives to maintain strategic alignment
* Drive execution alignment across product, engineering, operations, and commercial functions, ensuring clear ownership and decision-making.
* Accountable for program-level decisions within approved scope, budget, and timeline
* Planning, Execution & Governance
** Drive execution through the Phase-Gate process, ensuring discipline at each stage
* Enforce scope governance by freezing and maintaining product scope at key stage-gates to prevent scope creep and delays
* Define and manage resource plans in coordination with functional leaders to ensure adequate staffing and program readiness
* Ensure adequate technical and manufacturing readiness levels (TRL/MRL) are achieved for product launch
* Identify risks, develop mitigation plans, and drive issue resolution
* Financial & Business Performance
** Manage cost plans, identify deviations, and drive corrective actions to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery
* Accountable for delivery against approved business case, including tracking gross margin, profitability, and return metrics
* Support financial planning and forecasting activities in collaboration with Finance
* Stakeholder Management & Communication
** Facilitate global cross-functional collaboration with internal and external stakeholders (e.g. contractors & vendors)
* Prepare and deliver executive-level communications on program status
* Report progress to senior leadership, escalate key risks and trade-offs, and maintain accountability for key milestones
* Escalates cross-program resource conflicts, strategic trade-offs, and major risks to Program Management Leader & Business Leadership
* Continuous Improvement
** Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance product development performance (e.g., time to market, execution efficiency)
* Utilize and improve lean program management methodologies
** Who…