Project Manager, Program ​/ Project Manager, Operations Manager

Project Manager – Energy Team

Location: Wilmington, MA, USA (Hybrid onsite expectation)

The Data Center and Energy (DCE) Division’s purpose is to engineer a decarbonized, cleaner, and more sustainable electrified future. The division is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead teams working on the development of new solutions for the Energy Conversion, Energy Management, Energy Storage, and Data Center markets.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with functional stakeholders such as Marketing, Engineering, and Manufacturing to develop a clear definition for the project that meets market requirements and internal company goals.
• Ensure that the appropriate level of due diligence is applied to the business justification for a project prior to the project entering the development phase.
• Develop the execution plan for the project, including the schedule, staffing plan, risk analysis and mitigation plan, and budget in support of project goals.
• Oversee the successful execution of the plan: manage the project bounding box; schedule, scope, budget and staffing, and full factory cost (FFC) to ensure the project stays on track and within budgetary commitments.
• Continually evaluate project risks and take appropriate action to mitigate.
• Work closely with functional team leads to ensure project deliverables and dependencies are being met.
• Coordinate the day‑to‑day project activities, priorities, meetings and communications, ensuring alignment across all cross‑functional teams while optimizing performance at a project level.
• Serve as the focal point for project communications, compiling regular project status for all stakeholders and effectively escalating critical issues and risks as necessary.
• Ensure the project is developed in compliance with specified internal, customer or industry standards, processes and procedures.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement by ensuring post‑release lessons learned activities for the project are completed.
• Serve as a champion for advancing Project Management best practices and new methodology.
• Ensure that the project schedule is maintained and key project milestones (POC, samples and release date) are achieved.
• Coordinate the qualification/reliability requirements of the project, including overseeing the qualification schedule and handling of the test results in the event of failure.
• Manage project change requests that may fundamentally impact the schedule and/or cost of the project, identify and monitor out‑of‑bounds conditions, and issue PEP (Project Exception Process) reviews and project cancellations if warranted.
• Track and record in the PLE Tool the performance of the project to key milestones.
• Manage project resource forecasts in the RCM tool to manage resourcing allocations and identify any potential gaps.
• Work directly and closely with key customers, scheduling and chairing regular meetings and delivering project updates, traveling to customer sites for reviews as required.
• Work directly with Manufacturing and contract manufacturers to ensure quality, speed, scalability, and cost‑resulting consistency/resiliency in meeting rapidly increasing customer demand.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline.
• Minimum of 8 years of industry experience, with 5+ years in an Engineering Project/Program Manager role working with large multinational companies.
• Significant background in full hardware, software, and mechanical systems design & development.
• Significant experience working with Manufacturing organizations and contract manufacturers on high‑volume system products.
• PMP or other accreditation and experience with the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK) is a plus.
• Proven success in leading cross‑functional teams through influence.
• Experience with multi‑site, multi‑geographical development is desired.
• Strong planning and organizational skills; able to set and manage priorities, adapt to change, drive progress of activities, issues, risks, and deliverables to closure through close coordination with multiple groups.
• Problem‑solving ability with quick assessment of situations and decisive, timely decisions.
• Creative and innovative mindset, willingness to explore new…