Innovation Project Manager

• Coordinates activities related to developing project charters

• Initiates and manages Stage Gate approved work streams

• Organizes/Facilitates Project Coordination Meetings

• Escalates to PMO Director on project scope, time frame, and resources as needed

• Maintains detailed project plans, and real-time project updates, tracking and reporting on project status

• Ensures all projects are appropriately resourced to meet timeline expectations

• Manages assigned project resources to meet project milestones and deliver completed projects on time

• Assigns resource tasks and daily resource management

• Resolves timing conflicts (prioritize daily activity of assigned resources as needed)

• Works with other managers to achieve efficiencies across integration of projects

• Ensures on time completion of work

• Identifies risk, opportunities for risk mitigation and ensures timely communication when timelines are at risk

• Performs other duties as assigned

Education/ Certifications: (Required & Preferred)

• AA degree required, BS/BA degree preferred in Project Management, Business or Supply Chain

• PMP Certification - completed or in process

• 2+ years of related project management experience (R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality Assurance)

Skills and Experience: 

• Strong background managing multiple projects simultaneously within scope, timing & resource expectations

• Strong communication skills across all levels of leadership and employees

• Demonstrated ability to partner on cross-functional teams 

• Ability to deal with the ambiguity of innovation and guide projects to successful conclusion

• Strong influencing skills both internally and externally – ability to motivate others

• Ability to identify resources and align/coordinate/prioritize resource workloads

• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills with a continuous improvement mindset

• Ability to utilize/design/implement complex process improvements

• Self-directed with an ability to organize, plan, prioritize

• Able to perform cost/benefit analysis

• Strong understanding of business process design and procedures

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills

• Strong PC skills, to include Word, PowerPoint and Excel

• Working knowledge of LW Systems is a plus

• Working knowledge of Salesforce is a plus

• Experience with project management software and familiarity with PLM Systems is a plus

• Experience with global projects a plus

Physical Environment/Demands:

• Incumbent may sit for long periods of time at desk or computer terminal

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required tosit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.  

• Incumbent may use calculators, keyboards, telephone and other office equipment in the course of normal workday

• Stooping, bending, twisting and reaching may be required in completion of job duties

• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds and to stand, walk, bend, stoop, twist and turn frequently.