Senior Manager, R&D Project Management, North America

3 weeks ago

St Paul, United States Uponor North America Full time

As Senior Manager, R&D Project Management, North America you will be responsible for the overall project management function for new Product Development in NA. Providing leadership, managing and improving of project management processes and functions. Providing transparent project status and managing communication across the organization. Identifying and managing actively risks with contingency plans and mitigating activities. Continuously improve OTIF of projects by encouraging organization to achieve goals on time, within budget and to expected quality criteria. In addition to personally managing some projects, this position supervises one team of project managers in NA.

You will also manage the development and evolution of project management policies and is responsible for the overall quality of processes and service delivery within the NA organization.

What will you do:

  • Delegates and prioritizes individual or team projects to enable business strategy in BLD-NA across defined categories. Participates and provides strategy feedback through key KPIs. Tracks the execution of program and individual project success criteria and objectives in the responsible region.
  • Models our Uponor values and behaviors to engage diverse audiences among the project management teams.
  • Exercises judgement and makes decisions in partnership with key stakeholders within focused area of functional responsibility.
  • Manages Project Management budget.
  • Sets individual or team performance objectives that are aligned with the function strategy to drive high performance. Evaluates and measures performance consistent with the high performance standards set by the organization.
  • Negotiates shared objectives with cross functional team members.
  • Guides technical review of system design and documentation.
  • Follows all established guidelines for proper execution and documentation.
  • Serves as a project manager himself/herself and provides project management services to projects.
What will you need:
  • Bachelor of Science or Engineering from an accredited institution is required. Masters or MBA is preferred.
  • Eight or more years of experience in an enterprise-sized PMO is required with experience managing projects or programs at a portfolio level.
  • 10+ years of project management experience with medium and large projects is required.
  • Ability to lead and manage cross-functional resources is required.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills are required.
  • Project or program management experience in a manufacturing environment is preferred.
  • Five or more years of experience with using Microsoft Project or equivalent project management software tools is preferred.
  • Ability to be a persuasive leader who can serve as an effective member of the leadership team and communicate project management and business analysis related concepts to a broad range of employees
What will you get:
  • Onboarding: With an onboarding program tailored to you, we welcome you to Uponor
  • Work-life balance: We support your work-life balance with flexible working hours, different working time models and mobile working
  • Personnel development: We take care of your personal development, work out a customized development plan and promote you further with individual trainings


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