Senior Technical Project Manager

Schneider Electric - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Senior

Seattle, WA

Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing

About the position

As a Senior Technical Project Manager, you will play a pivotal role in our team focused on designing and building a portfolio of energy products tailored to meet the residential and solar needs of prosumers. This position is based in Richmond, BC, Canada, and requires a positive, results-driven, and collaborative individual who is highly motivated to lead projects to successful completion. Your primary responsibility will be the final delivery of programs through meticulous planning and execution of activities that align with program goals while maximizing return on investment within the constraints of budget, performance, and schedule. In this role, you will manage the relationship between the program team and all cross-functional areas critical to the success of the program. You will coordinate, facilitate, and drive the efforts and design recommendations of the project team, as well as key stakeholder contacts. Your expertise in planning and monitoring will be essential as you direct all planning activities and monitor the cross-functional team's efforts to meet program goals and deliverables. You will establish comprehensive program plans that include projections of required resources such as effort, duration, cost, personnel, facilities, and equipment. You will own the schedule, budget, and product cost, ensuring that all activities are managed within the given and dynamic constraints. Your comfort with planning program schedules using agile techniques and MS Project will be crucial. Additionally, you will define and create work breakdown structures, milestones, internal and external dependencies, and duration estimations while tracking the project using both waterfall and agile approaches. Reporting will be a key aspect of your role, as you will provide periodic updates on program status and progress to management. You will also perform risk reviews, manage a risk register to anticipate potential issues, and define and implement risk mitigation plans, following through to completion. Ensuring the quality and integrity of products and program deliverables will be your responsibility, making your attention to detail and commitment to excellence vital to the success of the projects you oversee.

Responsibilities

• Manage the relationship between the program team and all cross-functional areas critical to the success of the program.
• Coordinate, facilitate, and drive the effort and design recommendations of the project team and key stakeholders.
• Direct all planning and monitor the activities of the cross-functional team required to meet program goals/deliverables.
• Establish program plans, including projections of required resources (effort, duration, cost, personnel, facilities, and equipment).
• Own schedule, budget, and product cost while managing within the given and dynamic constraints.
• Plan program schedules using agile techniques and MS Project.
• Define and create work breakdown structure, milestones, internal/external dependencies, efforts, and duration estimation.
• Track the project using both waterfall and agile approaches.
• Provide periodic reports of program status and progress to management.
• Perform risk reviews and manage a risk register to anticipate potential issues and implement risk mitigation plans.
• Ensure the quality and integrity of products and program deliverables.

Requirements

• BS in relevant discipline (Electrical, Systems/Mechatronics) with 7 years of experience as a project manager in new product development (SW and HW).
• PMP designation and/or Scrum Master certification.
• Experience in using JIRA, Confluence, Portfolio, Agile methodology, Waterfall, and MS Office.
• Experience building and managing a project schedule using MS Project or similar GANTT charts.
• Experience managing multiple SW/HW vendors to deliver the full scope of projects.
• Ability to supervise complex projects including development of plans for scope, timeline, budget, issue management, and managing change.
• Experience conducting and guiding team meetings to manage the schedule, identify risks, and review project deliverables.
• Good written and oral presentation skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with energy products and prosumer markets.
• Experience in a finance-related industry.