Design Program Manager (Bi-lingual in English/Chinese) (St. Petersburg/Tampa, FL)

This job is with Jabil, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

 

How Will You Make An Impact?

Manage the engineering design projects and global project teams. Support the customer relationships. Technically capable of developing, managing and delivering medium to high complexity technology projects. This includes working with internal cross-functional organizations. Working with the business units to appropriately define and deliver the SOW, business proposals, project schedule / financials, and managing medium complex projects globally. Provide strategic direction on deliverables adapting to the customer requirements.

Location:

This role will be based on-site at our St. Petersburg, FL - Gandy Site location.

What Will You Do?

Performance Management:
· Goal orientation and action-focused, pragmatic and self-disciplined, good at project planning, organizing, communication, team motivation and delegation.
· Solicit ongoing feedback from Business Unit, peers and team member on team member's contribution to the team.
· Coordinate activities of small teams and keep them focused in times of crises.

Communication:
· Provide weekly communication forum for the exchange of ideas and information for projects including project status, resolving project issues, problems, and changes.
· Organize verbal and written ideas clearly and use an appropriate business style; use of presentation or database software.
· Ability to effectively present information to management and/or customer personnel.
· Ability to respond in a timely fashion to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or internal personnel.
· Establish and maintain communications with both customer personnel and senior management or project teams.

Business Strategy and Direction:
· Assist with business and/or contract negotiations.
· Know and understand the strategic direction of division.
· Develop an understanding of the workcell business strategy as it pertains to technology Services.
· Provide regular updates to Business Unit on the execution of the strategy.
· Ensure all products and services are delivered in accordance with contractual requirements and are on time and within budget.
· Conduct formal design reviews with customers to ensure design(s) meet customer design requirements.

Cost Management:
· Identify creative ways to reduce cost by streamlining processes and systems (i.e. modification of responsibilities or consolidation of tasks, elimination of non-value-added processes, or complete re-engineering of processes and systems).
· Utilize tools to monitor departmental cost and cost trends, striving continuously to improve value.
· Provide feedback to peers on cost and cost trends.

Project Management:
· Responsible for ensuring all of the project's technological requirements and/or objectives are correctly gathered, understood and properly translated for execution.
· Responsible for recognizing project's Key Success Indicators and manage the work within scope, quality, time and cost constraints.
· Responsible for project risk reviews and appropriate mitigation.
· Responsible for facilitating communication as appropriate to all involved and manage the stakeholders. This includes escalate issues to the next level of management.
· Responsible for forecasting project budget and HR needs for current and future site needs.
· Accountable for overall project success - including cost, schedule, quality, and scope management.
· Accountable for customer satisfaction / relationship both internal and external.
· Ability to form and lead strong multi-functional teams to achieve company and customer objectives.
· Understand and exceed customer needs and expectations.
· Ensure all sensitive and confidential information is handled appropriately.
· Adhere to all safety and health rules and regulations associated with this position and as directed by supervisor.
· Comply and follow all procedures within the company security policy
· May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

How Will You Get Here?

Education:

• A Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

• PMP Certification preferred.

Experience:

• 10-12+ years of work experience with a significant proportion of that time in product design.

• Project Management experience in product design including budget, schedule, risk mitigation within a Quality Management System.

• Industry experience with projects pertaining to energy storage, power conversion, and/or data center infrastructure preferred.

• Experience working in an agile or scrum environment preferred.

• Or equivalent combination of education, experience, and/or training.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• The ability to provide strategic direction on deliverables for projects according to customer requirements in a timely manner and within budget.

• The ability to work closely with customers, stakeholders, senior management, and team members GLOBALLY.

• Must be fluent in English and Chinese.

Benefits You Will Receive While Working With Jabil:

Along with growth, stability, and the opportunity to be challenged, Jabil offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Medical, Dental, Prescription Drug, and Vision Insurance with HRA and HSA options

• 401K match

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Paid Time Off

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance

• Commuter Benefits

• Employee Assistance Program

• Pet Insurance

• Adoption Assistance

• Annual Merit Increases

• Community Volunteer Opportunities

  Fluent in English and Chinese is required.

 

 

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