Senior Program Manager, Supply Chain

About Carrier

Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow on Carrier social media at @Carrier.

About This Role

This role leads the execution of complex, cross-functional supply chain and engineering cost reduction projects. The individual translates business priorities into actionable project plans, tracks delivery and financial outcomes, and provides data-driven recommendations to support decision-making. As the project manager, the individual owns the full project lifecycle, from initiation and planning through execution and benefits realization.

The role partners closely with Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, Operations, Business Units, and suppliers to coordinate end-to-end execution, identify risks, resolve dependencies, and maintain accurate portfolio reporting. The individual influences stakeholders without direct authority and provides leadership with concise updates, recommendations, and decisions required to deliver committed outcomes. The individual leads project reviews, drives action-item accountability, removes execution barriers, and implements recovery plans to keep high-value projects aligned with committed timing and business results.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead high-visibility, million-dollar projects from business case through benefit realization, aligning executive sponsors and cross-functional teams on scope, investment, milestones, risks, and key decisions to deliver committed financial and operational outcomes.
• Develop and manage integrated project plans, including scope, schedules, milestones, deliverables, resources, and critical-path dependencies, to ensure disciplined execution from initiation through closure. Develop concise project-status reports for executive-level updates.
• Lead project teams through execution, facilitating working sessions and project reviews, assigning actions, removing roadblocks, and implementing recovery plans to keep projects on track.
• Drive portfolio-level execution and accountability, holding project owners, and cross-functional teams accountable for timelines, deliverables, financial commitments, and required governance.
• Establish and enforce PMO governance standards across project intake, prioritization, risk management, reporting, decision forums, and documentation, ensuring each project has clearly defined scope, milestones, ownership, dependencies, risks, and measurable outcomes.
• Lead portfolio resource and capacity planning, ensuring critical projects are appropriately staffed and recommending changes to sequencing, ownership, or resource allocation when constraints arise, highlighting performance, risks, decisions required, and recovery actions.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to strengthen project processes, governance, reporting, and execution efficiency, and lead implementation of sustainable improvements across the portfolio.
• Partner with Finance and project owners to validate savings assumptions, forecasts, timing, and benefit realization.
• Maintain accurate project data in approved systems and create timely portfolio reports.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• 7+ years of project management experience, with a demonstrated track record of success in launching engineering projects (NPI, cost out, etc.) into production. 
• 5+ Years of Experience in supply chain, program management, manufacturing, or engineering.
• 5+ Years of Experience working with manufactured products

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in one of the following: Supply Chain Management, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Logistics, Business Administration
• Experience leading complex projects or defined workstreams within a broader portfolio, including governance, financial tracking, risk management, and cross-functional execution.
• Program Management experience, developing and executing program plans with product development and/or cost reduction initiatives, resource planning, and budgeting
• Experience using project planning tools such as Microsoft Project.
• Solid critical problem-solving and creative thinking skills
• Skilled in time management, organizational, and prioritization skills
• ·Strong business communication skills (written and verbal) with ability to influence at all levels
• A demonstrated track record of success in process optimization, cost reduction and efficiency improvement.
• HVAC Product Development Experience
• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification preferred; equivalent practical project-management experience may be considered.
• Strong business and financial acumen, with experience partnering with Finance to connect project execution to forecasted and realized financial outcomes.
• Possess technical acumen necessary to work with engineering staff in delivery of technical projects

Location & Work Arrangement

• Preferred Locations: Palm Beach Gardens, FL | Charlotte, NC | Indianapolis, IN | Fort Wayne, IN | Syracuse, NY
• Relocation: Relocation assistance is available.

Pay Range

The annual salary for this position is between $117,500.00 - $234,500.00 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate. The pay range will not be below the minimum wage applicable to the jurisdiction in which the applicant is to be employed.

Other Compensation

This position is entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.

Benefits

Employees are eligible for benefits, including:

• Health Care Benefits : Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives

• Retirement Benefits

• Time off and Leave : Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation

• Disability : Short-term and long-term disability

• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment

• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account

• Tuition Assistance

To learn more about our benefits offering, please click here Work with us | Carrier Corporate . The specific benefits available to any employee may vary depending on state and local laws and eligibility factors, such as date of hire and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Carrier EEO Statement and Accommodations Process

Carrier is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. Carrier provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with section 503 of Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, participate in an interview, or otherwise engage in the hiring process, please contact us at [email protected] . We will make every effort to meet your needs in accordance with applicable laws.

Application Deadline

Applications will be accepted for at least 3  days from Job Posting Date: 28 October 2026

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Use of AI

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