New Product Development (NPD) Program Manager

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At Trane TechnologiesTM and through our businesses including Trane® and Thermo King®, we create innovative climate solutions for buildings, homes, and transportation that challenge what's possible for a sustainable world. We're a team that dares to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities. We believe in a better future when we uplift others and enable our people to thrive at work and at home. We boldly go.

Join Thermo King as a New Product Development (NPD) Program Manager in Minneapolis, MN ! As an experienced Program Manager on our Engineering PMO team, you will lead cross-functional teams to deliver new or improved Thermo King products to market through a structured stage gate new product development (NPD) process. This role ensures new products meet specific customer requirements, program goals, timelines and budgets. Additionally, you will take P&L accountability for all program/ project activity through product launch. A key deliverable for the role is to follow best practices and drive teams towards project execution to a hand-off with operations.

This position is eligible for a Hybrid work schedule (3 or more days onsite a week) and will be based out of our Bloomington, MN location.

Responsibilities

• Works closely with management and business leaders to create program scope, objectives and risk assessment.
• Works closely with Product Managers to define customer and product requirements.
• Overall responsibility for product delivery from requirements, prototype testing through product launch.
• Directs and coordinates activities of program personnel to ensure programs progress on schedule and within budget while meeting established customer requirements.
• Manages intra-program dependencies and their interrelationships, and their impact upon other programs and projects.
• Mentors and coaches program team members and non-dedicated project leaders on project management fundamentals.
• Schedules and leads timely status review meetings.
• Reduces current NPD cycle time.
• Works with PMO Leader other Program Managers both internal and external to Thermo King to continuously improve Trane Technologies Project Development Process (PDP).
• Drives the planning and implementation of multiple programs across the organization.
• Reviews completed programs & drives organizational learning and process improvement.
• Ability to travel up to 15% (TK North America plants)

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering (mechanical, electrical, industrial or manufacturing preferred), and minimum 5 years experience in Project Management.
• Experience leading & managing New Product Development programs is required.
• Experience in Operations, Finance, Procurement or Product Management a plus.
• PMP Certification preferred.

Annual Base Pay Range: $111,450 - 148,050

Additional Compensation: Total compensation for this role also will include an incentive plan.

Disclaimer: This "range" could be a result of seniority, merit, geographic location where the work is performed, education, experience, travel requirements for the job, or because of a system the employer uses to measure earnings by quantity or quality of production (so, for example, positions that may not have traditional salary ranges).

• Benefits vary by region, business alignment, union involvement and employee status.

What's in it for you:

• Benefits kick in on day one!
• 6% 401K match, additional 2% core contribution = 8% overall match
• 3 weeks of vacation, plus site paid holidays
• Benefits*: Trane-Technologies-Benefits-Offered.pdf

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs. We are 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, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.

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