Project Manager #

$60-$64 per hour

Fairport, NY

Contract

Duration: 12 Months

Job Description:

• Seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager/Engineering Program Manager to lead cross-functional product development programs, driving technical execution, customer engagement, budgeting, scheduling, and manufacturing transfer activities. Ideal candidates will have 5+ years of experience managing engineering or optics-related projects, with strong leadership, stakeholder management, and project planning skills in a manufacturing or R&D environment.

Responsibilities:

• Senior project manager to support various projects for client Advanced Optics (AO) division.

• Responsible for leading technical teams and working with internal and/or external customers to define and execute programs and meet customer needs.

• Defines and executes overall program plans, including project schedules, budgets, and people resource needs, to enable programs to scale appropriately in each stage to meet technical, schedule, and cost targets.

• Drives progress from initiation through delivery, reconfirming each program's value proposition at each stage, and recommending the progression (or elimination) of programs at each stage to leadership, as appropriate.

• Constantly monitors for changes in customer requirements/scope or other assumptions and determines the impact on program strategy, business case, business model, predicted level of risk, resource requirements, speed, and value proposition.

• Works with customers during each stage to keep them engaged, to manage the scope of programs, and to interpret their perception of the product being developed.

• Sets key program messages and manages the information flow related to program direction, issues, needs, and progress with key program constituencies including business leadership, corporate leadership, customers, and team members.

• Develops and manages a compelling business case (including P&L and balance sheet implications) and value proposition for the product relative to the division’s strategy, market needs, and competition.

• Identifies commercial, technical, and manufacturing levers to improve the program's business case.

• Oversees product testing and evaluation to confirm the initial value proposition, build fundamental understanding of the technology that enables continue differentiation, and ensure manufacturing implementation of requirements are met.

• Identifies potential origins of strategic control, ensures that intellectual property is protected.

• Utilizes client Tollgate process to direct program activities.

Experience:

• 5-7+ years with proven record of executing technical programs

Skillsets:

• Project management

• Budgeting

• Scheduling

• Project planning

• Manufacturing/R&D/engineering environment

Education:

• BS in Engineering - Optical, Mechanical or related field (or experience in optics) (preferred), associate’s degree with significant relevant experience (minimum).

Desired Skills:

• MS degree or higher in optics

• Ability to assist in the organization of systems for program management

• Familiarity with industry innovation process

• Knowledge and experience working with the S&T organization or other research groups

• Experience with Stage 3 to Stage 5 transfer to manufacturing

• Experience with SAP/manufacturing environment

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