SENIOR STAFF PROGRAM MANAGER

Job Overview

TE Connectivity's Program Management Teams are responsible for leading a cross functional team to deliver major customer programs within budget and time limitations in accordance with technical specifications and profit objectives. They manage customer programs (customized engineered solutions for particular end customer platforms) from bid preparation through production. Their duties include: developing budgets and schedules to meet contractual/project requirements; assembling cross-functional program teams with members from engineering, procurement, sales, production, materials management and quality; serving as the main point of contact for the customer for all negotiations, decision making, scheduling issues, and problem solving throughout the program; monitoring and reporting performance against plans to ensure that contractual, cost and schedule objectives are met; and arranging modifications as required.

Main tasks

• Lead multidisciplinary teams dedicated to development and manufacturing of products and services for major and/or very complex customer programs. Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments.
• Track projects to a timing schedule, financial budget and to defined program phase gate requirements to ensure project metrics are successfully achieved, such as cost, quality, timing deadlines and successful manufacturing launch (if applicable). Adapts precedents and traditional approaches to develop solutions to complex problems requiring a high degree of ingenuity and innovation.
• Lead the multidisciplinary team to appropriate mitigation and/or corrective actions for program risks, such as budget, timing, quality for very complex issues. Can adapt, enhance and/or improve quality or value in existing program methods to drive successful completion of programs.
• Ensures projects are conducted according to company operating manual, processes, and procedure. Able to develop, propose and implement refined processes to correct issues that are not immediately evident in existing processes.
• Conducts both internal team meetings as well as customer team meetings via an agenda and meeting minutes for very complex programs.  Serves as a point of contact to the customer for programs.
• Provides input to objectives and goals of the department and/or business unit.
• Adapts precedents and traditional approaches to develop solution to complex problems requiring a high degree of ingenuity and innovation. 
• Integrates theory and principles with organization practices and precedents requiring knowledge of company’s business, products, and processes.

Qualifications and training

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Life Science or Business field
Preferred PMP certification from PMI
One of the following trainings;
•    English level B2 (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages -CEFR)
•    Demonstrate sufficient English-speaking proficiency during the initial interview
Understanding of ISO13485 standard

Required skills and experience

• 9+ years Project Management (prefer experience in medical products)
• Expert skill with project management tools
• Very experienced managing multidisciplinary teams across countries and cultures
• Excellent communication skills and easily interacts with Sr. Mngt
• Team player in international field
• Customer oriented
• Expert technical and organizational problem-solving capability
• Provide training and mentorship to other employees

Competencies