Job Overview

The Aerospace, Defense & Marine (AD&M) Business Unit is currently seeking a Project Manager as a part of the Business Strategy Transformation Office. TE Connectivity’s Project Manager is responsible for the management of cross-functional teams supporting cross functional, business critical projects. The successful candidate will work with Engineering, Product Management, Sales, Quality, Manufacturing, Finance, and other functions across TE to ensure projects meet financial, schedule, performance, and customer expectations. The Project Manager is responsible for defining, planning, and executing project schedules, budgets and measurement systems to ensure successful project management from initiation to close-out.  

Please note: This position may involve working with technical data, technology, software/source code, hardware, or other items (collectively “items) subject to U.S. and non-U.S. export control laws and regulations.  Under these regulations, it may be necessary for TE to verify a candidate’s national origin and/or citizenship status to determine whether a U.S. or other government export license is required prior to releasing its technologies to the candidate.  If TE determines that TE will require a license or will be prohibited by applicable laws from providing the candidate with items necessary for the performance of this position, then TE expressly reserves the right to either a) make an offer of employment contingent upon TE receiving required export licenses from the appropriate government agency, b) consider the candidate for a different position that is not subject to such restrictions, on whatever terms and conditions TE shall establish in its sole discretion, or c) decline to move forward with the candidate’s application.

Job Requirements

• Responsible for leading cross-functional teams to deliver major customer, business, and transformation projects, typically consisting of multiple sub-projects, within budget and time limitations, in accordance with technical specifications, and in fulfillment of financial and performance objectives. The incumbent will: 
• Manage a strategic business projects (e.g., product migrations, manufacturing migrations and special projects aligned with the strategy deployment of the business unit and product group teams) from project initiation and planning through execution, control and close-out.  
• Develop all aspects of strategic and transformation programs, including planning, budgeting, staffing, schedules, and performance metrics, and to meet contractual/project requirements, promoting the project throughout the organization and tracking utilization.  
• Ensure that activities follow organizational policies, safety, quality and compliance requirements as well as external regulatory and contractual requirements. 
• Monitor and report performance against plans to ensure that contractual, cost and schedule objectives are met; arrange modifications as required and evaluate project effectiveness by collecting and analyzing data in support of key performance metrics.  
• Assemble cross-functional project teams with members from engineering, procurement, sales, production, materials management, quality, etc., serving as the main point of contact for the customer or project sponsor for all negotiations, decision making, scheduling issues, and problem solving throughout the program.  
• May supervise the work of the project staff to ensure that work is completed on time or in accordance with established standards or specifications.  
• Provide reports and updates to senior management or other stakeholders. 
• The Project Manager is also responsible for identifying resource constraints and project risks working with management for resolution of those constraints and proactive mitigation of project risks. The Project Manager is expected to adhere to a well-defined project governance and stage gate process to ensure program alignment to business objectives and adherence to all internal and external requirements. 

What your background should look like

• Bachelor’s degree in project management, supply chain management, operations, business, engineering, or another related field. 
• 5+ years of related experience in Continuous Improvement, Project Management, Supply Chain & Operations or another related area. 
• Proven experience in a large, matrix and global organization, with a demonstrated track record of successfully managing complex projects to completion.  
• Continuous Improvement mindset and prior experience implementing best practices. Experience leveraging standard playbooks and project excellence methodologies. 
• Previous experience in supply chain, engineering, or operations roles/management, preferably in a manufacturing or the Aerospace and Defense industry. 
• Previous experience in business integrations, product line migrations, plant layout optimizations, or related complex business transitions.  
• Preferred Qualifications:  
• PMI (Project Management Institute) Certified 
• Continuous Improvement Certified (i.e., Lean Six Sigma) 
• Change Management Certified (i.e., Prosci) 

Competencies