Program Manager Non Tech 3

Job Title: Program Manager Non Tech 3

Job Type: Contract

Site Type: Remote

Duration: 11 Months 14 Days

Job Overview

This Senior Supply Chain Program Manager New Product Introduction (NPI) role presents an exciting opportunity to influence a part of the cloud business. As part of the Supply Chain NPI team, this role will be responsible for utilizing their technical understanding of the business to effectively launch new cloud solutions with a supply chain readiness framework. This role will act as a key point of contact for Engineering Business Groups and Hardware Infrastructure Engineering (HIFE) Groups to deliver scalable execution. As the company's cloud business continues to grow, the ability to deploy new offerings and hardware (HW) infrastructure on time, in high volume with high quality, and at the lowest cost is of paramount importance.

Job Responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional stakeholders and bring your own thought leadership to define an NPI readiness strategy
• Conducting risk management efforts
• Providing insights and identifying schedule acceleration opportunities
• Conducting cost-benefit analyses and other analytics to examine performance and influence decisions
• Having an in-depth understanding of the product’s technical attributes, milestones, deliverables, and interdependencies
• Using technical experience and product knowledge to have effective engagements with Engineering to ensure schedule, risk, issues, quality, and product changes are aligned with business and customer needs
• Operating effectively in ambiguity- applying process where it creates value, and designing process where it’s needed
• Using program management tools and communication methods to ensure a common understanding of the plan of record with stakeholders, holding them accountable for following the schedule
• Influencing across organizational boundaries to achieve broad business goals through early lifecycle engagement
• Scaling NPI processes to increase clarity and simplify execution
  
  

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Hardware Engineering or related field
• 5+ years experience in technical engineering, manufacturing, operations, hardware development OR equivalent experience in technical engineering, manufacturing, operations, or a related area
• 5+ years of experience in high-tech supply chain, new product introduction, sourcing, operations, or related fields
• Proficient in business tools (e.g. PowerPoint, Excel, Azure Dev Ops), and ability to generate quality outputs
• Background with dashboards, like Tableau Power BI
• Experience with Azure DevOps
• Experience in program management at a high-tech company with a proven track record of successfully setting up and executing supply chain operational processes
• Proficient verbal and written communication along with interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Ability to lead in ambiguous situations, and deal effectively with conflicting priorities and changes
• Cloud supply chain experience