Program Manager

What you will do 

As a Program Manager with Johnson Controls Airside Handling Unit team, you will be responsible for managing new product development programs through the stage-gate development process within the Air Handling Unit (AHU) Product Business Unit.  You will apply your technical skills and project management knowledge to handle complex projects with little supervision and will be regarded as a developing expert on issues related to program management.  This is a hybrid position located primarily in the Airside Center of Excellence (ACE) in York, PA while also working occasionally from the Johnson Controls Advanced Development Engineering Center (JADEC) in New Freedom, PA.  

How you will do it 

• Lead cross-functional and regionally distributed teams through JCI’s stage-gate development process. 

• Initiate, plan, and execute programs to deliver benefits according to established targets for budget, quality, performance, and time to market. 

• Lead teams through scope discovery and decomposition to develop detailed execution and resource plans. 

• Manage and optimize the collaboration of core, extended and support team members, contractors, or consultants to ensure programs are delivered as planned. 

• Coach, mentor, and motivate project team members to take positive action and accountability for assigned work. 

• Create and deliver progress reports, presentations and project status updates via project scoreboards/dashboards, management reviews, and project team meetings. 

• Proactively identify and resolve significant risks and issues within the project team. 

• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path(s). 

• Collaborate with other program managers, functional managers, and executive leadership to accomplish program objectives. 

• Leverage and help develop best practices to improve project execution and management. 

What we look for 

Required 

• Bachelor of Science (BS) in Engineering or related field with 5 years of experience in project management or leading technical teams/projects in a functional management role 

• Experience creating and managing schedules, assigning project tasks, facilitating team meetings, and formulating resource plans. 

• Skilled in using project management planning tools (such as Microsoft Project) and the Microsoft O365 software suite. 

• Knowledge of and ability to situationally leverage appropriate project management methodologies (Predictive, Agile) 

• Skilled in overseeing both in-house and online/remote project teams across different functions. 

• Willingness to travel (within the US) to interact with team members, stakeholders, or remote staff and management. 

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Preferred 

• Master of Business Administration (MBA) or Master of Science (MS) in Project Management, Engineering, or a related technical field. 

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification 

• Several years for experience with stage-gate product development 

• HVAC industry experience 

• Experience using collaboration platforms (e.g. Microsoft Teams) and work management platforms (e.g. Daptiv, Smartsheet, Wrike)