About the Role
The Sr Program Manager will manage global development projects, ensuring designs meet cross-functional requirements and are seamlessly launched. This role involves managing communication with various stakeholders, maintaining project schedules, and driving deliverables in a fast-paced organization.
Responsibilities
- Create and maintain multiple complex project schedules and resourcing.
- Document launch scope and budget with product management and engineering.
- Create product charters.
- Lead teams through the product development process including requirements, development, technical design, vendor/subcontractor work, manufacturing/assembly, validation, quality, and product release stages.
- Manage customer and joint venture change in scope requests, deal with conflict, and manage risk.
- Advise company management of the program statuses and risks on a regular basis.
- Anticipate potential schedule delays and initiate plans for alternative actions.
- Rearrange competing priorities to ensure deadlines are met.
- Facilitate cross functional design reviews and phase gates throughout the product development process.
- Ensure completion of deliverables, report out KPI’s, progress to roadmap targets and budgets.
- Drive work independently, multi-task effectively and provide excellent follow-through.
- Represent Plug in a professional manner in all interactions, including written and verbal communications.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or a related field of study.
- PMP certification strongly preferred.
- Supervisory experience strongly preferred.
- Minimum of three (3) years of project management experience in product development.
- Experience in Hydrogen and/or fuel cells is preferred and highly valued.
- Experience in Industrial gas is preferred and highly valued.
- Experience in Cryogenic Industry is preferred and highly valued.
- Experience in High Pressure Systems (250 Bar and up) is preferred and highly valued.
- Experience in Gas processing and/or dispensing equipment is preferred and highly valued.
- Experience in Oil and Gas, CNG, LNG, etc. is preferred and highly valued.
- Experience in Logistics/Material Handling is preferred and highly valued.
- Ability to travel occasionally, up to 10% of the time.
- Computer and software systems skills as applicable to position including but not limited to: MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Project and Outlook.
- Smartsheet preferred.
- Exempt employees are expected to work as many hours as is necessary to complete their job responsibilities. This may require they work more than eight hours a day and more than five days or 40 hours per week.
Skills
- Exceptional communication skills
- Project management skills
- Technical background
- Self-motivated
- Ability to handle multiple project assignments
- Willingness to learn and adapt
- MS Word
- MS PowerPoint
- MS Excel
- MS Project
- MS Outlook
- Smartsheet
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum of three (3) years of project management experience in product development
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or a related field of study
- PMP certification
Salary/Compensations
- $103,680.00 - $165,000.00
Benefits
- Health, Dental & Vision Insurance eligibility starting from the first day of hire
- 401(k) with 5% company match
- Bonus eligibility
- Paid time off including vacation, personal and sick time
- Paid Holidays
- Wellness Reimbursement Program
- Potential to apply for Tuition Reimbursement
- Fertility and Family Building Benefit
- Employee Referral program
- Employee Assistance Program
About the Company
- Plug Power, Inc. is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Equal Opportunity
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
