Sr Program Manager, NPI

 The Sr Program Manager, NPI will be internal lead of a Tecomet cross functional team which is responsible to deliver a new product introduction and/or product transfer and may supervise NPI Project managers 

The role requires the above to be accomplished within Tecomet’s principles of continuous improvement, customer driven innovation and a win first culture, while meeting company financial and other performance metrics. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Utilizes the Tecomet APQP and other NPI processes and tools to deliver a project to the requirements of the customer.
  • Ensure project results meet requirements regarding technical quality, reliability, schedule and cost.
• Project strategy & Documentation
  • Develop the overall project strategy/timelines & critical path identification. 
  • Organizes and updates project information in NPI SharePoint site. 
  • Completes and manages project risk assessment.
  • Looks for potential gaps in understanding between internal and customer team members and drives for clarity.  
  • Completes all metric reporting.
• Active team leadership
  • Leads the team through each stage gate review and completes required documentation & communications.
  • Schedules and leads periodic team meetings to review progress and assign next level tasks according to the project plan. 
  • Facilitate communication between all functional areas within a location 
  • Facilitates communication with customer project team including regular interaction in meetings, calls, regular reviews, etc. 
  • Active participant in Mission Control related to NPI activities
• Utilizes NPI Program Director and/or Dir of NPI for escalation purposes, removal of barriers. 
• Actively identifies continuous improvement within NPI process 
• Active engagement/problem solving as part of team
• Demonstrates understanding and application of the A3 approach to problem solving.

 Qualification Requirements

 Educational/Training Requirement: 

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A/B.S), a minimum of five years related project leader experience.

Experience: 

• Experience in working with customers, sales and marketing, and operations is preferred.
• Experience in medical device development and manufacturing 

Licenses/Certifications: PMP Certification required 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

• Strong Communication skills up and down the organization (verbal, listening, and writing). 
• Ability to develop collaborative relationships with customers and within the organizations. 
• Solve problems with minimal supervision and input. 
• Demonstrated ability to make effective and sound decisions. 
• Effectively interface with different levels of the organization to achieve goals. 
• Self-confident & willing to assume a leadership role. 
• Sense of urgency is evident in all aspects of work. 
• Can effectively use all available systems to manage assigned accounts (ERP, workflow management, quoting, account reporting, etc.). 
• Full MS capability in Excel, Project, Word, Power Point, Visio, etc

Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer / Protected Veterans / Disabilities 

Drug Free Workplace 

Other Requirements 

 Mental Requirements: 

The work environment is representative and typical of similar jobs in comparable organizations. 

Physical Requirements: 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee could be required to stand.   The employee could frequently be required to walk; use hand to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.  The employee could be required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.   The employee could occasionally lift and or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by the job could include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus. 

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): 

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.