Product Manager

As a workforce advocate for over 70 years, we are proud to have a role in managing employment opportunities for more than one million workers around the globe. We employ 550,000 of these individuals directly with the remaining workers engaged through our talent supply chain network of supplier partners.

* To manage new product development and introduction through the stage gate process, managing scope, schedule, risks, issues, trade-offs, communications, and expectations as the manufacturing operations core team member. * To manage sustaining and improvement projects using the practical process improvement PPI process in support of manufacturing operations goals/objectives. * To represent the organization in assuring the teams follow product/process development best practices, and in some cases adhere to specific regulatory requirements, as they lead project teams through the product commercialization process PCP . * This includes assuring design control and thereby long-term product supportability, as well as delivering the agreed upon business value. * To demonstrate and adhere to project management best practices, with the goal of not only delivering a product of high quality and value to the organization, but also within the agreed upon project contract metrics for schedule, resources, budget and scope.

* Lead, manage, coordinate, synchronize, and be accountable for the manufacturing operations portion of new product introductions NPI from product definition through product launch and closure. * Act as information conduit between the manufacturing operations extended team and the program core team; prepare input for phase review presentations for Product Approval Committee PAC as core team member. * Act as project champion and project general manager ; manages team to execute all project deliverables; leads cross-functional core and extend teams depending on project type . * Lead teams to define and prioritize scope, objectives, and requirements. Plan resource requirements and negotiate core/extended team resources with functional managers for team staffing. * Develop accurate, actionable, and cross-functionally integrated program plans based on business goals, constraints, and risk tolerance. * Develop and assertively drive timelines in coordination with other departments and teams. Drives risk assessment, communication, proactive mitigation planning, and contingency response planning. * Regularly track and communicate project status to all stakeholders; schedule and drive core/extended team meetings. **Additional Duties:** * Assist core/extended team members in resolving extended team and functional issues. * Collaborate and coordinate across all the functional areas R D, Product Management, Manufacturing Operations, QA/QC, Regulatory, Service and Support and others necessary to insure successful program completion and product launch. * Contribute to performance evaluation of core/extended team members. * Develop and deliver original persuasive presentations. * Build effective relationships with core and extended team members, functional managers, senior management, and customers. * Track and monitor team progress against requirements and plans; resolve deviations. * Lead, document, and communicate constructive lessons-learned analysis of completed programs. * Participate in program teams in support of Voice of the Customer VOC and User Centered Innovation UCI processes for new product introductions

**Skills:** * Minimum of 4 years of experience combined between project management and product development, preferably in the life sciences/biotechnology. * Stage-gate product development process experience. * PMP certification preferred. * Excellent oral and written communication skills. * Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills, and the ability to work effectively with a variety of other personal styles. * Excellent leadership skills particularly the ability to influence stakeholders in other functions over whom the Program Manager has no direct managing authority. * Excellent critical thinking, troubleshooting, crisis management, and decision-making skills. * Ability to distill, prioritize, and act on feedback from a variety of sources. * Ability to do the right thing under pressure and tight deadlines in a complex, matrixed environment. * Ability to work independently without significant direction * Initiative. Self-motivated and independent thinker that routinely translates circumstances and understanding into actions that move the business forward in a measurable manner. * Meticulous attention to detail and a passion for driving execution at a detail level when necessary while maintaining the ability to see the big picture. **Education:** * Bachelor’s degree (B.S./B.A.) minimum, preferably in a scientific/technical discipline (e.g. biology, chemistry, engineering).