Job description
Job Title: Program Manager
Department: MSP
Expected Weekly Hours: 40
Reports to: Operations Manager
Location: Vancouver, Washington OR Corvallis, Oregon
Position Summary
This position is responsible for providing technical expertise and guidance across the client’s product portfolio. If you are a program manager with a consumer product development background who enjoys working on large scale projects, this position is for you!
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Produce a summary assessment of where Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are used cross the client’s products
- Provide a product-level break-down of components containing PFAS
- Define and draft a “substitution risk score” to summarize the difficulty of replacing PFAS considering various factors such as availability, cost, performance of alternatives and regulatory restrictions
- Create a dashboard of progress toward phasing out PFAS from products
- Propose to upper management a select few PFAS-free target “halo” products that would serve as initial guideposts
- Contribute to the development of new/improvement ideas and methods
- Perform other duties as needed
Job Requirements
Education and Experience:
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Chemistry or related field
- 5+ years of experience in a technical lead or project/program manager role; experience to include:
- Developing data analytical tools and processes to gather, analyze, track and report data and convert that data into insights used in business decisions
- Collaborating with global internal and external stakeholders
- Working with ODMs during product R&D, NPI and mass production activities
- Experience with product BOMs; parts and sub-assemblies
- Experience managing the delegation and/or execution of action items across stakeholders
- Experience drafting reports and presentations to upper management
- Experience working with printer and PC products and related accessories
Qualifications:
- Familiarity with hardware manufacturing methods and practices
- Familiarity with
- Self-starter with desire to work across a variety of requirements
- Ability to execute the plan in timely manner without sacrificing quality
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to represent complex algorithms in software
- Ability to generate design ideas and present and sell designs and proof of concept to broader product group and management
- Ability to frame and align to clear problems, vision, and goals
- Strong collaboration skills across disciplines and organizations
- Strong verbal and written communication skills; excellent email, telephone and virtual meeting etiquette
- Customer service orientated, ensuring needs are met in a timely fashion
- Ability to take opportunities for continuous improvement and implement documented process improvements
- Ability to work on multiple projects concurrently; demonstrated organization, problem-solving, project management, and time management skills
- Demonstrated strong ability to work well within a team environment, or independently; strong interpersonal and teamwork skills; ability to work and interact effectively with team members from other disciplines, cultures, and organizations
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to effectively inform and present ideas confidently and persuasively to peers and managers
- Ability to take initiative to ask questions, ask for help, or provide updates, without reluctance
- Ability to meet the eligibility requirements for working in the US without RLA sponsorship for employment visa status
- Strong computer skills that include proficiency with MS Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio), Teams and SharePoint
Language Skills
- Ability to read, write, and speak English proficiently
Physical Demands:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
- Frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to feel; reach with hand and arms, and stoop, kneel, or crouch.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Specific vision requirements include the ability to see at close range, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
- At times, may require more than 40 hours per week to perform the duties of the position.
Work Environment:
- The position typically operates in a standard office environment.
- This role may use standard office equipment such as computer, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.
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