Project Manager

At Leviton, we build what's next to light, power, and connect everyday spaces, from electrical to lighting, to data networks, and energy management.  With over 115 years of history, Leviton develops thoughtful solutions that help make its customers' lives easier, safer, more efficient, and more productive.  We recognize that our people are our greatest asset.  We ASK questions, EMBRACE challenges, SEEK new perspectives, and ANTICIPATE what comes next.  It's about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly changing world.

The Project Manager independently leads multiple product-development projects from concept through commercialization, ensuring delivery within approved scope, schedule, and budget. The role coordinates cross-functional teams involved in mechanical, electrical, electronic, software, manufacturing, sourcing, quality, and supply-chain activities. The Project Manager applies established project-management practices, facilitates timely decision-making, communicates project status and risks to stakeholders, and contributes to the continuous improvement of project-delivery processes.

• Lead multiple cross-functional product-development projects from concept through design, validation, manufacturing integration, and commercial launch.
• Develop, maintain, and communicate project plans, schedules, budgets, resource requirements, risks, issues, dependencies, and key decisions.
• Lead the resolution of complex project issues and escalate matters when additional authority, resources, or executive direction are required.
• Make or facilitate decisions that support project objectives and adjust plans as needed.
• Promote collaboration, accountability, and alignment across the cross-functional project team
• Develop and maintain detailed schedules using Microsoft Project or equivalent scheduling tools, including dependency, critical-path, resource, and schedule-risk analysis.
• Provide clear and timely project updates, recommendations, and escalation summaries to project teams, functional leaders, sponsors, and senior management.
• Mentor Associate Project Leads and support the development of project-management capabilities across the organization.
• Identify, recommend, and implement improvements to project-management standards, tools, templates, governance, and delivery processes.
• Evaluate financial, operational, customer, quality, supply-chain, and strategic implications when developing recommendations and making project decisions.

• Experience with formal phase-gate, stage-gate, Agile, hybrid, or other product-development governance models.
• Excellent communications skills, with the ability to communicate across management levels and different disciplines.
• Ability to translate detailed technical, schedule, financial, and operational information into clear recommendations and actionable plans.
• Ability to influence decisions, build alignment, and maintain accountability in a cross-functional matrix organization.
• Ability to identify root causes and implement practical solutions to process, resource, technical, and procedural obstacles.
• Working knowledge of bills of materials, component parts, engineering drawings, and fundamental manufacturing, sourcing, quality, and supply-chain processes.
• Ability to define and implement solutions to problems resulting from processes, procedural issues, resource constraints or other obstacles.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, project management, or a related field.
• Experience managing projects for new product development for manufactured products.
• Five or more years of experience managing complex, cross-functional projects.
• Experience developing and maintaining integrated schedules, budgets, risk registers, and project reports
• PMP Certification or equivalent
• Experience using Microsoft Project or an equivalent project-scheduling application.

• 5% travel

Comprehensive benefits include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance programs
• 401K plans with employer-matching contributions
• Tuition reimbursement
• PTO
• Paid holidays
• Volunteer time off

For more information about benefits, please go to: https://careers.leviton.com/benefits

Leviton is an EEO/AA Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

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

Leviton is committed to transparency and security in the recruitment process and will never ask for financial information, payment, or government identification numbers during the application process. For any questions, or to ensure the legitimacy of a job posting, visit the Leviton career site, or contact us at 631.812.6544.

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