Design Program Manager
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Job at a glance
At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.
JOB SUMMARY Provide management and guidance to multi-functional project teams. Manage and enhance customer relationships. Provide single-point-of-contact to customer for all design-related activities. Provide full accountability for project budgets and schedules Technically capable of developing, managing and delivering very highly complex technology projects or running multiple projects simultaneously.
This includes developing complex SOW, business proposals, project schedule / financials, and managing multiple global projects and or dedicated to a single customer or product domain. May lead other Project Managers. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES · Responsible for ensuring all of the project's technological requirements and/or objectives are correctly gathered, understood and properly translated for execution.
· Responsible for recognizing project's Key Success Indicators and manage the work within scope, quality, time and cost constraints. · Responsible for project risk reviews and appropriate mitigation . · Responsible for facilitating communication as appropriate to all involved and "manage" the stakeholders. This includes escalate issues to the next level of management · Responsible for forecasting project budget and HR needs for current and future site needs.
· Accountable for overall project success - including cost, schedule, quality, and scope management. · Accountable for customer satisfaction / relationship both internal and external · Ability to form and lead strong multi-functional teams to achieve company and customer objectives. · Understand and exceed customer needs and expectations. · Assist with business and/or contract negotiations.
· Advise Senior and Regional PM on overall financial health of all programs being managed. · Provide support with identifying and preparing new business proposals. · Know and understand the strategic direction of division. · Define, develop and implement a strategy which contributes to technology services strategic directions. · Develop an understanding of the workcell business strategy as it pertains to technology Services.
· Provide regular updates to Business Unit on the execution of the strategy. · Ensure all products and services are delivered in accordance with contractual requirements and are on time and within budget. · Conduct formal design reviews with customers to ensure design(s) meet customer design requirements. · Recruit, interview and assist in the hiring process of other Project Managers.
· Assist in monitoring team member turnover; identify key factors that can be improved; make improvements. · Assist in identifying individual and team strengths and development needs on an ongoing basis. · Create and/or validate training curriculum in area of responsibility for lower level project managers. · Coach and mentor lower level project management staff to deliver excellence to every internal and external customer.
· Assist in managing succession plans for the project management function. · Goal orientation and action-focused, pragmatic and self-disciplined, good at project planning, organizing, communication, team motivation and delegation. · Solicit ongoing feedback from Business Unit, peers and team mem