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Overview

The Program Manager II, Digital is responsible for improving project performance, resource planning and staffing, project risk management, and communication on all projects while leading key continuous improvement and policy compliance efforts throughout the organization. Projects will be varied in scope and type and will include New Product Introduction, Research, Opportunity Analysis, and Process Improvement. Key Performance Indicators will include On-Time Delivery, scope, schedule, and budget objective attainment.

The Program Manager II is responsible for improving project performance, resource planning and staffing, project risk management, and communication on all projects while leading key continuous improvement and policy compliance efforts throughout the organization. Projects will be varied in scope and type and will include New Product Introduction, Research, Opportunity Analysis, and Process Improvement. Key Performance Indicators will include OnTime Delivery, scope, schedule, and budget objective attainment.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Directly leads new product and continuous improvement strategic, platform level programs working across multiple disciplines in order to achieve program level objectives.Translates corporate strategy and high priority, critical initiatives into a portfolio of product development projects/programs, and then leads cross-function teams to successfully execute and deliver desired outcomes.Regularly communicates expectations to Directors and other Project Managers, team leads, individual contributors, and key stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion. Anticipates, identifies, evaluates, and escalates issues and risks.Establishes and monitors program level metrics (i.e. value, quality, cost, schedule, risk) and facilitates regular project and program meetings, developing and implementing processes and tools to identify and mitigate risks, monitors schedules, budgets, resources, and related metrics.Determines the frequency and content of status reports from project teams, monitors, analyzes, and solves problems, and reports key metrics and status of the product development portfolio and active programs/projects.Builds and maintains effective working relationship with Executives, Directors, and other functional leaders. Leverages relationships to influence positive and collaborative outcomes, without official authority.Collaborates with the Regulatory team to balance regulatory compliance with product development simplicity and flexibility, and to ensure Product Development processes and procedures align and comply with A-dec policies and A-dec operational procedures.People FacilitationFosters environment for individuals to be developed and positioned for advancement and eventual transition into leadership roles.Leads cross-functional teams consisting of individuals with varying skills, experiences, and levels of responsibility and authority in an effort to improve internal process to improve on time delivery of new products development. Leverages ‘people and change agility’ skills to influence and direct these individuals without having formal authority.Identifies, qualifies, and selects 3rd party service providers as needed (professional service firms, contractors/staffing, software solution providers).   Builds and maintains relationships with these partners, including evaluating and providing constructive feedback to individuals and their management.Product Development LeadershipCollaborates with senior leadership to translate corporate strategy into short and long term initiatives, projects, and programs; collectively the Product Development PMO portfolio. Establishes and manages processes and criteria to approve and prioritize those efforts,
including Phase Zero for Product Development.Facilitates regular updates to the Product Development Roadmap and required resources, coordinating with the corporate PM Office to integrate Product Development initiatives with corporate level initiatives. Works to harmonize and communicate priorities across the portfolio. Works with Finance and PM Directors to keep Revenue Walk up-to-date with Product Development Roadmap.Assists with leading and integrating standard business processes (i.e. budgets, AFEs, resource requests, capital requests, etc.) at the department level to assure alignment with program and project level initiatives.Provides ad-hoc analysis and reporting at the request of the executive/director teams.Measure and improve product development efficiency and effectiveness.Serves as facilitator related to strategic and tactical planning, team alignment and decision making, scope management, risk identification and mitigation, resource planning, and cross-functional coordination. Comfortably and confidently ‘manages up’, at times serving as a trusted advisor to the VP and executive team.People Management Leads, manages, mentors, and develops project management staff. Fosters environment for individuals to be developed and positioned for advancement and eventual transition into leadership roles. Leads cross-functional teams consisting of individuals with varying skills, experiences, and levels of responsibility and authority in an effort to improve internal process to improve on time delivery of new products development. Leverages ‘people and change agility’ skills to influence and direct these individuals without having formal authority.Identifies, qualifies, and selects 3rd party service providers as needed (professional service firms, contractors/staffing, software solution providers). Builds and maintains relationships with these partners, including evaluating and providing constructive feedback to individuals and their management. 

Product Development LeadershipCollaborates with senior leadership to translate corporate strategy into short- and long-term initiatives, projects, and programs; collectively the Product Development PMO portfolio. Establishes and manages processes and criteria to approve and prioritize those efforts, including Phase Zero for Product Development. Facilitates regular updates to the Product Development Roadmap and required resources, coordinating with the corporate PM Office to integrate Product Development initiatives with corporate level initiatives. Works to harmonize and communicate priorities across the portfolio. Works with Finance and PM Directors to keep Revenue Walk up-to-date with Product Development Roadmap. Assists with leading and integrating standard business processes (i.e. budgets, AFEs, resource requests, capital requests, etc.) at the department level to assure alignment with program and project level initiatives.Provides ad-hoc analysis and reporting at the request of the executive/director teams. Measure and improve product development efficiency and effectiveness.Serves as facilitator related to strategic and tactical planning, team alignment and decision making, scope management, risk identification and mitigation, resource planning, and cross-functional coordination. Comfortably and confidently ‘manages up’, at times serving as a trusted advisor to the VP and executive team. 

Minimum Qualifications:

Experience with high levels of ambiguity, regular exposure to senior leadership, work that requires strong attention to detail, working on multiple projects at one time, and tight timelines. Capable of moving efficiently between strategic and tactical activities, understanding context, connecting seemingly unconnected concepts and ideas, and taking action. Naturally curious and genuinely motivated in learning new things and understanding relationships between teams, people, customers, products, processes, and culture.Able to gather and synthesize information from a variety of people, and then assess how to make improvements in communication or process.Ability to create/manage a vision and think strategically, plan and organize, innovate, analyze complex data and situations, and exercise sound judgment. Must also have the ability to communicate that vision, motivate, lead, coach, and develop employees, and collaborate with functional leaders and teams.Able to influence without authority.Ability to clearly assess, articulate, and manage risk with a sense of urgency to meet project/program deliverables, on schedule, and on budget. Must also have the ability to see the big picture, be comfortable escalating issues and concerns to leadership, prepare contingency plans, and ensure execution of plans through effective organizational awareness. Ability to cast project/program management vision in the context of A-dec’s business model, translating corporate strategy to actionable and achievable initiatives.Demonstrates strong business acumen and ability to think and act holistically. Constantly prioritizes and adjusts in order to achieve results at the individual, team, and project level. Eight or more years leading complex, cross-functional strategic projects/programs combining strategy, technology, data, process, business operations, and change management.Ability to communicate effectively in oral, written, and graphical form. Demonstrates excellent facilitation, decision making, and creative problem solving skills. Exudes confidence and humility. Possess a high EQ and noticeable self-awareness.Has strong understanding of others’ emotions and natural abilities, and capable of finding communication gaps and creating bridges that allow the group to work more effective. 

Minimum Qualifications:

Experience with high levels of ambiguity, regular exposure to senior leadership, work that requires strong attention to detail, working on multiple projects at one time, and tight timelines. Capable of moving efficiently between strategic and tactical activities, understanding context, connecting seemingly unconnected concepts and ideas, and taking action.Naturally curious and genuinely motivated in learning new things and understanding relationships between teams, people, customers, products, processes, and culture. Able to gather and synthesize information from a variety of people, and then assess how to make improvements in communication or process.Ability to create/manage a vision and think strategically, plan and organize, innovate, analyze complex data and situations, and exercise sound judgment. Must also have the ability to communicate that vision, motivate, lead, coach, and develop employees, and collaborate with functional leaders and teams. Able to influence without authority.Ability to clearly assess, articulate, and manage risk with a sense of urgency to meet project/program deliverables, on schedule, and on budget. Must also have the ability to see the big picture, be comfortable escalating issues and concerns to leadership, prepare contingency plans, and ensure execution of plans through effective organizational awareness.Ability to cast project/program management vision in the context of A-dec’s business model, translating corporate strategy to actionable and achievable initiatives. Demonstrates strong business acumen and ability to think and act holistically. Constantly prioritizes and adjusts in order to achieve results at the individual, team, and project level.5-10 years leading complex, cross-functional strategic projects/programs combining strategy, technology, data, process, business operations, and change management.Ability to communicate effectively in oral, written, and graphical form. Demonstrates excellent facilitation, decision making, and creative problem solving skills.Exudes confidence and humility. Possess a high EQ and noticeable self-awareness. Has strong understanding of others’ emotions and natural abilities, and capable of finding communication gaps and creating bridges that allow the group to work more effective.

Preferred Qualifications

MBAOne or more professional certifications or equivalent experience (e.g. PMP, PgMP, PfMP, Agile, Change Management)Multi-disciplinary experience (Finance/Accounting, Product Development, NPI, IT, SoftwareDevelopment, ERP implementation/operations, Marketing, Sales, Manufacturing).Experience with medical devices & standards.

Disclaimer

This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not to be construed as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. A-dec reserves the right to assign job duties and days and hours of work based on factors such as workload requirements, staffing levels, and customer demands.

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