Job Title:  Project Manager

Purpose Overview

The Project Manager will contribute to projects in EnerSys’s three lines of business: Energy Systems, Specialty Transport, and Motive Power. The ideal PM brings value through their immediate project ownership, exemplary team leadership, and stakeholder relations skills. This position reports to the Director of Program Management Engineering.

A PM is responsible for the simultaneous management of multiple projects throughout the product life cycle by tracking project progress and reporting results to core team members and other stakeholders. Primary objectives are to manage scope, timing, quality, and financial outcomes of projects from start to finish. A PM acts as the primary point of communication within a project and possesses the instinct for proactive risk management. The PM is not only a manager but is also an exemplary leader who creates a positive and cooperative work environment for their team.

Major Responsibilities

• Owns Project Leadership through complete product life cycle from concept, product development, supplier selection, launch, and lessons learned utilizing EnerSys’s Global Product Development Process (GPDP).

• Lead cross-functional Project Teams, within a matrix environment, successfully driving projects to completion.

• Define project scope, milestones, timing, and resource allocation.

• Collaborate with the resources managers to implement, monitor, and maintain the resources capacity planning for their projects.

• Coordinate and lead core team meetings, design reviews, milestone reviews, and stakeholder engagement and expectations 

• Monitor and control all project deliverables while continually identifying and addressing project issues or risks. 

• Manage project performance, budget, and risk, while communicating market needs, engineering status, and project requirements

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• Serve as the primary point of communication between project team and stakeholders to cohesively align with other departments.

• Report project performance to management stakeholders 

• Actively listens, understands, and identifies needs to develop credibility, loyalty, trust, and commitment.

• Possesses the interpersonal skills to develop key stakeholder relations including those with senior management and leadership.

• Utilizes negotiation tactics to resolve conflicts to ensure success is achieved with minimal risk to project objectives.

• Support PMO best practice development and implementation

Basic Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree.
• 3+ years of project management or related experience
• Demonstrated capability leading limited to medium complexity projects and teams.
• Evidence of increasing responsibility leading teams in product engineering or operations
• Experienced in Microsoft Office; (Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

• Knowledge of product lifecycle and development
• Ability to handle project scope, budget, or team changes within a high priority project.

• Excellent interpersonal skills to develop relationships amongst team members.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to tailor presentations to mid/high management cross-functional audiences
• Experience with Scope Management
• Demonstrate Leadership to elevate project team and stakeholders experience
• Ability to identify, assess and monitor project risks during the whole project life cycle

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Engineering or related technical field.
• Experience in one or more of the following:
  • lithium ion, lead-acid, or other battery technology
  • power conversion, electronics or electrical field
  • software/firmware development
• Experience in design, testing, manufacturing, and/or process control
• Global experience/exposure
• PMP certification or experience
• Knowledge of various PLM and PPM systems
• Exposure to Agile, Scrum, etc. Methodologies
• Exposure to Transformation Management