New Product Development Jobs for OPT Students

Position Description:

At a Glance

Legrand has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Manager, New Product Development to join the Electrical Wiring Systems Pass and Seymour Team in Syracuse, NY. The Senior Project Manager, New Product Development is responsible for projects and engineering efforts that support the design, development, and improvement of new and existing products. Tasked with coordinating efforts across Engineering, Marketing, Procurement, Quality and Operations functions to ensure the successful review, planning, execution, and closeout of projects. These activities must support the company's goals of increasing market share and profitability through creativity and innovation.

What Will You Do?

Main Activities:

• Work with product line managers to review and develop product specifications, and develop project estimates (scope, schedule, budget, technical feasibility, risk).
• Build out project schedules utilizing the waterfall and/or agile methodologies.
• Break down major milestones into smaller deliverables.
• Use Smartsheet to track project schedules, budgets, and dashboards.
• Schedule and lead cross-functional team meetings.
• Manage and review project milestone documents to ensure completion.
• Take thorough meeting minutes, assign action items, and follow up on open actions.
• Align projects and programs with larger organizational initiatives and direction.
• Assist Management with developing and maintaining the project management process.
• Maintain project documentation and contribute to project Gate meetings.
• Support optimization efforts of the NPD processes.
• Support the development and implementation of ISO9001.

Main Job Duties:

• Work with product line managers and engineering teams to evaluate initial product specifications and provide guidance on technical risks and estimated schedule, budgets, and product costs.
• Manages project/program planning and execution, stage-gate approvals, and deployment planning meetings.
• Executes and delivers projects/programs on-scope, on-time, on-budget, with quality and customer satisfaction - promoting and executing using project management methodologies and tools, and a continuous improvement mindset.
• Identifies and manages the delivery of all project deliverables with team members.
• Manages, tracks, documents, and communicates all changes to the project (e.g. Scope, Schedule).
• Organizes the project team to carry out the project plan with assistance from function managers.
• Exercise the responsibility and authority necessary to keep projects on track, escalates to managers and Product Committee as appropriate.
• Develops a budget for the project, tracks project expenditures including coordination of purchase orders, tracks man hours and other resources spent on the project.
• Manages the identification, impact, mitigation, and communication of risks.
• Holds project status update meetings, communicates status regularly and is the point of contact for assigned projects.

Qualifications

Required Skills

Education:
Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BS) minimum, Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering preferred.

Experience:

3-5 years of experience managing projects, direct experience with new product development preferred. Experience with electronics is highly desired.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:

• Must have excellent verbal and written communications skills and be able to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization. Must be an effective listener, able to maintain focus extract necessary information and validate understanding of the information.
• Requires strong organizational and time management skills, close attention to detail and be able to effectively handle multiple priorities and multiple projects.
• Ideally have product design experience with electro-mechanical assembly design.
• Ideally have experience with designing products for low cost and high-volume manufacturing processes.
• Knowledge of UL requirements.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 requirements.
• Ability to work with Mechanical, Electrical, and Software Engineers for the design of products that are internet connected (IoT).
• Must be able to travel (regionally and internationally). Expectation is less than 10% travel.
• Experience applying project management methodologies.
• Must understand and have experience in all aspects of the new product development life cycle; understand product life cycle overall.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing multiple projects effectively.
• Exhibits strong cultural sensitivity necessary for good communication and building effective partnerships with local, regional, and foreign resources and teams.
• Strong computer skills, especially in project management software along with being proficient with word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software, e-mail and meeting management software.
• Ability to use internet and web based resources efficiently and effectively.
• Must possess excellent project management skills, including demonstrated ability to develop and manage to a project plan, establish priorities, work to deadlines and control multiple projects at various stages of work.
• Ability to attain a PMP within one (1) year of starting work.

Position Attributes:

Self-Direction: Priorities are set from department manager. Manage their own workload and coordinate with project teams and outside organizations during project execution to meet overall desired timelines.
Leadership: Act as the point of contact for all matters related to your projects. Schedule regular project meetings and provide agendas, notes, and action items. Drive projects to deliver products meeting scope, schedule, and budget.
Communication: Clearly communicate with and between project teams, and throughout the organization to drive projects. Clearly and effectively communicate risks and support needs upwards.
Planning: Effectively lead project teams to develop early stage project plans when details and designs are not fixed, and update and align plans as projects, products, and processes are developed and executed.
Resourcing: Work with organizations to identify project resource needs, and resolve resource constraints within projects.
Problem Solving: Ability to understand and communicate problems, and lead project teams to collaborate on potential solution paths.

Salary: $105K - $140K

About Legrand

Legrand is the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures. Our comprehensive offering of solutions for residential, commercial, and data center markets makes us a benchmark for customers worldwide. We harness technological and societal trends with lasting impacts on buildings with the purpose of improving life by transforming the spaces where people live, work, and meet with electrical and digital infrastructures and connected solutions that are simple, innovative, and sustainable. Legrand is a global, publicly traded company listed on the Euronext (Legrand SA EPA: LR).

About Legrand North and Central America

Legrand, North & Central America (LNCA) is a leader in the AV, Lighting & Controls, Electrical, and Data Center markets. LNCA offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as distinctive benefits like a high employer 401K match, paid time off (PTO) and holiday pay, short-term and long-term disability benefit plans, above-benchmark paid maternity and parental leave, bonus opportunities in accordance with the Company’s incentive plans, paid time off to volunteer, and an active/growing Employee Resource Group network.

About Legrand’s Electrical Wiring Systems Division

Legrand’s Electrical Wiring Systems (EWS) division provides the most complete line of residential, commercial, and industrial electrical wiring devices in the world. Through commitment to innovation and quality, EWS maintains the position of industry leader in wire and cable management and wiring devices categories, specializing in raceways, flexible floor, open space and outdoor power solutions, wire mesh cable trays and systems, and designer switches and outlets. With this comprehensive offering, EWS serves a range of exciting vertical markets, including commercial office and commercial interior, data centers, education, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, mixed-use developments and residential.

Equal Opportunity Employer