at UL, LLC in Springfield, Illinois, United States
Job Description
We have an exciting opportunity for a Program Manager – Engineered Materials to support Product Management and Principal Engineering working hybrid or remote in North America.
The Program Manager – Engineered Materials is responsible for providing program and project management for new organic growth and internal improvement projects within Product Management and Principal Engineering organizations. The Program Manager will ensure that the projects are completed to specification, with the agreed upon time frame and budget. The Program Manager will also maintain and improve existing processes, documentation, and communication platforms while helping the organization speed decision making and project completion for the Engineered Materials Customer Operating Unit.
+ Managing the implementation of large and complex programs.
+ Provides overall leadership and support to one or more project teams.
+ Acts as front-line contact on program related activities, issues, and risks.
+ Manages risks and issues and takes corrective measurements.
+ Interfaces with C-Suite Executives, Business Unit Leaders and finance to develop ROI, IRR and other financial measures.
+ Partners with purchasing to develop POs and manages suppliers and vendor relationships.
+ Manages stakeholders’ communication.
+ Defines the program governance (controls).
+ Plans the overall program and monitors the progress and performs daily program management throughout the program life cycle.
+ Manages the programs budget and financial performance.
+ Coordinates the projects and their interdependencies.
+ Manages and utilizes resources across projects.
+ May manage the performance of direct reports by defining accountabilities, establishing performance objectives and goals, providing feedback and guidance and ensuring that all policies are understood and adhered to.
+ Read and follow the Underwriters Laboratories Code of Conduct and follow all physical and digital security practices.
+ Performs other duties as directed.
SKILLS
+ Demonstrated leadership ability, technical and business acumen and industry knowledge.
+ Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and proven ability to work effectively with all organizational levels, with Executive Level reporting and escalation experience.
+ Proven ability to build and lead integrated teams from various internal and external organizations across multiple sites.
+ Communication across programs, projects and areas (business functions and IT functions).
+ Background in the development of strategic and tactical planning of technology and people resources necessary for successful completion of several large-scale projects.
+ Ability to achieve broadly communicated objectives with a minimal amount of supervision.
+ Ability to promote innovative ideas and accept the risks that are required to lead change.
+ Ability to make decisions independently and to assume higher-level leadership responsibilities in critical situations.
+ Strong analytical, problem solving and financial skills.
+ Ability to innovate under new and/or changing conditions.
EXPERIENCE
+ Over ten years of project management experience running large-scale, distributed/complex projects with multiple parallel threads of work.
+ Experience developing, evaluating and submitting business cases for major capital investments.
+ Experience with cross geographical project coordination and management.
+ Experience with developing RFI/RFP and scoring mechanisms preferred.
+ Experience in Organizational Change Management.
EDUCATION
+ Bachelors’ degree required; Advanced degree preferred.
+ Examples include: MBA, MA in Project Management, or master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent work experience.
+ PMP and/or Agile certifications preferred but not required with related hands-on delivery experience.
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions transforms safety, security, and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 100 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth.
The UL Certification Marks serve as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflect an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission.
We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future.
From the adoption of electrification to the enablement of 5G and new mobility, we collectively look toward new frontiers, working for a safer world.? Our science is your advantage.
Mission: Working for a safer world
UL LLC has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To assure full implementation of this equal employment policy, we will take steps to assure that:
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