System Engineering Project Manager, Home Hardware EngineeringAs a System Engineering Project Manager, you will be responsible for managing the development of one of the products within Home Hardware Engineering.
In this role, you will drive the day-to-day activities to meet the overall program objectives focusing on engineering, development planning, and validation cycles.
Description Enable the product development effort by creating and monitoring an efficient, streamlined process.
Create and maintain project schedules to meet market delivery dates.
Identify and direct all resources required to execute successful completion of product development tasks.
Lead a cross-functional team of engineers, assess and communicate cross-functional issues and risks.
Drive day-to-day activities to meet overall project objectives including calling and running meetings among engineering stakeholders.
Redirect pitfalls and develop a better course of action including preparing and executing contingency plans should main plans fail.
Collaborate and facilitate communication across engineering, operations, and marketing managers and OEM partners to meet aggressive cost, schedule, and quality goals.
Lead cross-functional communication between project teams and external vendors via leading face-to-face meetings, video/conference calls, and written communications.
Provide timely issue resolution and critical path management.
Offer multiple levels of status across a wide spectrum of individual contributors to executive management via written and verbal communication.
Understand technical issues and drive them to closure by bringing together key stakeholders for decision making.
Gather material for executive presentations and make presentations to executives for soliciting approvals through product development phase gates as well as for escalation of critical issues.
Minimum Qualifications 3+ years of project management experience in product development or an engineering background.Preferred Qualifications Excellent communication, organizational, presentation, and leadership skills.Ability to filter and distill relevant information for the right audience.Self-motivated and proactive with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities.Understands and deals well with rapid development cycles; remains flexible and calm in the face of ambiguity.Knowledge of product development processes as well as an understanding of manufacturing processes.Participated in delivering products comprised of multiple materials and high aesthetic quality.Experience interfacing with operations, manufacturing, software, design, and marketing teams.Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity.
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