Program Manager

Join BorgWarner Portland (Cascadia Motion brand) as a Program Manager and play a key role in advancing innovative electrified propulsion and industrial power technologies. In this role, you will be responsible for organizing, coordinating, and executing to program goals. The Program Manager must work at all levels, internal and external to BorgWarner, to ensure successful program execution.

The BorgWarner Portland team is a small, highly agile group specializing in the design and manufacture of hardware for electric vehicle propulsion & industrial power systems including electric motors, power electronics (inverters), and transmissions. In contrast to the complex structures often found in large engineering organizations, we operate with lean, right-sized processes tailored to our customers’ needs, empowering employees to make decisions quickly and keep projects moving efficiently. With design cycles typically around a year, our fast-moving environment fosters innovation, adaptability, and strong team engagement.

BorgWarner Portland has an extensive and international customer base, ranging from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to emerging technologies and startups.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as the program owner that is accountable for successful program execution
  • Manage and execute the program based on the PDS Portland Development Process.
  • Drive accountability and action within the Program Team.
  • Develop and validate program scope and customer deliverables to ensure expectations for quality, timing, and product performance are met.
• Leadership
  • Lead a cross-functional Program Team to achieve success
    • Drive consistent positive dynamics and interactions within the Program Team.
    • Organize and facilitate team meetings at the necessary frequency.
  • Communicate effectively
    • Translate complexity into clarity for audiences of all levels and keep everyone aligned on project goals.
  • Influence
    • Lead by example.
    • Provide appropriate constructive feedback where necessary to help team members be more effective.
    • Ensure the Program Team has the necessary resources to succeed.
  • Demonstrate a positive attitude
    • Approach program execution and challenges with a professional, positive attitude.
    • Respectfully challenges all levels within the organization when appropriate.
  • Conflict Management
    • Deal with conflict swiftly, constructively, and decisively, inside and outside of BorgWarner, regardless of levels in the organization
    • Seek compromise, but does not lose sight of the program objectives
• Understands key drivers of program financials and ensure that the financials are factored into all business decisions.
• Risk Management
  • Escalate and drive issues appropriately (both internally and externally) to secure the necessary support to resolve issues
  • Respectfully challenges the organization for key information, rationales, root causes, evidence, desired outcomes, and next steps
• Possesses a high level of product and process knowledge
  • Apply a high level of product knowledge including design, specifications, applications, and system integration

Salary Range:

$107,600 - $147,950

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