Program Manager Manufacturing, Senior

Overview:

At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working. United by curiosity and a culture of caring, we develop smart solutions that anticipate our customer’s and partner’s needs and solve their challenges.

Being part of Zebra Nation means you are seen, heard, valued, and respected. Drawing from our unique perspectives, we collaborate to deliver on our purpose. Here you are part of a team pushing boundaries today to redefine the work of tomorrow for organizations, their employees, and those they serve.

You’ll have opportunities to learn and lead in a forward-thinking environment, defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes you care about—locally and globally.

Come make an impact every day at Zebra.

What We're Looking For:

• Develop detailed program plans, schedules, budgets, and resource allocation for program/product transfers.
• Define program scope, technical requirements, and metrics to measure success.
• Responsible for the execution of multiple large-scale transfer programs/products.
• Implement program plans while ensuring expenses remain within budget and funds are not allocated to unrelated items. Adhere to the purchase order (PO) process, ensuring POs are created and approved before placing orders.
• Analyze and interpret data to identify process improvement and automation opportunities within the network execution organization, such as improving processes, templates, and systems.
• Lead the day-to-day execution of network programs, coordinating activities across various technical and business teams.
• Manage project timelines, deliverables, and dependencies to ensure timely completion.
• Monitor program performance, track progress against goals, and implement corrective actions when necessary.
• Interface with internal and external stakeholders to develop executable program plans from ambiguous requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, business partners, and vendors to ensure alignment and support.
• Clearly communicate program status, risks, and issues to management and relevant stakeholders.
• Identify potential risks and develop mitigation plans to ensure program success.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues during program execution, removing barriers for the project team.
• Ensure consistency and adherence to quality standards and best practices throughout program implementation.
• Assume accountability (both self and for the indirect project team) for program success against objectives. Gather status updates from the project team and consolidate input into a unified status report. Provide regular updates to senior management as required. Ensure milestone alignment with key leaders before advancing the program.
• Provide functional leadership for Program Management teams, including mentoring and advising junior Program Managers.
• Prepare and persuasively present status updates and other deliverables to senior-level audiences.
• Independently engage additional resources as needed to address obstacles or delays. Proactively recommend solutions for issue resolution.
• Use continuous improvement methodologies like Lean Six Sigma to improve Network Execution processes.

Minimum Education:

• Bachelor’s degree

Minimum Work Experience (years):

• 5-8 years

Key Skills and Competencies:

• Intermediate to advanced communication and facilitation skills. Formal training preferred
• Intermediate to advanced presentation skills.
• Demonstrated comfort in presenting to mid to senior level cross functional audiences.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of advanced concepts with program management approaches, tools and methodologies. PMP certification preferred
• Intermediate to advanced skills in PC based documentation tools including MS Office and MS Project
• Intermediate to advanced skills in delegation and follow up
• Demonstrated working knowledge / experience of technical business unit assigned to (Hardware, Software, Services, etc)

Benefits:

We understand the importance of work-life balance and wellbeing, which is why we offer flexibility for our teams including: hybrid work, adaptable hours, Summer Flex Fridays, Focus Fridays, and an annual companywide well-being day to promote revitalization and success.

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