Additive Manufacturing - New Product Development Program Mgr

Additive Manufacturing - New Product Development Program Mgr

Description -

Job Summary
• HP Additive manufacturing business has an opening for a New Product Development Program Manager. We are seeking highly skilled, experienced, and motivated candidates to apply.

• The selected candidate will oversee all aspects of the new product development, from ideation and conception through design, validation, launch and stabilization.

• This includes:

• Leading the multi-disciplinary team in charge of the new product development, with members from all Business Units functions (Product Management, R&D, Operations, Customer Assurance, Quality, Finance…).

• Execute project plan (scope, calendar and resources) with clear program deliverables, tracking their progress, and manage the surprises and deviations that will arise.

• Frequently updating program progress, risks, and next steps to Management stakeholders.

• Ensuring final product delivers its intended customer value proposition, and is launched on time, within budget, and with the required quality level.

• The Program Manager holds the ultimate Accountability for the Program success, and she/he will report to the Head of AM Program Management Office.

Responsibilities
• Chair and lead the cross-functional Program Business Team, with representatives from all the GBU functions, ensuring the right balance among functions and maintaining a healthy and collaborative team spirit.

• Program Schedule: Develop and maintain a detailed calendar of Program phases and checkpoints, as per the HP AM Product Life Cycle (PLC). Monitor and report progress, identify and address deviations to stay in course, or escalate if it is necessary to go beyond Program boundaries, and all the individual tracks from each area have their interdependencies understood.

• Program Resources: Consolidate Staffing and Expense plans, compliant with the business affordability conditions. Challenge for efficiency, monitor actuals evolution, identify and address deviations or requests for optimization coming from stakeholders.

• Program Scope: starting from Customer Value, facilitating the development of product requirements, including features, functionality, cost, and quality. Establish periodic Scope reviews and change management processes.

• Actively manage project risks: proactively identify potential issues before they become real problems, take corrective actions to avoid them, or drive mitigations to minimize their impact if they finally materialize.

• Communicate Program status, risks, issues and next steps to management stakeholders and Project Team in an intentional and regular way.

• Curate the Program information: PLC checkpoints, Requirements, Decision logs, etc.

• Be a role model on customer centricity and data-driven approach.

• Drive the whole Business Team to continuously improve the new product development process, ensuring that best practices are shared and adopted across. As a member of HP AM PMO Staff, contribute the improvement and knowledge sharing of Program Management tools and processes.

Education & Experience Recommended

• University degree in Engineering, Science or Business.

• 5 or more years of direct experience in New Product Development environments. Experience in different business functions will be also valued.

• At least 2 years of applicable Project Management experience in a medium/large project. Proven project management skills, including the ability to develop and maintain project plans, manage risks, and communicate status effectively.

• Experience working with other organizations, both internal and beyond HP AM, with demonstrated success.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal relationship skills.

• Drive for results. Pragmatic approach: focus on removing roadblocks for team progress. Balanced trust vs. challenge attitude.

• Business Acumen and Customer Focus: understanding of customer needs, and impact both for the customer and for HP.

• Resilience to work under pressure and scrutiny.

Additional aspects to be valued:
• Knowledge of the 3D printing market and HP’s Additive Manufacturing Technology.

• Work experience in two or more business functions will be also valued.

• Experience as people manager or team lead.

• Ability to lead and inspire a team in stressful situations.

Job -

Engineering

Schedule -

Full time

Shift -

No shift premium (Spain)

Travel -

No

Relocation -

No

Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) - 

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