Senior Program Manager

NextGenEnergyJobs; Toronto; Remote; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ecobee is seeking an experienced Program/Product Manager to own end-to-end delivery of complex programs, spanning planning, execution, launch readiness, and closeout for hardware and software initiatives. You will translate product requirements into concrete delivery plans and manage dependencies across teams.

Lead cross-functional efforts through phase-gate reviews, surface risks early, and drive timely, well-informed decisions to ensure on-time, high-quality product realization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in an engineering-related field.
• Experience managing cross-functional, end-to-end programs.
• Proven ability to translate product requirements into delivery scope.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of assigned programs of moderate complexity through planning, execution, launch readiness, and closeout.
• Develop, maintain, and communicate integrated program plans with scope, timing, dependencies, risks, milestones.
• Manage dependencies, resource constraints, sequencing, and delivery risks across related programs.
• Frame trade-offs with options, impacts, risks, and recommendations to drive timely decisions.
• Translate requirements and business objectives into delivery scope and milestones with Product and Engineering.
• Lead programs through milestone, design, and gate reviews using accurate, decision-ready information.
• Drive execution by identifying blockers, escalating risks, and ensuring teams understand actions.
• Understand system-level implications of technical decisions and surface impacts proactively.
• Facilitate cross-functional alignment with documented outcomes and clear ownership.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering or related field

Job description

ecobee introduced the world’s first smart Wi-Fi thermostat to help millions of consumers save money, conserve energy, and bring home automation into their lives.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of assigned programs of moderate complexity through planning, execution, launch readiness, and closeout.
• Develop, maintain, and communicate integrated program plans that reflect scope, timing, capacity, dependencies, risks, milestones, and key decision points.
• Manage dependencies, resource constraints, sequencing, and delivery risks across related programs within the product line or line of business, escalating conflicts with clear recommendations.
• Frame trade-offs with clear options, impacts, risks, and recommendations to drive timely decisions when scope, schedule, cost, capacity, quality, customer needs, or downstream commitments conflict.
• Translate product requirements and business objectives into clear delivery scope, milestones, and product realization plans in partnership with Product and Engineering.
• Lead programs through Generac NPD processes, including milestone, design, and gate reviews using accurate, decision-ready information.
• Drive execution with appropriate urgency by identifying blockers, clarifying ownership, escalating risks, and ensuring teams understand the decisions and actions required to maintain progress.
• Understand technical decisions at a systems level and surface schedule, cost, compliance, integration, or dependency implications proactively.
• Facilitate cross-functional alignment with documented outcomes, clear ownership, and proactive management of inter-team dependencies and conflicts.
• Own change control for material changes to scope or plan, including impact assessment and decision documentation to secure stakeholder alignment.
• Apply lessons learned, propose improvements to program management and NPD practices, and help drive adoption across the PgM team and supported business areas.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology or Management, Computer Science, or another directly engineering-related field.
• 10 years of progressive experience in engineering, product management, or a related field, including 8 years of program management experience leading cross-functional teams through end-to-end delivery.
• Demonstrated experience managing new product development programs from end-to-end, using a phase-gate (or similar) development process.
• Experience supporting full-system product releases including hardware, software, firmware, manufacturing, supply chain, service, and launch readiness.
• PMP, PgMP, or related certification with demonstrated practical application.
• Experience working with global teams, international suppliers, or distributed development and manufacturing organizations.