R&D Projects Lead (Manufacturing & Cross-Functional)

City of Shakopee, MN; Malaysia; Hybrid; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits plans

Medical insurance plans

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible time off

Paid parental leave

Employee Assistance Program

Parental leave

Flexible time off

Job summary

Emerson in Penang is seeking a Project Manager to lead mid-to-large cross-functional initiatives in the R&D Sustaining Group. You will manage full lifecycle projects, address manufacturing and quality escalations, and drive continuous improvement across engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain.

The role emphasizes strong collaboration, risk management, and timely communications with sponsors and leadership to deliver business impact.

Qualifications

• MFG background required.
• Able to lead cross-functional projects through full lifecycle.
• Handle manufacturing escalations, customer escalations, Quality/RMA escalations and lifecycle management.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, risk registers, and action-item tracking.
• Manage scope, cost, timelines and resource requirements to achieve objectives.
• Facilitate planning, decision-making, and problem-solving across Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Services, and stakeholders.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks while balancing schedule, cost, quality, and feature requirements.
• Drive alignment among cross-functional stakeholders and escalate issues appropriately.
• Build partnerships across functions to ensure successful project execution.
• Provide clear and timely project communications to teams, sponsors and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead mid-to-large cross-functional projects through the full project lifecycle.
• Handle Manufacturing escalations, Customer escalations, Quality/RMA escalations and lifecycle management projects.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, risk registers, and action-item tracking.
• Manage project scope, cost, timelines, and resource requirements to achieve objectives.
• Facilitate planning, decision-making and problem-solving across Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Services and stakeholders.
• Identify and mitigate project risks while balancing schedule, cost, quality and feature requirements.
• Drive alignment among cross-functional stakeholders and escalate issues when needed.
• Build partnerships across functions to ensure successful project execution.
• Provide clear and timely project communications to teams, sponsors, and leadership.
• Evaluate trade-offs and make recommendations to support business objectives and project success.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and promote project management best practices.
• Ensure compliance with applicable product development processes, tools and governance requirements.

Skills

MFG background

Project management

Risk management

Communication

Job description

Emerson in Penang is seeking a Project Manager to lead mid-to-large cross-functional initiatives in the R&D Sustaining Group. You will manage full lifecycle projects, address manufacturing and quality escalations, and drive continuous improvement across engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain.

The role emphasizes strong collaboration, risk management, and timely communications with sponsors and leadership to deliver business impact.