CPI Project Manager

Assa Abloy Ab; Monroe (NC); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ASSA ABLOY Group is seeking a Project Manager, Product Development in North Carolina to lead and coordinate global product initiatives for automatic door systems. You will drive cross-functional collaboration, manage milestones, and ensure delivery from concept through launch with strong communication to leadership.

The role emphasizes structured planning, risk management, and continuous PM process improvement across R&D, manufacturing, sourcing, and marketing teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, PM, Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years PM experience in product development or NPI.
• Experience with hardware/building products preferred.
• Proven cross-functional delivery in matrix environments.
• Experience creating and maintaining project schedules.
• Strong organization, ownership and accountability.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Proficiency with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint).
• Familiarity with Jira, Asana or similar PM tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end execution of new product and enhancement initiatives for automatic doors.
• Coordinate launch execution, track milestones, and escalate critical issues.
• Define project requirements and scope with stakeholders.
• Ensure final product meets requirements or approved deviations.
• Build and maintain project plans, timelines, and resource estimates.
• Drive stage-gate process from design readiness to commercial launch.
• Lead cross-functional meetings with owners and action items.
• Identify and mitigate project risks, dependencies, and issues.
• Develop mitigation plans and escalate issues to leadership.
• Coordinate work across R&D, manufacturing, sourcing, quality, marketing, sales.
• Ensure compliance, certification activities with owners for milestones.
• Provide regular updates and drive key decisions with leadership.
• Translate technical details to stakeholders in an understandable way.
• Pursue continuous improvement of PM processes and tools.

Skills

Project management

Product development

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Scheduling & reporting

MS Office

Jira/Asana

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Asana

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Project Manager, Product Development

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end execution of new product and product enhancement initiatives for automatic doors, including sliding doors, swinging doors, revolving doors, or other automatic door systems.
• Serve as the central point of coordination for product launch execution; tracking project milestones, driving accountability, facilitating communication across global teams, and escalating critical issues that could impact project timing, cost, or customer commitments.
• Work with product management and other stakeholders to define project requirements and scope.
• Ensure the end product meets the outlined requirements or established deviations.
• Build and maintain project plans, timelines, resource estimates, and key milestone tracking from concept through product launch.
• Drive the project through the stage-gate process and ensure adherence to the prescribed system from design readiness, pilot builds, production readiness, and commercial launch criteria.
• Lead cross-functional project meetings and ensure action items are assigned, tracked, and completed.
• Identify, assess, and proactively manage project risks, dependencies, and issues to minimize impacts on scope, schedule, and launch readiness.
• Develop mitigation and recovery plans and escape critical issues to stakeholders and leadership as needed.
• Coordinate cross-functional work across teams from R&D, manufacturing, sourcing, quality, architectural, marketing, product management, and sales teams; assign owners, resolve conflicts, and escape decisions when needed.
• Coordinate compliance, certification, and regulatory activities with technical owners to ensure required approvals are obtained in support of project milestones and launch schedules.
• Provide regular project updates, facilitate discussions, and drive key decisions with stakeholders and leadership teams.
• Translate technical details and communicate in an easy-to-understand manner to other project stakeholders, including executive level leadership.
• Drive continuous improvement of project management processes, tools, and reporting methods to enhance project execution and support future product launches.

Requirements

• Must-have Bachelor's degree in Business, Project Management, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of project management experience in product development, engineering, manufacturing, or NPI environments.
• Experience with hardware, electromechanical, or building products is strongly preferred.
• Proven delivery in a cross-functional, matrix environment (influence without direct authority).
• Experience creating and maintaining project schedules and status reporting.
• Highly organized and self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Demonstrated ability to engage stakeholders, drive action items to completion, follow up on commitments, and maintain project momentum through successful delivery.
• Strong prioritization and time management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint.
• Proficiency with modern project-tracking tools (Jira, Asana, or similar).

Nice-to-have

• Experience with agile practices.
• Technical background or experience working in an engineering environment.
• Experience coordinating with supply chain and manufacturing partners.
• Experience working within a global company, multiple brands, or multi-site manufacturing.
• PMP certification or formal project management training.

Success in the role

Projects close with agreed scope delivered, controlled cost/schedule variance, clean production and commercial handoff, and documented lessons learned for the next launch.

We are the ASSA ABLOY Group

Our people have made us the global leader in access solutions. In return, we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries, we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces – physical and virtual – safer, more secure, and easier to access. As an employer, we value results – not titles, or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally. As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.

We are the ASSA ABLOY Group

Our people have made us the global leader in access solutions. In return, we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries, we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces – physical and virtual – safer, more secure, and easier to access. As an employer, we value results – not titles, or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally. As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.