Engineering Transformation Program Manager (Hybrid)

Daikin Applied; Plymouth (MN); Hybrid; USD 101,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

Daikin Applied is seeking an Engineering Strategy & Transformation, Program Manager in Plymouth, MN (Hybrid) to translate engineering strategy into an executable Transformation Office portfolio. You will maintain program governance, reports, and alignment across diverse stakeholders to drive strategic outcomes.

Responsibilities include roadmap maintenance, governance readiness, and leadership reporting, with collaboration across Engineering, Digital, Quality, Operations, and Finance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Engineering, Business, PM, Operations, IT.
• 7+ years transforming programs, including cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience translating strategic priorities into executable roadmaps and governance.
• Experience coordinating complex programs with milestones, risks, and dependencies.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to prepare dashboards and summaries.
• Experience with governance meetings, action tracking, and stakeholder follow-through.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the Engineering Transformation Office roadmap with scope, milestones, owners, dependencies, risks, and outcomes.
• Apply standard PM processes, governance, and reporting across the office.
• Coordinate inputs from initiative leaders to ensure complete, aligned portfolio data.
• Track cross-initiative dependencies, actions, and escalations; support timely resolutions.
• Synthesize priorities, capacity, and timing to inform prioritization and trade-off decisions.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder management

Governance

Communication

Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, PM, Operations, IT

Tools

Fluid

Power BI

Microsoft Project

Planner

Visio

SharePoint

Excel

PowerPoint

Teams

Job description

Daikin Applied is seeking an Engineering Strategy & Transformation, Program Manager in Plymouth, MN (Hybrid) to translate engineering strategy into an executable Transformation Office portfolio. You will maintain program governance, reports, and alignment across diverse stakeholders to drive strategic outcomes.

Responsibilities include roadmap maintenance, governance readiness, and leadership reporting, with collaboration across Engineering, Digital, Quality, Operations, and Finance.