Lead Program Manager

Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc.; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker/SD

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Job summary

Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc. in Towson, MD is seeking a Lead Program Manager for a hybrid role combining onsite and remote collaboration.

You will join the Program Management Office reporting to the Portfolio Program Manager at the Pro Electrified Products Design Center, guiding complex NPD programs and cross-functional teams. This role emphasizes strategic portfolio management, risk mitigation, and P&L oversight, with a focus on manufacturing and cost optimization across multiple high‑complexity

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Engineering Product Development required.
• 5+ years in Engineering Product Development or Program Management preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, mathematics or related field.
• Strong communication skills including effective upward communication.
• Proven experience in new product development within consumer and professional goods industries.
• Demonstrated personnel management skills and ability to lead cross-functional teams.
• Strong understanding of NPD financial principles and ability to analyze cost implications.
• Experience collaborating between business units and technology departments.
• Familiarity with project management methodologies and MS Project/Office.
• Solid understanding of manufacturing processes and production planning.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills with data-driven decisions.
• Strong organizational and scoping skills for multi-project plans.
• Excellent written, verbal communication, and meeting facilitation skills.
• Ability to build relationships in a global environment.
• Skilled in influencing and change initiatives.
• Capable of documenting process flows and business requirements.
• Contributions to design, development, and completion of project deliverables with PMO standards.
• Proactive in identifying obstacles and mitigation strategies.
• Supports analytical input for cross-functional change initiatives.
• Maintains reporting relationships across stakeholders to ensure project quality.
• Willingness to contribute to various project tasks.

Responsibilities

• Direct Program Management: Engineering New Product Development Focus and manage risks, coordinate activities, and lead high-innovation projects.
• Lead a product sub-category and manage category risks across multiple high-complexity projects; drive improvements.
• Monitor portfolio level metrics and drive mitigation strategies.
• Support cross-functional training to improve performance related to portfolio goals.
• Develop mitigation plans for identified project risk with cross-functional timing.
• Develop and monitor program P&L and ensure margins and costs.
• Schedule resources and guide project objectives; determine critical activities.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration for successful execution across boundaries.
• Prepare project status and communicate risks with recovery plans; run efficient meetings.

Skills

Program management

New product development

Cross-functional leadership

Risk management

Financial analysis

Microsoft Project

Education

Bachelor’s in engineering

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Office

Job description

Lead Program Manager – Hybrid

This is a hybrid position that requires onsite work in Towson, MD minimum 3 days per week. Towson, MD, United States

Come make the world and accelerate your success. It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of approximately 48,000 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®.

The Job

As a Lead Program Manager, you’ll be a key team member of the Program Management office reporting to the Portfolio Program manager of the Pro Electrified Products Design Center. You will be working as a hybrid employee.

You’ll get to:

• Direct Program Management: Engineering New Product Development Focus - Leveraging cross-functional knowledge of New Product Development methodologies to effectively manage risks, coordinate project activities and make appropriate decisions - Independently leads projects with the highest level of innovation, complexity and capital spend.
• In Addition to Direct Program Management - Lead a product sub-category and effectively manage category risks across multiple high complexity projects Generate, Recommend, and Support Implementation of continuous improvement process development related to Program Management, Process Management, Cross Functional Working Relationship Development, and Metric Driven Performance Improvement Levers - Challenges the status quo (“This is how we’ve always done it”) to identify new opportunities for project acceleration. Effectively implements learnings in alignment with Engineering Excellence team.
• Generate Awareness and Recommend Control Actions related to portfolio level metrics within the Design Center Goals - Monitors sub-category KPI’s (e.g Agility, Product Cost, Capital Spending, CTQ’s) and proactively identifies non-conformance and drives cross functional teams toward mitigation strategies
• Support and Facilitate training of colleagues cross functionally related to targeted improvement of performance related to portfolio level metrics with Design Center Goals
• Develops and implements mitigation plans for identified project risk. Collaborates with cross functional team to develop timing and action plan for project. Ensures dependencies and critical path are identified and clearly communicated. Maintains technical knowledge through continuous development by educational workshops and pursuing certifications.
• Works with Product Management to Develop and Monitors program P&L and key drivers that affect overall program financial health ensuring programs meet established objectives (e.g. margins, costs, revenue) Applies technical knowledge and understanding to day-to-day decision making.
• Completes projects by scheduling and assigning resources and following up on work. Guides development of technical project objectives by reviewing project proposals and plans Determines critical activities to execute program objectives.
• Supports cross-functional teams to work seamlessly across boundaries of company, culture, and geography for successful project execution. Leads, collaboration efforts across organization to leverage best practices, expertise and shared resources.
• Prepares project status and communicates risks to leadership with proper level of detail and recovery plans. Challenges and provides constructive mitigation strategies. Runs efficient meetings by establishing cadence and techniques.

The Person

You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have:

• 10+ years of experience in Engineering Product Development required.
• 5+ years of experience in Engineering Product Development or Program Management of Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing Product Development preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, mathematics or related field.
• Strong communication skills including demonstrated history of effective upward communication.
• Proven experience in new product development within consumer and professional goods industries.
• Demonstrated personnel management skills and the ability to lead cross-functional teams, including executive leadership.
• Strong Understanding of NPD Financial principals and ability to quickly understand impacts of changes to relevant variables (Ex-Factory/Landed Costs, SG&A, Capital, SGM, AGM, Payback Period)
• Strong track record of facilitating effective collaboration between business units and technology departments.
• Familiarity with structured project management methodologies (e.g., Critical Path), and proficiency in project management tools such as Microsoft Project and Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, SharePoint).
• Solid understanding of basic manufacturing processes, production planning, and best practices in project deployment, including policies, procedures, and process improvement.
• Advanced analytical and logical problem-solving skills, with the ability to use financial analysis for fact-based business decisions.
• Effective organization, planning, and scoping skills, able to size work efforts and manage multiple functional resources through comprehensive project plans.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, and meeting facilitation skills, including agenda setting, minute documentation, and deliverable tracking across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Ability to develop and maintain constructive working relationships in a global, multicultural environment, demonstrating cultural sensitivity and appropriate conduct.
• Skilled in influencing others, articulating business cases, and interpreting cause-effect impacts to support change initiatives.
• Capable of soliciting and documenting process flows and business requirements accurately.
• Responsible for significant contributions to the design, development, and completion of project deliverables, including documentation, status monitoring, and reporting in accordance with PMO standards.
• Proactive in identifying and eliminating obstacles to business goals, solution plans, or implementation.
• Supports and provides advanced analytical input for change initiatives impacting multiple business units, product lines, or processes.
• Maintains effective reporting relationships with stakeholders, team members, managers, customers, vendors, and other departments to coordinate efforts and ensure project quality.
• Willingness to contribute to various project tasks as directed.

The Details

You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including: Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being. Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs. And More: We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll get to: Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths. Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal. Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for a wide range of perspectives and experiences. Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back, and sustainable business practices. What’s more, you’ll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We’re visionaries and innovators. As successful as we’ve been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship (H1B, OPT/CPT, TN etc).

Salary

The Salary range for this position is $95,600.00 - $153,900.00 This is the lowest to highest annual full-time salary range we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. The salary offered within the range may vary depending on multiple factors including job level, geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience and in compliance with local wage requirements. Please note that salary is only one component of total rewards at Stanley Black & Decker. The salary range listed in this job posting reflects the range for the primary location specified. The salary range may vary for other locations. The successful candidate may be eligible for annual merit increases. Medical, dental, life, vision, disability,401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being. Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tool sand other partner programs. We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too. Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 43,500 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

About Us

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

Benefits & Perks

You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.

Learning & Development

Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture

We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company

You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

EEO Statement

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