Project Manager

TechStar Group; Liberty (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

TechStar Group in the United States seeks a senior project professional to define and report KPIs and milestones using the Battery Master Operation Plan. You will lead cross-functional teams across engineering, purchasing, and manufacturing to meet milestones for new model launches.

The role requires 5+ years in project-related work, ability to travel up to 10% domestically and internationally, and strong proficiency with MS Office. Collaboration across divisions and vendors is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a project-related role.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher.
• Experience managing capital investments > $0.5M.
• Experience setting, visualizing, and reporting KPIs to senior leadership.
• Ability to create and maintain detailed schedules with milestones.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Domestic and international travel up to 10%.
• Ability to work weekends/holidays when required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate new model launch activities across divisions and with international teams.
• Define and report overall project KPIs and milestones.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration to develop strategies for achieving milestones.
• Support pre-production trial activities, including scheduling and KPI setup.
• Contribute to standardization and documentation of processes and job instructions.

Skills

MS Office

KPI reporting

Project management

Schedule creation

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Tools

Battery Master Operation Plan (OP)

Job description

What percentage or how often:

Not at the beginning of the contract

Where will they need to travel:

Within the US

If International, to/from which countries:

Japan

Description:

• Team is looking for someone who has experience in Defining and reporting overall project KPIs and Milestones using the Battery Master Operation Plan (OP). Defining standard reporting structure and standardized outputs for KPI and Milestone reporting. Leading project and trial Obeyas.
• Supporting pre-production trial activity including coordinating trial parts orders, schedule creation, and KPI setting/management based on project phase and schedule.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Ability for business travel, both domestic and international up to 10%. (Possibility of International but nothing on plan as of now.)
• 5+ years equivalent professional work experience in a Project related role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Working in a collaborative team environment in a large corporate structure supporting other Engineers, Project Management Groups, Construction Management Group, Purchasing, etc. to develop and execute strategies to achieve project milestones for new model launch. Serve as primary contact point to other groups including direct coordination with Battery Manufacturing Department.
• Coordinating new model launch activities between multiple divisions and companies (domestic and international) considering every phase of vehicle development through start of production.
• Problem solving issues that have potential impact to successful project or launch execution. Leading coordination across all departments to countermeasure and apply solutions to future projects to prevent recurrence.
• Defining and reporting overall project KPIs and Milestones using the Battery Master Operation Plan (OP). Defining standard reporting structure and standardized outputs for KPI and Milestone reporting. Leading project and trial Obeyas.
• Contributing to department and jobway standardization by confirming reflections and feedback to Master OP, developing detailed job instruction documentation, and developing countermeasures for No Repeat.
• Supporting construction activity including coordinating achievement of building preparation milestones, installation kickoffs, construction Obeyas, and coordinating with the Facilities projects team based on project phase and schedule.
• Supporting pre-production trial activity including coordinating trial parts orders, schedule creation, and KPI setting/management based on project phase and schedule.
• Completing internal and external training
• Supporting additional ad-hoc requests and projects which require cross functional coordination which could include items such as budget, asset management, Shutdowns, and other company initiatives.
• This role requires an ability to multi-task with many areas with conflicting deadlines and priorities.
• This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and work with many individuals and entities at any given time.
• Specific tasks and responsibilities may shift to support the needs of the overall project.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher or 5+ years equivalent professional work experience in a Project related role.

Responsibilities:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher or 5+ years equivalent professional work experience in a Project related role.
• Project management experience dealing with capital investments greater than $0.5M.
• Experience setting, managing, visualizing, and reporting KPIs, including reporting directly to Senior/Executive level leadership recommending company direction based on data analysis.
• Experience in creating and maintaining detailed schedules including milestone achievement.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Ability for business travel, both domestic and international up to 10%. (Possibility of International but nothing on plan as of now.)
• Ability to work weekends, holidays, and shutdown periods (such as July and December shutdown) as needed, based on project condition and schedule. 25%
• Ability to support evening meetings with Japan as needed, based on project condition and schedule.

Added Bonus

• Battery or automotive manufacturing experience
• 3 Pillar management or execution experience
• Understanding and execution of Gated Management or BRAD milestones
• Experience with Business Practices problem solving
• Understanding of Toyota planning process, specifications, and product development