Project Manager I

Nidec Corporation; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Nidec Corporation seeks a Project Manager for New Product Development to lead motor driver projects from concept through launch, ensuring governance, on-time releases, and alignment with customer requirements and quality standards.

You will manage end-to-end planning, scope, schedule and budget, coordinate hardware/software, validation, and supplier activities, and drive risk management and stakeholder engagement across global teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or a related technical discipline.
• Advanced Project Management (PMBOK, Waterfall) knowledge includes concepts of scheduling, planning, risk mitigation, financial analysis, etc.
• PMP Certification (preferable)
• 5+ years of demonstrable Project Management experience.
• Experience handling large New Product Development projects scope while driving internal and external team members.
• Agile/Scrum methodology is a plus.
• Ability to communicate effectively with executive level teams.
• Lean Manufacturing & Six Sigma, Black Belt certification (preferable).
• Strong English-speaking is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and facilitate cross-functional project meetings to drive actions and resolve issues.
• Own end-to-end project planning and control (scope, schedule, budget) including resource coordination.
• Prepare governance decision packages and challenge project readiness at key gates.
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills to influence across diverse global teams.
• Prepare and co-facilitate workshops to improve execution and team effectiveness.
• Identify and engage stakeholders to build well-rounded project teams across functions.
• Identify and manage project risks, conflicts, and execution barriers with timely mitigation.
• Utilize PM tools to ensure scope focus, accountability, and milestones.
• Define deliverables and manage interdependencies across functions and external partners.
• Drive simplification, standardization, and efficiency in electronics development and validation workflows.
• Support integration of financial planning and resource allocation into project plans.
• Ensure clear communication and archiving of artifacts; act as primary contact for status, risks, and deliverables.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic planning

Executive communication

Problem solving

Project management

English proficiency

Lean Six Sigma

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or related

PMP Certification

Tools

MS Project

Smartsheet

Jira

Job description

We begin with dreams. Dreams drive our motivation. Dreams are our future. The world’s dreams, people’s dreams, our dreams. Our passion creates ideas that make dreams come alive. Technology and products that were only dreams become reality. All for dreams. Dreams challenge and the Nidec-Group will continue to meet the challenge. For the world’s and people’s tomorrows; the world’s first, the world’s best technologies and products; we will continue our part in creating a better society.

Job Summary

The Project Manager for New Product Development (NPD) leads cross-functional teams to deliver motor driver development projects from concept through launch. This role ensures robust project governance and disciplined execution aligned to customer requirements, quality standards, and strategic business objectives - enabling on-time releases meeting performance, cost, and schedule targets.

Job Description

The PM manages multiple projects across the full development lifecycle, driving stakeholder alignment, requirements definition, integrated planning, engineering execution (hardware/software), test validation, supplier coordination, and release readiness.

• Lead and facilitate cross-functional (and at times cross-organizational) project meetings to drive actions, remove blockers, resolve issues, and enable timely technical and business decision‑making.
• Own end-to-end project planning and control (scope, schedule, budget), including integrated plans, milestones, dependencies, reporting, and change control; coordinate internal/external engineering and validation resources, and partner with resource managers and other PMs to ensure staffing, alignment, and program integration.
• Prepare governance decision packages and actively challenge project readiness (scope, schedule, risks, deliverables, technical maturity) to enable decisions at key gates and mandatory deliverables.
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and the ability to influence without authority while working effectively with diverse, global cross‑functional teams.
• Prepare and co‑facilitate workshops and project working sessions to improve execution, quality, and team effectiveness.
• Identify and engage key stakeholders to build well‑rounded project teams (e.g., Electronics hardware/software, Test validation, Manufacturing processes, Development, Quality, Procurement, Regulatory/Compliance, Finance, and R&D).
• Identify and manage project risks, conflicts, and execution barriers (technical, supplier, schedule, cost). Facilitate timely mitigation, escalation, and resolution.
• Utilize project management tools to ensure scope focus, accountability, clear deliverables, milestone discipline, and effectiveness checks (e.g., actions tracking, critical path).
• Manage projects with appropriate supervision and guidance, escalating proactively when scope, timing, or technical maturity puts commitments at risk.
• Define project deliverables and manage interdependencies across functions, workstreams, and external partners, ensuring alignment on requirements, architecture, design reviews, and release artifacts.
• Routinely challenge the status quo to drive simplification, standardization, and efficiency across the electronics development and validation workflow.
• Support integration of financial planning (capital/expense as applicable) and resource allocation into project plans, tracking burn vs. plan and forecasting to end-of-project.
• Ensure project decisions and actions are communicated clearly and that artifacts are documented and archived; serve as the primary point of contact for project status, risks, and deliverables.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or a related technical discipline
• Advanced Project Management (PMBOK, Waterfall) knowledge includes concepts of scheduling, planning, risk mitigation, financial analysis, etc.
• PMP Certification (preferable)
• 5+ years of demonstrable Project Management experience.
• Experience handling large New Product Development projects scope while driving internal and external team members.
• Agile/Scrum methodology is a plus.
• Ability to communicate effectively with executive level teams.
• Lean Manufacturing & Six Sigma, Black Belt certification (preferable).
• Strong English‑speaking is required.

Key Competencies

• Strong leadership and team collaboration skills across multiple functions.
• Problem solving and high result driven mindset
• High skills of planning and execution (make things happen)
• High sense of urgency and strong ownership
• Organizational influence, analytical, and problem‑solving skills.
• Knowledge of NPD process including stage‑gate, agile and hybrid project management.
• Proficiency with PM Tools (MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, or equivalent).
• Manage competing priorities in fast‑paced environments.
• Risk identification, mitigation & management.
• Communication, prioritizing resources effectively, and enhancing customer satisfaction through the successful execution of critical initiatives.

Equal Employment Opportunity and Aff…

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Nidec has worked its way up to become the world's No.1 manufacturer of small precision motors. In the process, Nidec has gradually expanded its product lineup to include a variety of small to large motors, application products for machinery, and electronic and optical components. At present, its products are used in a wide range of fields and devices including information and telecommunications equipment, office equipment, home appliances, automobiles, industrial equipment, and environmental energy. "For Everything that Spins and Moves", the Group is creating next‑generation drive technologies to meet the needs of the society.