Project Manager / Program Manager

UL, LLC; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

UL Solutions seeks a seasoned Project Manager to lead small to medium initiatives, guiding project teams from planning through delivery and governance adherence. You will manage budgets, risks, and stakeholder communications while aligning deliverables with business outcomes and ROI metrics.

You will partner with business leaders, finance, and change managers to ensure successful execution in a fast-paced environment, with emphasis on clarity, risk mitigation, and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Strong project management and team leadership skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with sponsor reporting and escalation experience.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to varied audiences.
• Facilitation, collaboration, negotiation and presentation skills.
• Ability to anticipate risks and devise timely solutions.
• Focused, versatile team player comfortable with change and ambiguity.
• Understands business goals and IT issues to enable success.
• Understanding of SDLC (Agile, SCRUM, Waterfall, Iterative).
• In-depth understanding of project management concepts.

Responsibilities

• Managing the implementation of small to medium projects.
• Provides leadership and support to project team members.
• Acts as front-line contact on project activities, issues, and risks.
• Manages project risks and issues and escalates accordingly.
• Interfaces with business leaders and with Finance, developing ROI/IRR metrics.
• Manages stakeholders' communications and escalates as needed.
• Adheres to governance and controls; plans and monitors project progress.
• Oversees project budgeting and financial performance.
• Coordinates projects and interdependencies; manages resources.
• Aligns deliverables to outcomes with business change manager guidance.
• Reads and follows UL Code of Conduct and security practices.

Skills

Project management

Team leadership

Communication skills

Sponsor reporting

Technical communication

Facilitation & negotiation

Risk anticipation

Adaptability

IT/business alignment

Education

Bachelor's degree (CS/IT/Business)

PMP/Prince2/Agile certification (preferred)

Tools

Visio

MS Project

Clarity

Job description

• Managing the implementation of small to medium projects.

• Provides overall leadership and support to project team members.

• Acts as front-line contact on project related activities, issues, and risks.

• Manages the project risks and issues and escalates accordingly.

• Interfaces with Business Unit Leaders, and with Finance and develops ROI, IRR and other financial measures.

• Manages stakeholders' communication and escalates accordingly.

• Adheres to program and project governance (controls).

• Plans the overall project and monitors the progress and performs Daily project management throughout the project's life cycle.

• Manages the projects budget and financial performance.

• Coordinates the projects and their interdependencies.

• Manages and utilizes resources.

• Aligns the deliverables (outputs) to the project's outcome with the aid of the business change manager.

• Read and follow the Underwriters Laboratories Code of Conduct and follow all physical and digital security practices.

• Performs other duties as directed.

SKILLS

• Strong project management and team leadership skills.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with sponsor reporting and escalation experience.

• Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Strong facilitation, collaboration, negotiation, and presentation skills.

• Ability to anticipate risks and devise solutions in the moment.

• Focused and versatile team player who is comfortable under pressure, ambiguity, frequent change, or unpredictability.

• Understand current and future business goals and ongoing IT issues to ensure business success.

• Understanding of software development lifecycles (i.e. Agile, SCRUM, Waterfall, Iterative).

• In depth understanding of project management concepts.

EXPERIENCE

• More than four years of project management experience.

• Experience working on project and portfolio management Tools (Visio, MS Project, Clarity, etc.).

EDUCATION

• Bachelors' degree in computer science, information technology, business or related field PMP, Prince 2 and/or Agile certification (preferred but not required).

Total Rewards:

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. The estimated salary range for this position is $XX- $XX and is based on multiple factors, including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, as well as other factors. This position is eligible for annual bonus compensation with a target payout of X% of the base salary. This position also provides health benefits such as medical, dental and vision; wellness benefits such as mental and financial health; and retirement savings (401K) commensurate with the standard rewards offered in each individual location or country. We also provide full-time employees with paid time off including vacation (15 days), holiday and personal days (totaling 12 days), and sick time off (72 hours).

A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers' product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers' product innovation; and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.

UL LLC has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To assure full implementation of this equal employment policy, we will take steps to assure that:

Persons are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, color, age, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, religion, creed, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship, ancestry, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, pregnancy, marital or familial status, or any other protected category under applicable law.