Project Manager, Smart Building Solutions

Johnson Controls; Glendale (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Paid vacation/holidays/sick time

Comprehensive benefits (401K, medical,

Dental and vision care.

On-the-job/cross-training

Collaborative team environment

Zero Harm safety policy

Job summary

Johnson Controls is hiring a Project Manager to lead the next generation of Smart Building Products, coordinating across Product Management, Engineering, Marketing and Manufacturing to ensure scope, cost, and schedule are met.

The role requires in-depth PM knowledge, experience managing complex multi-disciplinary teams, and a track record in delivering hardware/software projects within a matrix organization. Join a team focused on safe, efficient, and sustainable buildings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or an equivalent technical field.
• 5 years’ experience as a Project Manager and/or in engineering.
• PMP, Scrum master certification required.
• Experience in cross functional project team management & Software/Hardware Development Lifecycle experience.
• Experience with various development methodologies including waterfall, iterative and agile methods.
• Microsoft project planning and hands on experience in Jira.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Marketing, Manufacturing team to develop project scope, schedule, cost, quality, resources, risk and successful launch of new products.
• Develop and follow a Project Management Plan; set team project goals, plan project deliverables, establish project schedules and milestones; manage all aspects of project schedule including risk with critical focus on quality.
• Ensure projects are delivered with 4 ONs (On Budget, On Product Cost, On Schedule & On Quality)
• Manage and lead assigned geographically dispersed project team members in daily activities; communicate and coordinate activities along cross-functional boundaries.
• Report and review the progress of project(s) with the stakeholders; formalize communication plan to ensure timely, accurate information and updates are provided to appropriate stakeholders.
• Thrive in the front-end phase with ambiguous definitions, fast direction changes, while managing technical risk and uncertainty.
• Apply formal software and hardware engineering and Project Management processes and best practices to ensure high-quality product delivery.
• Execute multiple projects from concept through requirements, design, development, testing and deployment.
• Understand NPI (New Product Initiative) mandatory & non-mandatory deliverables, process in-detail, and drive all NPI programs as per New Product Introduction Process
• Create strategies for risk mitigation and contingency planning maintaining focus on project-level needs while working within the framework of larger, multi-project and program business objectives.
• Ability to understand entire system/business perspective, identify and early escalation of risks at the right time.

Skills

Analytical skills

Project management

Communication skills

Leadership

Education

BS in Software Engineering

MS or MBA preferred

Tools

Microsoft Project

Jira

Job description

Johnson Controls is hiring a Project Manager to lead the next generation of Smart Building Products, coordinating across Product Management, Engineering, Marketing and Manufacturing to ensure scope, cost, and schedule are met.

The role requires in-depth PM knowledge, experience managing complex multi-disciplinary teams, and a track record in delivering hardware/software projects within a matrix organization. Join a team focused on safe, efficient, and sustainable buildings.