Senior Program Manager, Supply Chain

Carrier; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Carrier is seeking a senior Project Manager to lead complex cross-functional supply chain and engineering cost-reduction initiatives. You will translate business priorities into actionable plans, track outcomes, and provide data-driven recommendations to executives.

You will own the full lifecycle from initiation to realization, partnering with Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance and Operations to drive value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field.
• 7+ years of project management experience, with success in launching engineering projects into production.
• 5+ years of experience in supply chain, program management, manufacturing, or engineering.
• 5+ years of experience working with manufactured products.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-visibility, million-dollar projects from business case through benefit realization with cross-functional teams.
• Develop and manage integrated project plans, including scope, schedules, milestones, deliverables, resources, and critical-path dependencies.
• Lead project teams through execution, facilitating sessions, removing roadblocks, and ensuring timely delivery.
• Drive portfolio-level execution and accountability, ensuring governance and timely delivery of outcomes.
• Establish and enforce PMO governance standards across intake, prioritization, risk management, reporting and documentation.
• Lead portfolio resource and capacity planning to align staffing and sequencing with constraints.
• Drive continuous improvement across the portfolio in processes and reporting.
• Partner with Finance and project owners to validate savings assumptions, forecasts and timing.
• Maintain accurate project data and provide timely portfolio reports.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management/Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

About Carrier

Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow on Carrier social media at @Carrier.

About This Role

This role leads the execution of complex, cross-functional supply chain and engineering cost reduction projects. The individual translates business priorities into actionable project plans, tracks delivery and financial outcomes, and provides data-driven recommendations to support decision-making. As the project manager, the individual owns the full project lifecycle, from initiation and planning through execution and benefits realization.

The role partners closely with Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, Operations, Business Units, and suppliers to coordinate end-to-end execution, identify risks, resolve dependencies, and maintain accurate portfolio reporting. The individual influences stakeholders without direct authority and provides leadership with concise updates, recommendations, and decisions required to deliver committed outcomes. The individual leads project reviews, drives action-item accountability, removes execution barriers, and implements recovery plans to keep high-value projects aligned with committed timing and business results.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead high-visibility, million-dollar projects from business case through benefit realization, aligning executive sponsors and cross-functional teams on scope, investment, milestones, risks, and key decisions to deliver committed financial and operational outcomes.
• Develop and manage integrated project plans, including scope, schedules, milestones, deliverables, resources, and critical-path dependencies, to ensure disciplined execution from initiation through closure. Develop concise project-status reports for executive-level updates.
• Lead project teams through execution, facilitating working sessions and project reviews, assigning actions, removing roadblocks, and implementing recovery plans to keep projects on track.
• Drive portfolio-level execution and accountability, holding project owners, and cross-functional teams accountable for timelines, deliverables, financial commitments, and required governance.
• Establish and enforce PMO governance standards across project intake, prioritization, risk management, reporting, decision forums, and documentation, ensuring each project has clearly defined scope, milestones, ownership, dependencies, risks, and measurable outcomes.
• Lead portfolio resource and capacity planning, ensuring critical projects are appropriately staffed and recommending changes to sequencing, ownership, or resource allocation when constraints arise, highlighting performance, risks, decisions required, and recovery actions.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to strengthen project processes, governance, reporting, and execution efficiency, and lead implementation of sustainable improvements across the portfolio.
• Partner with Finance and project owners to validate savings assumptions, forecasts, timing, and benefit realization.
• Maintain accurate project data in approved systems and create timely portfolio reports.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• 7+ years of project management experience, with a demonstrated track record of success in launching engineering projects (NPI, cost out, etc.) into production.
• 5+ Years of Experience in supply chain, program management, manufacturing, or engineering.
• 5+ Years of Experience working with manufactured products

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in one of the following: Supply Chain Management, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Logistics, Business Administration
• Experience leading complex projects or defined workstreams within a broader portfolio, including governance, financial tracking, risk management, and cross-functional execution.
• Program Management experience, developing and executing program plans with product development and/or cost reduction initiatives, resource planning, and budgeting
• Experience using project planning tools such as Microsoft Project.
• Solid critical problem-solving and creative thinking skills
• Skilled in time management, organizational, and prioritization skills
• Strong business communication skills (written and verbal) with ability to influence at all levels
• A demonstrated track record of success in process optimization, cost reduction and ef