Senior Project Manager Engineering (Web/Mobile)

Garmin; Olathe (KS); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Garmin seeks a Senior Project Manager (Web/Mobile) for its U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. The role oversees medium to large engineering projects, developing plans, milestones and status reports, while driving risk management and project closure.

The ideal candidate has a technical bachelor’s degree and at least five years of project management experience, with a track record of leading cross-functional teams and delivering high-quality results on time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a technical field and minimum 5 years of relevant PM experience.
• Advanced understanding of production and operations issues in engineering project management.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams for issue resolution.
• Team-oriented with positive attitude and collaboration skills.
• Excellent time management and ability to deliver pragmatic solutions while maintaining quality.
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, organizational and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage medium to large engineering projects from planning to execution.
• Develop project plans, milestones, and scope; report status to stakeholders.
• Identify risks and develop mitigation plans; drive projects to closure.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration across teams and external entities.
• Mentor junior project managers and share knowledge with the team.
• Communicate scope, schedule, and cost effectively to all stakeholders.

Skills

Project management

Risk management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a full-time Senior Project Manager (Web/Mobile) at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. In this role, you will be responsible for managing medium to large engineering projects of average complexity including development and execution of project plans and reporting of project status.

Essential Functions

• Leverages advanced understanding and expertise of project management skills on large engineering projects of high complexity, including understanding, developing and communicating project scope, milestones, and decisions
• Utilizes advanced product domain knowledge to create new processes, tools and requirements
• Identifies and leads process improvement activities
• Drives projects to closure, leveraging project metrics and risk management principles to identify and resolve issues and risks
• Creates mitigation plans and appropriately escalates to management for alignment
• Leverages established skills to provide clear project status, documentation, and reporting for any size project, or complexity including cases where some elements are unknown
• Leverages communication skills through active listening, responding appropriately and managing difficult conversations
• Builds relationships and gains alignment within the business unit
• Identifies and resolves conflicts through understanding of interdependencies of and development of effective relationships between the development team(s), other Garmin teams/departments, and external entities
• Serves as a role model for leading effective and efficient team meetings
• Ensures team members/stakeholders are appropriately informed of project scope, schedule and cost.
• May determine and document program objectives and requirements
• Demonstrates project ownership with limited involvement from Team Leader/Mentor, functions as single point of contact for project needs, significant contributions to the success of the project
• Mentors, evaluates and shares knowledge with less-experienced Project Managers (Project Manager Engineer 1 & 2)

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline AND a minimum of 5 years of relevant project management experience
• Advanced understanding of production and operations issues as they relate to engineering project management, including the ability to successfully identify and mitigate risks
• Demonstrated success in bringing together cross functional teams for effective problem resolution
• Must be team-oriented, possess a positive attitude and work well with others
• Excellent time management skills and ability to generate and support pragmatic solutions while maintaining high quality standards
• Previous experience managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Proven communication, interpersonal, organizational and analytical skills through success in previous project management experience

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran's status, age or disability.

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits