Senior Project Manager (Web/Mobile Applications)

Garmin; Olathe (KS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Garmin is seeking a Senior Project Manager for Web and Mobile initiatives at our U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area.

You will manage medium to large engineering projects, developing and executing detailed project plans, and reporting status to stakeholders to ensure on-time delivery. Ideal candidates will have a technical bachelor's degree and at least five years of project management experience, with strong cross-functional leadership, risk management, and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline and minimum 5 years of project management experience.
• Advanced understanding of production and operations issues as they relate to engineering project management.
• Proven success bringing together cross-functional teams for problem resolution.
• Must be team-oriented with a positive attitude and collaborative mindset.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to deliver pragmatic solutions with high quality.
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, organizational and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage medium to large engineering projects from planning through execution.
• Develop and communicate project scope, milestones and decisions.
• Drive project risk management and mitigation activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and external entities to ensure alignment.
• Provide clear project status, documentation, and reporting to stakeholders.
• Mentor and share knowledge with less-experienced project managers.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Communication

Leadership

Time management

Multiple project oversight

Mentoring/coaching

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