Product Lifecycle New Product Project Manager

The NPPM (New Product Program Manager) is the accountable team leader for overall coordination of Supply Chain activities during the NPI, to ensure product delivery via a robust & resilient Supply Chain, with an emphasis on engagement with development teams from before the Concept Commit through to General Availability:

• Manages new programs and products from concept to Launch with strong program management fundamentals.
• Run the product lifecycle to all the defined cost, quality and delivery metrics.
• Drive manufacturing capacity / capability, design stability and risk planning through the program lifecycle.

• Have in depth understanding of the product technical requirements, landmarks results and interdependencies for establishing an accurate and effective project infrastructure.

• Scopes technical and business problems and processes by identifying key issues, inputs, partners, and outcomes.

• Be comfortable interacting with senior management, highlighting risks and providing recommendations to support product level decisions.

• Lead project team engagement and execution to enable supply chain & engineering readiness on new product launches

• Handle Engineering relationships. Act as primary interface to Engineering Product teams. Engages with Engineering teams prior to concept commit to create a robust project plan, Defines supply chain and leads project schedules to deliver operational readiness and product delivery.

• Use experience and engineering skills to solve problems, fill gaps and achieve objectives through a cross functional team.

• Accountable for overall Supply Chain scope, cost, quality, and delivery for program.

• Works with contract manufactures to Drive prototype and pilot builds, including cost and quality expectations and launch the product.

• Partners with HW/SW to resolve issues that may impede project objectives

• Report on schedule, cost and resources throughout the project, accountable for overall scope, cost, quality, and delivery for programs.

• Identifies and leads risks associated with meeting technical and operational targets.

• Responsible for effective communication and issue of risks and dependencies while ensuring timely decisions are being made.

• Scopes business challenges and processes by identifying key issues, inputs, partners, and outcomes.

• Plan and implement risk, communication and partner management while driving issues to timely resolution. Oversee and prioritize risk mitigation strategies (multi-source tech assessment, component, cost variance, supply chain review, and input)

• Actively seeks and incorporates standard methodologies and results from post-project assessments into new products

• Transition operational responsibilities to the Sustaining Operations team after achieving launch targets.

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