Role, Responsibility and Authority:
• Develop and assertively drive new product commercialization program timelines and budgets in coordination with other departments/teams.
• Responsible for all aspects of product development from Concept, to Product Launch and completing with Project Closure.
• Acts as project champion and project “general manager”; manages team to execute all project deliverables; leads cross-functional core team.
• Coordinates, synchronizes and manages overall project schedule. Accountable for execution on project timelines.
• Uses Project Management best practices to manage projects, effectively initiating, planning and controlling.
• Manages a project budget; tracks actual versus plan and resolves issues as they arise.
• Responsible for planning resource requirements and negotiating Core Team resources with functional managers; assist Core Team Members in negotiating extended team staffing.
• Facilitates identification and mitigation of program risks. Highlights business implications of identified risks.
• Reviews team progress against requirements and plans; resolves deviations.
• Assists Core Team Members in resolving extended team and functional issues.
• Acts as information conduit between the Core Team and Sr. Mgmt; prepares and presents Phase Reviews to Product Approval Committee (PAC) as Core Team representative.
• Notifies Sr. Mgmt of schedule and budget deviations beyond allowed variances as well as other contract elements; initiates Exception Reviews as required.
• Contributes to performance evaluation of Core Team Members
Key Duties:
• Identify appropriate resources needed and develop schedule to ensure timely completion of project
• Regularly track and communicate project status to all stakeholders
• Schedule and facilitate all necessary meetings associated with product development
• Assess, communicate and manage risk
• Conduct constructive lessons-learned analysis of completed projects
• Work with R&D, Product Management, Manufacturing Development, Manufacturing and Business Development to insure successful project completion and product launch
• Solve problems and manage crises effectively and independently
• Other duties as assigned
