Technical Project Manager

Your Job

Molex is seeking a motivated and self-driven Technical Project Manager (TPM) to lead and manage projects serving clients in the medical and/or automotive industry. This TPM will interface directly with clients to provide overall project updates.

TPM is responsible for leading high profile, customer-driven, regulated industry new product introduction projects to successful commercialization. Using the Molex Product Development Process methodology, the TPM facilitates the global cross functional project teams throughout the project life cycle. The project life cycle encompasses the Project Preparation, Proposal Development, Product Development Plan, Preliminary Design Completion, Final Design Completion, Production Process Development, Product and Process Qualification, Issue Tracking, Production Safe Launch.

Our Team

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• Product Design
  
  

What You Will Do

Lead cross-functional teams to deploy the related activities and deliver new products launched on time and on budget. Ensure that these teams achieve all customer and company requirements including quality, cost, delivery, product performance and customer satisfaction

• Perform the Project Management function: Manage project change control and decision documentation. Efficiently track and manage engineering changes and validation status.
• Continuously conduct risk assessments of strategic, technical, finance and business factors impacting the plan and drive corrective actions to mitigate deviations to the project plan.
• Perform Risk Management to protect the Project Plan. Work with the product development team to identify potential risks to planning execution and appropriate Mitigation or Contingency Plans. Get management support for proactive activities or escalating project issues to meet the Project Plan
• Demonstrating proactive problem-solving by identifying potential issues early and delegating them to appropriate team members for swift resolution
• Provide oversight into assigned projects including scheduling, assignment of work, and reviews of project efforts to ensure that the project meets the technical and process specifications.
• Proactively identify, document, and execute risk reduction activities to minimize Project Risks associated with Cost, Quality, and/or Timing that could negatively affect Project Plan achievement.
• Development of the detailed cross functional project coordination plans, including the use of RACI charts or similar tool
• Compile project status reports regularly and present to leadership to track critical project KPIs and identify internal and external factors jeopardizing the project.
• Escalate issues and recommended solutions using the escalation process.
• Lead and mentor team members in project management principles, PDP processes, risk management, issue resolution, decision making, etc.
• Co-leading the Request for Quotation (RFQ) process and spearheading RFQ package preparation
  
  

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelors degree in engineering or related field
• 5+ years of technical product or program management
• 5+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
• 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, costing, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
• Experience in the electronics manufacturing industry supporting automotive and/or medical device electronics applications
• Demonstrated ability to understand business and finances and align accountabilities and efforts within scope.
• Strong computer skills, Microsoft Office Suite, Project Software, SharePoint, MS Project & Vision
• Excellent interpersonal skills to effectively lead, motivate, develop, influence and work with other individuals and teams in a positive manner. Including an understanding of cultural differences.
• Demonstrated ability to hear the voice of the customer, establish goals, project timelines and plans, prioritize and monitor workload of self and others to meet objectives and deliverables.
• Capabilities to work directly with cross functional resources setting priorities, and follow up activity to meet project objectives
• Capability to manage multiple projects at the same time and remain flexible when changes arise.
• Implement and influence change in a fast-paced organization with competing priorities
• Able to manage program/projects using defined management methodologies, tools, and governance processes, in this case the PPAP process
  
  

What Will Put You Ahead

• Masters degree in business or engineering
• PMP Certification
• Experience working within Global organization
• Familiar with APQP Process, IATF 16949 and VDA6.3
• Proficient in both oral and written English and Mandarin
• Proven analytical and critical thinking abilities resulting in sound solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to problem solving and align accountabilities and efforts within scope.
  
  

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