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Principal R&D Project Manager


Emerson
3 days ago
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Key Responsibilities
  • Leverage a high level of technical expertise relevant to the projects being managed to make informed decisions, facilitate discussions, and solve problems effectively.
  • Lead cross-functional teams across global sites, demonstrating strong leadership and collaboration skills.
  • Work closely with the team to define and align on project timelines, scope, and budgets.
  • Drive technical trade-offs and decisions within the project constraints, ensuring alignment with overall goals.
  • Actively identify, manage, and mitigate risks throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Provide clear and regular communication on project status, risks, changes, and other relevant updates to project sponsors, ensuring the appropriate level of detail is shared.
  • Identify talent gaps within the team and collaborate with Discipline Managers to recommend adjustments or personnel changes as needed.
  • Facilitate and lead project meetings, ensuring all stakeholders are aligned and informed.
  • Remove roadblocks and obstacles to project progress, ensuring smooth execution.
  • Offer feedback, guidance, and coaching to engineers on the project to foster growth and ensure project success.
  • May lead hardware project teams using a hybrid approach (Waterfall + Agile methodology).
  • May lead software project teams using Agile, preferably Scrum methodology (including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives).

Key Accountabilities
  • Successful completion of projects within cross-functional teams, ensuring collaboration with various collaborators.
  • Meet and report on key project metrics, including schedule adherence and budget compliance.
  • Ensure the delivery of committed product features on time and within scope.
  • Contribute to project management process improvements and engage in continuous learning activities to enhance overall project delivery.

Qualifications and Skills

Basic Qualifications
  • Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or 5 years with a Master's degree in Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
  • Proven track record in managing technical projects, meeting deadlines, and maintaining budget controls.
  • Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to self-initiate and manage tasks effectively.
  • Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple moving parts simultaneously, maintaining flexibility and composure under uncertainty.
  • Effective team collaborator with experience working in a matrix organization.
  • Passionate hardware/software developers seeking to transition or grow into project management roles are encouraged to apply.

Preferred Qualifications
  • At least 2 years of hands-on product development experience (hardware, firmware, or driver software for hardware).
  • Familiarity with project management tools such as MS Project and Azure DevOps.
  • In-depth understanding of the measurement and automated testing industries is a plus.
  • PMP certification or similar project management qualifications are highly desirable.

Our Offer To You:

By joining Emerson, you will be given the opportunity to make a difference through the work you do.

Emerson's compensation and benefits programs are designed to be competitive within the industry and local labor markets. We also offer a comprehensive medical and insurance coverage to meet the needs of our employees.

We are committed to creating a global workplace that supports diversity, equity and embraces inclusion. We welcome foreign nationals to join us through our Work Authorization Sponsorship.

We attract, develop, and retain exceptional people in an inclusive environment, where all employees can reach their greatest potential. We are dedicated to the ongoing development of our employees because we know that it is critical to our success as a global company.

We have established our Remote Work Policy for eligible roles to promote Work-Life Balance through a hybrid work set up where our team members can take advantage of working both from home and at the office.

Safety is paramount to us, and we are relentless in our pursuit to provide a Safe Working Environment across our global network and facilities.

Through our benefits, development opportunities, and an inclusive and safe work environment, we aim to create an organization our people are proud to represent.
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Principal R&D Project Manager
Emerson
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Principal R&D Project Manager