What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Program Manager position at Joyson Safety Systems?
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The keys to success are yours at Joyson Safety Systems! We are a global leader in design, development and manufacturing of safety-critical systems and components for automotive and non-automotive markets. We are committed to bringing life-saving technology to customers worldwide. Joyson Safety Systems leverages the power of collaboration and innovation to provide quality and service excellence for our customers worldwide. Our company is headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA, with a global network of more than 50,000 employees in 25 countries.
About the Role
The Senior Program Manager must be an active leader with excellent communication, presentation and team building skills. The Product Manager must proactively manage available resources to achieve the program timing and profitability goals. He helps identify and resolve inter-team and intra-team conflict and barriers in cooperation with the functional managers. The Product Manager is the lead facing contact for all internal stake holder
Responsibilities
- Responsible for life cycle management of all propellants in cooperation with the development teams and production facilities
- Oversee a group of projects to make sure they align with the organization’s big-picture goals.
- Able to handle projects simultaneously, work with various teams and regions and make important decisions that help the entire program succeed.
- Develop, monitor, control and update the Development Plan, Milestone Schedule, and Action Item Register to support core development and awarded business in compliance with customer expectations and internal program tracking systems.
- Function as Team Leader responsible to coordinate and manage the core cross functional team’s activities to ensure that ALL milestones are met (globally).
- Insure JSS’s assembly plants are capable of producing the product as designed.
- Support DV and PV builds
- Develop and be accountable for the program budget.
- Forecast and track capital and tooling expenditures.
- Establish team meetings to monitor progress and implement corrections in a timely fashion to assure issues are resolved before impacting project timing and customer deliverables.
Skills
- Fluent in English
- MS Word/PowerPoint/Excel/Project
- Program oversight and communication
- Risk Management
- Costing Knowledge
- Leadership
- Ability to work with minimal direction.
- Ability to interface with all levels of JSS, its suppliers and customer organization.
- Ability to manage conflict and problem resolution
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, Business or related field required.
- MBA preferred.
- 5 years in inflator program management.
The Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and does not discriminate in any employer/employee relations based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran’s status, or any other basis protected by applicable discrimination laws. Joyson Safety Systems does not provide immigration related sponsorship for this role. Please do not apply for this role if you will need JSS immigration sponsorship (e.g. H-1B, TN, OPT, etc.) now or in the future.
