Associate Program Manager

 At Trane TechnologiesTM and through our businesses including Trane® and Thermo King®, we create innovative climate solutions for buildings, homes, and transportation that challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. We're a team that dares to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities. We believe in a better future when we uplift others and enable our people to thrive at work and at home. We boldly go.

What’s in it for you:

Be a part of our mission! As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient environments, it's our responsibility to put the planet first. For us at Trane Technologies, sustainability is not just how we do business—it is our business. Do you dare to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities? Do you want to contribute to making a better future? If the answer is yes, we invite you to consider joining us in boldly challenging what's possible for a sustainable world.

Trane is excited to announce an incredible opportunity for a talented professional to join our team as an Associate Program manager - Agile / Hybrid. In this pivotal role, you will lead Program including complex New Product Development (NPD), Productivity, Ready to serve, Quality and reliability and Technology projects. This dynamic position provides the chance to collaborate with diverse regional teams and present innovative solutions to business leaders, ensuring alignment with the company's sustainability initiatives. By driving these critical projects, the Associate Program Manager will significantly contribute to advancing Trane's commitment to sustainable practices and technological excellence.

Thrive at work and at home:

•       Inclusive Wellbeing Program, with resources to support your and your family’s physical, social, emotional, and financial well-being.

•       Comprehensive learning and development solutions, designed to support our people in connecting and growing, including Higher education/Certification reimbursement.

•       Sense of belonging & community through our Employee Resource Groups that foster our culture of inclusion.

•       Volunteerism: 8 hours of paid time off per calendar year to volunteer with non-profit charitable organizations.

•       The Trane Technologies Helping Hands Fund to support employees facing financial challenges due to unforeseen personal hardship.

Where is the work:

Hybrid: This position has been designated as a Hybrid work schedule with work performed onsite 4 days each week.

What will you do:

In this role you will:

•       Fulfill the role of the Associate Program Manager Agile / Hybrid and all that it entails.

•       Understand project requirements, collaborate with project owners, leaders & cross functional teams across the globe for delivery of projects, by adhering to standard processes, systems and project management principles.

•       Ensure the completion of project milestones/deliverables within committed Quality (Q), Delivery (D), Project cost (C) & Product cost (C), track performance and progress of project against committed QDC targets

•       Report out project updates, risks and mitigations, productivity updates, QDC metrics, deployment efficiency, timesheet data, during the monthly Operations review meeting with ETC leadership team • Project management of Strategic organization initiatives aligned with futuristics skills such as AI driven Project management and Predictive modeling, Data science analysis, sustainability initiatives

•       Implement the required Agile methodology effectively – Scrum / Kanban / Nexus / SAFe / Other

•       Ensure the development team follows established product development procedures and practices to leverage shared organizational knowledge and experience

•        Manage and coach our teams on the industry’s best agile practices

•       Radiate information to promote accountability and continuous improvement

•       Focus on process optimization, value delivery, Business value realization, connecting Agile to customer needs

•       Provide practical expertise, ensuring teams run efficiently and work aligns with business value

•       Align Agile initiatives with business goals, focusing on scaling, governance, and strategic outcomes

•       Adhere to general project management principles of Project scope management, time management, cost management, risk management and stakeholder management

•       Manage ETC PPM project portfolio / Project agreements of respective teams and publish the monthly billing data for the respective teams

•       Lead/Assist Annual Operating Planning (AOP) discussions with respective SBUs/NOEs and corporate teams

•       Collaborate to continuously improve process, systems and develop/refine standard works

What you will bring:

•       Expertise in Program / Project management, Agile methodologies Scrum / Kanban / Scaled Agile

•       Expertise in Agile Transformation, DevSecOps, AI integration

•       Technically competent with Microsoft Office tools, JIRA, Azure DevOps, Confluence, MS Project, MIRO, AI tools

•       Experience in leading New Product development (NPD) and Agile projects of varying size and complexity • Experience in driving cultural change by championing an agile mindset and ensuring the organization is at the forefront of industry’s best practices

•       Ability to manage program finances and ensure cost-effectiveness

•       Ability to develop and manage projects budget, schedule & timeline and ability to drive program specific goals and actions to closure 

• Demonstrated ability to work with all levels of management and understand the impact of a project to the overall business. Ownership mindset to foster culture of ownership and accountability

•       Work with project teams to analyze current systems and processes and design a strategy for the adoption of agile best practices. Lead from the front, coach project team members, take initiative and implement changes.

•       Being bold and Courageous to raise issues to upper management

•       Effective communication, presentation skills. Ability to learn and collaborate with cross cultural project teams

•       Good interpersonal skills, coaching and mentoring various engineering functional teams to build strong cross-functional teams

•       Self-starter with a desire to make a significant impact on the product development process

•       You have 4-year degree from an accredited institution. Technical degree in engineering or computer science preferred with 12+ years of overall industry experience. • You are a certified PMP certified project management professional & Agile Certified (CSM/PSM/KMP/ PMI-ACP/SAFe cert/ICP Agile cert) with minimum 6+ yrs. of Project management, Scrum Master, Agile experience

•       Proven leadership, facilitation, coaching and mentoring skills with exceptional attention to detail

Career Break:

We have a Relaunch Program for professionals looking to restart their careers after a break. If you come with a career break of at least 12 months and match the work experience requirements mentioned, you are welcome to apply.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs. We are an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.