Senior 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.
Thermo King® has an exciting new opportunity to join our organization as a Senior Program Manager! This role will manage large-scale control system programs from beginning to end, with direct responsibility for program execution while leading a team, or teams, to accomplish objectives within established cost and schedule constraints by establishing clear roles and responsibilities, creating a work breakdown plans, and developing and managing master schedules.
You will leverage your background in both project leadership and technical product/system development to help deliver continuously improving customer experiences around our products and services through the innovative control system programs you lead. You will achieve success by leading well with influence as opposed to direct authority, dealing well with ambiguity and leading the team through it effectively, advocating and removing obstacles for the team, and maintaining a proactive, problem-solving mindset, all while keeping the teams motivated and engaged.
Thrive at work and at home:
- Benefits kick in on DAY ONE for you and your family, including health insurance and holistic wellness programs that include generous incentives – WE DARE TO CARE!
- Family building benefits include fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
- 401K match up to 6%, plus an additional 2% core contribution = up to 8% company contribution.
- Paid time off, including in support of volunteer and parental leave needs.
- Educational and training opportunities through company programs along with tuition assistance and student debt support.
- Learn more about our benefits here!
Where is the work:
This position has been designated as a hybrid work schedule with work performed onsite 3 days each week in Bloomington, MN.
What you will do:
- Leads, from concept to launch, complex programs delivering innovative control systems to be leveraged by multiple business units globally within cost, schedule, and quality targets
- Leads the collaboration with program sponsors, business units, multiple functions at the business and enterprise levels, etc. to ensure program objectives balance stakeholder needs and deliver results efficiently
- Identify, negotiate, and resolve priority conflicts and drive to aligned decisions
- Leads the development and manages key program deliverables including a program charter, scope, requirements, schedule, risk, etc.
- Works closely with a cross-functional, multi-product, global team to develop control systems within a hybrid Stage-Gate and Agile product development process
- Ensure all functional teams including hardware, firmware, software, algorithms, systems, validation, digital/telematics, etc. are working cohesively together to deliver a comprehensive, cohesive, high-quality control system by analyzing project data, monitoring process adherence, etc.
- Provide executive visibility to project, program, portfolio and functional level status, issues, risks, costs through periodic presentations and a formal escalation methodology
- Influence and drive alignment of consistent practices across product teams, business units, etc.
- Ability to travel 10-20%
What you will bring:
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Business (or similar technical discipline) and multi-project initiatives required
- Demonstrated experience leading cross functional teams and communicating effectively with VP level leaders required
- At least 10 years of demonstrated project/program execution is required
- PMI Certification is required. May be pursued after hire.
Key Competencies:
- Stakeholder management and customer driven mindset
- Strong network development and management skills
- Ability to communicate effectively both up/down
- Strong mindset of accountability and proactive problem-solving
- Leadership experience making decisions with minimal direction and prioritizing across multiple competing demands
- Ability to guide and supervise program and project managers on a day-to-day basis
- Experience with when to use Scrum | Agile and Waterfall methodologies
- Organizing, developing and motivating a team
- Experience managing and influencing cross-functional teams of experts, outside direct reporting
- Ability to get results through influencing others
- Excellent project management/planning skills including critical path identification and management, risk management including mitigations, contingencies, and triggers, etc.
Compensation:
Base Pay Range: $117,150 - 165,000
Total compensation for this role will include an incentive plan.
Disclaimer: This base pay range is based on US national averages. Actual base pay could be a result of seniority, merit, geographic location where the work is performed.
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.
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