Job Responsibilities

The PM ensures project success by scoping, planning, and coordinating project activities, managing the communication of schedules, budget, goals, and deliverables to the project team, and maintaining a continuous dialogue with the customer throughout the process. Candidates must effectively collaborate with customers, contract manufacturers and a variety of peer groups across the organization, including, but not limited to, Factory Management, Supplier Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Test Engineering, Quality, and Hardware/Software Development. Candidate must be able to comfortably lead technical conversations in English with customers, and guide them to a sustainable, cost optimal and innovative solution. You will be part of an experienced team of Supply Chain professionals and Engineers, and you will work closely with the KD senior leadership team to bring technical solutions, analytic methods, and statistical tools to our business. • Work with leadership to accurately scope, plan and set budget for incoming new projects • Determine, manage, and communicate the schedule, budget, project goals and deliverables to your project teams • Communicate with customers and suppliers to align on requirements and expectations (PRD) • Exercise swift and sound judgement to make critical project changes as required, while assessing risks and controlling scope • Own the customer facing communication for multiple projects and ensure clear and efficient communication is maintained • Implement new program management processes and document best practices to improve the efficiency and quality of our work • Work closely with engineering teams to effectively coordinate complex design inter-dependencies • Lead your teams with strength and confidence through rapid development cycles, changing requirements, and uncertainty

Job Requirements

Qualifications • Bachelor or Master degree in related field (Engineering/Electrical appliance/Program Management) • 5+ years of experience as a Program Manager (consumer electronics, IoT, medical devices) • Experience from various manufacturing technologies and materials • Experience managing end-to-end product deployment — from concept through development and successful launch • Solid product sense with the ability to understand product architecture and as well as drive and criticize design decisions • Experience with complex electromechanical systems and/or safety critical systems is a plus • Organized and structured personal characteristics

Required Languages

English