Project Manager III

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Company: WinMax Systems Corporation

Location: Cupertino, CA 95014

Description:

Title: Engineering Project Manager - Standalone Accessories (Project Manager III)

Location: Cupertino,CA (Hybrid)

Contract: 6+ Month

Job Description:

Engineering Project Manager - Standalone Accessories
As a Project Manager within the Hardware Engineering organization, you will be responsible for managing the development and implementation process for our Standalone Accessories team.
In this role you will drive the day-to-day activities to meet the overall program objectives in support of our Packaging design group, development planning and validation cycles.
Key Qualifications
Identify and direct all resources required to execute successful projects
Create and maintain project timelines
Collaborate and facilitate communication across engineering managers, operations manager, marketing managers and our OEM partners to meet schedule, and quality goals.
Lead cross-functional communication between project teams and external vendors
Provide timely issue resolution and critical path management
Offer multiple levels of status across a wide spectrum of individual contributors to executive management
Possess strong presentation skills
Understand technical issues and drive them to closure by bringing together key stakeholders for decision making
Oversee Material Availability (CTB) activities for all builds. Includes overseeing team that drives factory data and accuracy. Assist in management status reports/communications and escalations
Manage logistics of parts for builds
Work on multiple projects simultaneously

Description
Responsibilities include:
Drive product integration and ensure trade compliance and consumer laws are met enabling the standalone accessory product to ship worldwide
Develop standalone accessory product timeline based on AMC and align schedule and deliverables with Cross-functional teams and CM partners
Collaborate with Cross-functional teams to develop product and SKU optimization / reduction strategies
Collaborate with Cross-functional teams and CM partners to meet schedule and ensure overall product deliverables are met
Lead and facilitate cross functional standalone accessory meetings with main key stakeholders
Create and maintain project scope and Pulse page on a daily basis in order to provide the most recent programs' updates
Provide and track programs' updates and action items via Pulse in order to communicate and align priorities with Cross-functional teams
Provide timely issue resolution and critical path management discussions including escalations
Drive, manage, and review First Article Inspections (FAIs) with cross-functional key stakeholders. Continuously sync with CMs to meet and exceed client's overall quality expectations
Oversee and own product management for all standalone accessories from cradle to grave (NPI to EOL), driving consensus and accountability with key stakeholders
Review and approve as a key stakeholder in the Customer Experience Testing (CET) for OK2Ship in order to enable a successful product launch
Manage project disclosures to ensure client new product security
Configuration management and ensure product data Integrity (ECOs, AML NRCs, APNs, MPN BOMs)
FAI Tool Administration (setup)
End-to-end lifecycle management for sustaining standalone accessories

Education/Experience:
BS/BA degree or 5+ years of industry experience
Excellent communication, organizational and leadership skills
Ability to juggle multiple tasks, dates, deadlines, and deliverables
Ability to filter and distill relevant information for the right audience
Self motivated and proactive with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities
Ability to work in a high-pressure fast paced environment
Understands and deals well with rapid development cycles; remains flexible and calm in the face of ambiguity
Experience with portable consumer electronics devices and familiarity with mechanical enclosure parts
Detailed knowledge of product development processes as well as a strong understanding of manufacturing processes
Experience interfacing with Operations, Mechanical Engineering/Design and Marketing

PayRate: $65-74/hr,W2

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