Project Manager

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Position: Project Manager

Reporting to: Sr. Program Management

Location: Remote

About us:

Trojan Battery- Founded in 1925, Trojan Battery Company is the world’s leading manufacturer of deep-cycle batteries and has shaped the industry over the past 95 years. How? You may ask…by focusing on innovative, environmentally friendly energy storage solutions and the people who work hard every day to deliver them to our customers around the world. Here, we value the quality and reliability of our products and the integrity with which they’re delivered to our customers; But the most important thing to us is the professional development of our team members…possibly you, so please… read on -

The job in a nutshell:

As the Project Manager, you will take on a leadership role with broad responsibility across the organization driving and executing technical and strategic projects. In this position, you will work closely with senior management, cross functional project team members and other Program Managers to steer the projects and functional departments toward achieving intended financial, technical, and commercial results.

Your Day to day

• Prioritize, plan, and execute moderate projects, accounting for all aspects and deliverables necessary to achieve the projects’ objectives on time and within budget.
• Make regular decisions (independently and with the cross-functional team) which are related to successful implementation of projects based on the defined Project Management Process (PMP); i.e., relating to technical approach, business considerations, and defining priorities, among others
• Identify, investigate, and implement mitigations and solutions to key risks with a sense of urgency by working with the associated project teams and management.
• Serve as a group leader and be capable of highly effective communication and collaboration with highly skilled and diverse teams to make sound decisions, execute plans quickly and efficiently to preserve project performance metrics and can identify need for intervention or escalation.
• Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques to monitor the progress of the project, identify and quantify any deviations, corrective actions, and countermeasures and communicate these to all team members and executive management.
• Formalize approval for the project phases by ensuring that the exit gate deliverables comply with the agreed exit criteria list, level of completion, and organizational procedures.
• Using PMP tools, track and document the interactions between departments, customers, vendors, and organizational leaders to effectively manage multiple high impact, high visibility, and strategic cross-functional projects in parallel.
• Set and continually manage project expectations, priorities, and urgency with team members and other stakeholders.
• Personally, and proactively provide relevant and appropriate communication regarding project status and progress to all stakeholders.

About you:

• Demonstrated skills in project / program planning, execution, and management.
• Strong collaboration and facilitation skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• Strong prioritization, sense of urgency, and time management skills.
• A strong bias towards hands-on involvement and leadership by example
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with personnel at all levels in a team or interpersonal environment.
• Self-starter with strong work ethic and the ability to exercise good judgment.
• Proactive, results oriented, and have strong attention to detail.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills with the ability to make structured decisions.
• Uses logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Ability prioritize and manage multiple tasks to meet deadlines.

You have

• Bachelor's Degree in a technical, business, engineering, or other related field
• Minimum one year of Program Management experience
• Microsoft Project Software Experience
• Proficient with MS Office Tools (e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio).
• Ability to travel as needed (within continental US and abroad)

We’d love it if you have:

• Graduate Degree
• PMP Certification

The perks:

• We’ve got you covered: Medical, Dental, and Vision. Pick from a variety of plans!
• We’ve all got to plan and save, so use the 401(k), we can teach you how
• We’re all about your growth, so we’ll reimburse your tuition up to $5k/year
• There’s a bunch of time off - here’s the breakdown - 13 PTO, 12 holidays
• Work where you want, Remote. Some travel required.
• You’ll get access to a Credit Union Membership, Legal Services, and a bunch of Employee Discounts also, Employee Assistance Program

Additional Job Description

All U.S. employees are required to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus at time of hire or provide documentation of disability, medical reason, or sincerely held religious belief. If, at time of hire, the employee is partially vaccinated, they will be required to provide proof of full vaccination status within 30 days immediately following the first date of employment. Vaccination is not an option but a condition of employment. If an employee cannot receive the COVID-19 vaccine due to a disability, medical reason, or sincerely held religious belief, they will be required to follow C&D Technologies, Inc.’s process to apply for an exemption or accommodation.

if you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!