New Product Launch Project Manager

Business Unit:

Cubic Integrated Supply Chain

Company Details:

When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners.
We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Explore more on Cubic.com.Job Details:

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Communicate with all launch teams to discuss goals, timelines, deliverables, obstacles, and dependencies.
• Developing a strategic launch plan based on stakeholder input, with proposed deadlines and milestones for each team. The purpose is to arrive at an agreed-upon strategy for a successful product launch. These plans may include:
  • Field evaluation trials
  • Customer feedback and internal reactions
  • Track and close all open actions
  • Cost analysis
  • Lead time strategy
• Coordinating with all teams throughout the launch process to ensure everyone is on track—and helping when a team faces a challenge.
• Learning about all teams’ abilities, schedules, and resource levels—anticipate bottlenecks or other issues early and be able to help. Studying the outcomes of each launch to learn what parts of the process work and where the process needs improving.
• Speaking with company stakeholders to discover which aspects of the launch plans work for them and which, if any, create challenges for their team’s internal processes.
• Learning industry best practices for successful product launches and incorporating them into future company launches.

Minimum Job Requirements:
 

• Education: Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Business Administration, Engineering, Marketing or related field of study. Master’s degree preferred.
• Experience: 10+ years’ experience in a product launch role
• Demonstrated leadership ability; especially indirect leadership of cross-functional teams
• Strong written and oral communication skills for interface with all levels of management, both internally and externally
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Must be available for travel both domestic and internationally

The description provided above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities, and requirements. Duties, responsibilities, and requirements may change over time and according to business need.

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Worker Type:

Employee