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.

Be a part of our mission! Our Thermo King business is connecting our transport HVAC and refrigeration products and providing digital solutions to help our customers efficiently protect drivers, passengers, and cargo. Using our connected solutions, our customers reduce fuel consumption, carbon emissions, and downtime while increasing the comfort and safety of passengers and shelf life of cargo, including essential cargo like food and pharmaceuticals.

Who are we & what do we believe in:

• We uplift others - we believe in providing an opportunity for all and building a culture that is diverse, inclusive, and respectful. We lift each other up and care about the success and well-being of others.
• We make an impact - we believe that what we do has the potential to change the world. We succeed together by striving daily to create a lasting, positive impact on the planet.
• We thrive at work and at home - we are supported by meaningful benefits, compensation, learning and development solutions, and opportunities for rewarding careers. We are firmly committed to the well-being and safety of our people.

This Senior Program Manager will lead cross-functional teams to deliver new or improved Thermo King products to market through a structured stage gate New Product Development (NPD) process. This role ensures new products meet specific customer requirements, program goals, timelines and budgets. Program Managers take P&L accountability for all program/ project activity through product launch. A key deliverable for the role is to follow best practices and drive teams towards project execution to a hand-off with operations. This position is eligible for a Hybrid work schedule (3 days in the office) and will be based out of our Minneapolis, MN location.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Works closely with management and business leaders to create program scope, objectives and risk assessment.
• Works closely with Product Managers to define customer and product requirements.
• Anticipates issues and drives countermeasures to ensure programs meet intended objectives.
• Directs and coordinates activities of program personnel to ensure programs progress on schedule and within budget while meeting established customer requirements.
• Resolves people and team dynamic issues for the effective performance of the program team in completing their assignments.
• Manages intra-program dependencies and their interrelationships, and their impact upon other programs and projects.
• Mentors and coaches program team members and non-dedicated project leaders on project management fundamentals.
• Schedules and leads timely status review meetings.
• Escalates issues and mitigation recommendations to upper management.
• Reduces current NPD cycle time.
• Works with PMO Leader other Program Managers both internal and external to the Thermo King Business Unit to continuously improve Trane Technologies Project Development Process.
• Drives the planning and implementation of multiple programs across the organization.
• Reviews completed programs & drives organizational learning and process improvement.
• Overall responsibility for product delivery from requirements, prototype testing through product launch.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or Computer Science (or similar technical discipline) and at least 10 years experience in project management, operations, engineering, finance, procurement or product management is required.
• Experience leading & managing New Product Development programs is required.
• PMP Certification required.
• Certified MS Project Orange Belt is preferred.
• Must be able to travel up to 15%.

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Experience leading new product development programs from concept to production using a stage gate process.
• Understanding of technical requirements and drawings to support product offerings.
• Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to drive program specific issues and goals to closure.
• Technical understanding of how products support our business and technically differentiate performance.
• Tenacity in driving program team members to meet or exceed program timelines and outcomes.
• Business acumen and experience in business case development and scenario planning.
• Proven ability to integrate business, marketing, and technical elements of a new product development program, including anticipating issues and driving countermeasures and issues to closure.
• Self-starter with a desire to make a significant impact on the product development process.
• Courage to raise issues to upper management when a program is at risk.
• Good verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proven experience leading cross functional teams.
• Proficient at defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts, and drawing valid conclusion using six sigma methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to work with all levels of management.
• Good understanding of consumer products, software, and hardware development preferred.
• Experience with project management software.

Base Pay Range: $117,150 - $155,350/ year

Additional Compensation: Total compensation for this role also will include an incentive plan.

Disclaimer: This "range" could be a result of seniority, merit, geographic location where the work is performed, education, experience, travel requirements for the job, or because of a system the employer uses to measure earnings by quantity or quality of production (so, for example, positions that may not have traditional salary ranges).

*Benefits vary by region, business alignment, union involvement and employee status.

What's in it for you:

• Benefits kick in on day one!
• 6% 401K match, additional 2% core contribution = 8% overall match
• 3 weeks of vacation, plus site paid holidays
• Benefits*: Trane-Technologies-Benefits-Offered.pdf

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.