Principal Program Manager Manufacturing Practice

Role Summary:

The Sr Project Manager is responsible for the execution and leadership of MES projects including resource planning, scheduling, implementation methodology, milestone delivery, project budget, customer interface, profitability and project accounting. Works closely with a cross section of GE Digital resources including sales, technology, finance, procurement, and business management, owns responsibility for successful project completion meeting both customer and GE Digital goals and expectations.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Provides project leadership and oversight of MES solution implementations for customers of the Global Professional Services (GPS) business; requires frequent interaction with Product Development Team, Commercial Team, Customers, Solution Providers (Integrators), and other cross-functional teams.
• Scope Management: Leads the project team in effectively controlling project scope of work, using tools for charter development, contract management, and change control.
• Planning and Scheduling: Assists in developing the project approach and leads the effort to model this approach in the project schedule. Ensures that high-quality integrated planning is performed for all facets of the project life cycle. Performs schedule analysis to establish work priorities, critical path planning, and risk management.
• Manage dynamic resource allocation, including contract consultants, to maximize effective utilization of resources, ensure project success, and deliver high quality solutions with effective billable utilization.
• Budgeting: Manages project budgets and allocation of cost to meet projected profitability commitments.
• Financial Management: Forecasts, manages, and delivers against project revenue/cost plan. Works closely with Operations and Finance teams to ensure accurate and transparent project financial accounting.
• Project Performance Management: Ensures that relevant cost, schedule, and technical performance metrics are instituted at all levels in the project.
• Project Reporting: Proactively tracks and reports on project progress against schedule, technical delivery milestones, and revenue commitments. Manages and reports on adjustments to scope, schedule, cost, and issues.
• Change Management: Drives scope control through formal change management methods. Assists the project team in defining, understanding, and maintaining scope. Assists in the preparation, submission and negotiation of change of scope proposals. Incorporates approved/negotiated changes into the project plan.
• Leverage processes to evaluate, capture, and apply best practices and lessons learned driving implementation cycle-time improvements.
• Coordinates and leads progress meetings with customer and business leadership.
• Effectively applies GE Digital execution methodology and enforces project standards.
• Minimizes GE Digital exposure and risk on project.