Description:
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BASIC DETAILS:
Title: Project Manager
Location: PEMC / Plano, TX
Remote/On-site/Hybrid: On-Site
Local or non-local: Open to non-locals
Backfill/New Headcount: Backfill
Working hours: Standard
Duration: 12 Months
Bachelor s degree: Bachelor's Degree
Target bill rate: ***
Maximum bill rate: ***
Overtime: 10% (Periodic Weekends when needed)
Travel: Yes
What percentage or how often: 25%
Where will they need to travel: To different *** Sites (typically once every two months)
If International, to/from which countries: Potential visits to Canada
Will it be for meetings/observation: Yes
How soon after the offer will they be required to travel: Immediately
If travel would be scheduled more than 3 months dispatch would be available: No
Headcount: 1
Shop floor: Yes
Which specific equipment or PPE will be required by resources to perform job duties? Example Steel toed shoes, etc. Hard hats, Safety Glasses, Safety Shoes etc.
Out of them, which equipment or PPE would be provided by *** or bought by resource: Safety Jacket
Description:
The Quality Systems Program & Foundational Enablement Lead coordinates the planning, governance, implementation, and ongoing support of regional quality-system initiatives across North American manufacturing companies. The role serves as a central connection point among Quality, Information Systems, Enterprise Architecture, database, data, finance, communications, Agile delivery, and manufacturing-site stakeholders.
The position supports major initiatives including ICS+, QDMS, North American Hoshin activities, Oracle-to-Postgres transition, system releases, infrastructure readiness, and future quality-system development. It maintains integrated program plans, coordinates deployment and change-control activities, raises and resolves impediments, supports business planning and budgeting, and communicates program status to working teams and leadership.
Key Responsibilities:
Program and project coordination
Cross-functional leadership
Stakeholder relationship management
Technical and business communication
Planning and prioritization
Risk and impediment management
Meeting facilitation
Executive presentation
Documentation discipline
Change and release coordination
Continuous improvement
Adaptability and problem solving
Measures of Success
Accurate, timely, and transparent program reporting.
Completion of planned deliverables, dependencies, and change-control activities.
Effective coordination of stage and production deployments.
Timely identification and escalation of risks and impediments.
Strong alignment among Quality, technical teams, manufacturing companies, and leadership.
Current and reliable program documentation.
Successful preparation of business cases, budget inputs, governance reviews, and executive updates.
Improved standardization and efficiency across regional Quality-system activities.
Requirements:
Qualifications: (Highlight Top 3-5 skills)
Experience coordinating complex, cross-functional programs or technology-enabled business initiatives.
Strong knowledge of project planning, status reporting, issue management, dependency management, and stakeholder coordination.
Demonstrated ability to organize and facilitate meetings involving technical teams, business stakeholders, and leadership.
Strong written, verbal, presentation, and executive-communication skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Power Apps, and related Microsoft 365 applications.
Experience developing and maintaining Jira epics, project records, dashboards, or equivalent program-management tools.
Ability to manage multiple initiatives and priorities across geographically distributed organizations.
Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate documentation, timelines, and status information.
Education/Experience:
Bachelor's Degree required
Added bonus:
Experience supporting manufacturing Quality systems or regional technology implementations.
Familiarity with Agile planning, PI planning, Scrum teams, and quarterly business planning.
Understanding of database, server, virtual-machine, Oracle, Postgres, testing, and production-deployment concepts.
Experience with change-control processes, Requests for Change, and Change Advisory Boards.
Familiarity with Lean, Hoshin Kanri, Obeya, Yokoten, continuous improvement, or similar operating practices.
Experience supporting budget planning, business cases, value realization, and capacity discussions.