Garmin

Senior Project Manager Engineering (Web/Mobile)

Garmin • $110K — $130K *
Olathe, KS 66062In-Person
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline
  • Minimum of 5 years of relevant project management experience
  • Advanced understanding of production and operations issues
  • Demonstrated success in coordinating cross-functional teams
  • Team-oriented with a positive attitude
  • Excellent time management and solution-oriented skills
  • Proven communication, interpersonal, organizational and analytical skills

Responsibilities

  • Manage medium to large engineering projects with varying complexity
  • Develop and communicate project scope, milestones, and decisions
  • Create and implement new processes and tools based on advanced product knowledge
  • Lead process improvement initiatives within projects
  • Drive projects to closure while identifying and mitigating risks
  • Provide clear documentation and reporting for project status
  • Mentor and share knowledge with less-experienced Project Managers

Benefits

  • Eligibility for Garmin's benefit program
Full Job Description
Overview

We are seeking a full-time Senior Project Manager (Web/Mobile) at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. In this role, you will be responsible for managing medium to large engineering projects of average complexity including development and execution of project plans and reporting of project status.

Essential Functions
  • Leverages advanced understanding and expertise of project management skills on large engineering projects of high complexity, including understanding, developing and communicating project scope, milestones, and decisions
  • Utilizes advanced product domain knowledge to create new processes, tools and requirements
  • Identifies and leads process improvement activities
  • Drives projects to closure, leveraging project metrics and risk management principles to identify and resolve issues and risks
  • Creates mitigation plans and appropriately escalates to management for alignment
  • Leverages established skills to provide clear project status, documentation, and reporting for any size project, or complexity including cases where some elements are unknown
  • Leverages communication skills through active listening, responding appropriately and managing difficult conversations
  • Builds relationships and gains alignment within the business unit
  • Identifies and resolves conflicts through understanding of interdependencies of and development of effective relationships between the development team(s), other Garmin teams/departments, and external entities
  • Serves as a role model for leading effective and efficient team meetings
  • Ensures team members/stakeholders are appropriately informed of project scope, schedule and cost.
  • May determine and document program objectives and requirements
  • Demonstrates project ownership with limited involvement from Team Leader/Mentor, functions as single point of contact for project needs, significant contributions to the success of the project
  • Mentors, evaluates and shares knowledge with less-experienced Project Managers (Project Manager Engineer 1 & 2)

Basic Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline AND a minimum of 5 years of relevant project management experience
  • Advanced understanding of production and operations issues as they relate to engineering project management, including the ability to successfully identify and mitigate risks
  • Demonstrated success in bringing together cross functional teams for effective problem resolution
  • Must be team-oriented, possess a positive attitude and work well with others
  • Excellent time management skills and ability to generate and support pragmatic solutions while maintaining high quality standards
  • Previous experience managing multiple projects simultaneously
  • Proven communication, interpersonal, organizational and analytical skills through success in previous project management experience


This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits

About Garmin

Garmin Ltd. is an American multinational technology company founded in 1989 by Gary Burrell and Min Kao in Lenexa, Kansas. The company specializes in GPS technology for automotive, aviation, marine, outdoor, and sport activities. Garmin's products serve aviation, marine, automotive, wireless, outdoor recreation, and fitness markets. The company's goal is to create navigation and communication devices that can enrich customers' lives. Garmin has offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The company's products are sold in over 100 countries.
Learn more about Garmin
Size
18,700 employees
Market Cap
$17.5 billion
Industry
Consumer Technology
Net Income
$992.3 million
Founded
1989
5 Year Trend
+10.3%
Revenue
$4.1 billion
NASDAQ
GRMN
* Ladders Estimates

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