The Role
Lead complex New Product Introduction (NPI) programs in power generation from planning through delivery. Own program budgets, schedules, risk mitigation, and stakeholder satisfaction. Coordinate cross-functional teams using Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methods, track KPIs, and drive data-informed decisions to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery and high customer satisfaction.
Summary Generated by Built In
Mission:
This person will lead and manage the successful execution of complex programs, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives, delivery on time and within budget, and maximized stakeholder satisfaction. Successful candidate will build and maintain confidence with customers, identify risk and mitigate it accordingly.
This person will lead and manage the successful execution of complex programs, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives, delivery on time and within budget, and maximized stakeholder satisfaction. Successful candidate will build and maintain confidence with customers, identify risk and mitigate it accordingly.
Outcomes:
• 95%+ achievement of all New Product Introduction (NPI) key milestones
• 95%+ achievement of NPI budgets (by program)
• 95% + stakeholder / customer satisfaction rating
• 95% on-time delivery to all customer purchase orders
Role Competencies:
• Leadership & Influence - Ability to inspire and lead cross-functional teams toward successful program completion. Exhibits emotional intelligence, resolving conflicts and managing team dynamics effectively.
• Project Planning & Execution - Expertise in creating detailed project plans and executing them using Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies. Breaks down large, complex programs into manageable tasks and ensures timely execution.
• Financial & Resource Management - Owns the budget at the program level, allocates resources efficiently, tracks costs, and reports financial health. Ensures program delivers value while staying within budget and capacity limits
• Communication Skills - Capable of conveying clear, actionable information to stakeholders at all levels of the organization. Keeps stakeholders updated with progress, risks, and necessary changes to the program.
• Customer Focus & Relationship Management - Consistently places customer satisfaction at the forefront of their decision-making. Maintains strong relationships with customers, ensuring that product and process development and engineering and supply chain solutions align with customer needs and expectations. Customer feedback is constantly measured to score their satisfaction level continuously through the NPI process.
• Risk Management and Problem Solving – Lives and breathes risk identification, mitigation and control. Past excellence in managing and resolving unforeseen challenges in program execution - whether related to technical issues, supplier/customer delays, or resource constraints.
• Data-Driven Decision Making - All these competencies will have a strong foundation of data. Data to track key performance indicators, optimize processes, and drive continuous improvement.
• Ownership & Accountability - Takes full ownership of program challenges and risks, proactively drives solutions, and ensures issues are resolved rather than simply communicated. Acts as the accountable leader for outcomes.
• Project Planning & Execution - Expertise in creating detailed project plans and executing them using Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies. Breaks down large, complex programs into manageable tasks and ensures timely execution.
• Financial & Resource Management - Owns the budget at the program level, allocates resources efficiently, tracks costs, and reports financial health. Ensures program delivers value while staying within budget and capacity limits
• Communication Skills - Capable of conveying clear, actionable information to stakeholders at all levels of the organization. Keeps stakeholders updated with progress, risks, and necessary changes to the program.
• Customer Focus & Relationship Management - Consistently places customer satisfaction at the forefront of their decision-making. Maintains strong relationships with customers, ensuring that product and process development and engineering and supply chain solutions align with customer needs and expectations. Customer feedback is constantly measured to score their satisfaction level continuously through the NPI process.
• Risk Management and Problem Solving – Lives and breathes risk identification, mitigation and control. Past excellence in managing and resolving unforeseen challenges in program execution - whether related to technical issues, supplier/customer delays, or resource constraints.
• Data-Driven Decision Making - All these competencies will have a strong foundation of data. Data to track key performance indicators, optimize processes, and drive continuous improvement.
• Ownership & Accountability - Takes full ownership of program challenges and risks, proactively drives solutions, and ensures issues are resolved rather than simply communicated. Acts as the accountable leader for outcomes.
About
Fortune 500 pedigree. Startup agility. No compromise. We blend a century of manufacturing excellence with the speed and grit to take on today's manufacturing and industry challenges. Our mission? To be the catalyst of success for a select group of like-minded customers who are leading the North American manufacturing and industrial renaissance. Our vision? To be the world’s most trusted company.
Skills Required
- Experience managing complex programs or NPIs end-to-end
- Proven ability to deliver programs on time and within budget
- Experience with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project methodologies
- Program-level budget ownership and financial management
- Strong cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management
- Risk identification, mitigation, and problem-solving experience
- Customer relationship management and focus on customer satisfaction
- Data-driven decision making and KPI tracking experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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The Company
What We Do
Rockit Motors is a contract manufacturer specializing in electric motors, alternators, stators, rotors, and coils for industrial, rail, e-mobility, and power generation sectors. They leverage a century of manufacturing experience with startup agility to solve complex manufacturing challenges.
