We are seeking a Project Manager with a passion for innovation and a strong foundation in Agile methodologies to lead New Product Development (NPD) initiatives. This role will drive cross-functional collaboration, manage project execution from concept through launch, and help shape the future of our product portfolio. A key part of this role involves direct interaction with customers to gather requirements, provide updates, and ensure alignment throughout the development and manufacturing process.
RESPONSIBILITIES
New Product Development Leadership
- Lead cross-functional teams through the NPD lifecycle, ensuring adherence to stage-gate requirements, effective risk management, alignment with customer requirements, and successful commercialization of new products.
Customer & Stakeholder Relationship Management
- Proactively communicate effectively with customers and stakeholders to maintain alignment, build confidence, and foster mutually beneficial relationships.
Data Acumen, Analysis, and Presentation
- Develop and maintain datasets to understand the backlog of work, analyze progress, and present performance against schedule and budget to stakeholders.
Decision Making
- Develop execution plans, drive issue resolution, and mitigate project risks. Make decisions at the appropriate level of authority and adjust plans as new information becomes available while maintaining stakeholder alignment.
Adoption of New Technology
- Leverage existing and newly developed datasets to improve visibility, support decision-making, and drive successful project outcomes. Support migration from legacy tools to modern cloud-based Agile platforms.
Financial Acumen
- Analyze project and value-stream performance against approved business cases. Manage projects to meet budgets and support profit margin and cash flow objectives.
Process and Framework Expertise
- Apply PMI practices, the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), and Crane Business Systems (CBS) to deliver customer value and achieve business objectives. Use professional communication to convey complex concepts to teams, customers, and stakeholders.
Growth Mindset and Change Agent
- Demonstrate a continuous improvement mindset by identifying opportunities to enhance organizational effectiveness through Agile, CBS, and traditional PMI approaches. Influence, coach, mentor, and teach others in ways that improve team performance and efficiency.
Ability to Coach and Motivate Teams
- Act as a servant leader to ensure team success. Maximize the benefits of Agile ceremonies, Agile principles, and Lean methodologies.
Closer
- Consistently deliver on commitments to customers and stakeholders while adhering to the highest standards of ethics, quality, integrity, and safety.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, chemistry, or a related technical discipline.
- Ability to interpret data, identify trends, and solve problems efficiently.
- 5-10 years professional experience in technical role.
- 3+ years of experience leading New Product Development (NPD), engineering development, or technology commercialization projects in a technical environment.
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Proficiency with project management tools such as Jira and Microsoft Project.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Excel, Word, Loop, and PowerPoint.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- PMP, CSM, SAFe or other related certifications.
- Master’s degree in business, engineering, physics, or chemistry.
- Experience in nuclear, aerospace, medical, or other regulated capital-intensive industry.
- Knowledge of SAP business system.
- Knowledge of scripting and search languages such as Python, VBA, ABAP, or JQL.
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This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work being performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
Crane Company. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, general identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, chemistry, or related technical discipline
- Ability to interpret data, identify trends, and solve problems efficiently
- 5-10 years professional experience in a technical role
- 3+ years leading New Product Development, engineering development, or technology commercialization projects
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Proficiency with project management tools such as Jira and Microsoft Project
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Excel, Word, Loop, and PowerPoint
- Apply PMI practices, SAFe, and Crane Business Systems (CBS) to deliver projects
What We Do
Crane employees share a proud 150-year-plus history of doing business the right way—treating people fairly, dealing honestly and ethically with customers, suppliers, and shareholders, and working hard to meet or exceed the expectations of customers. They also share a fascinating history of innovation dating from the early years of the Industrial Revolution to the current era of technology-driven product development and improvement. Crane is committed to the highest standards of business conduct. We strive to create value for all our stakeholders with a highly disciplined approach to materially strengthening our businesses through successful implementation of the Crane Business System, through strategic linkages among our businesses, and through utilization of strong free cash flow for strategic acquisitions.
