Project Manager

Position Overview

The Project Manager (PM) will work in our global new product development team responsible for modular data center infrastructures to coordinate the efforts of engineering and other cross functional groups to optimize time to market. PM is responsible and accountable for the coordinated management of multiple related projects directed toward strategic business and other organizational objectives.  These projects contain complex activities that may span functions, organizations, geographic regions, and cultures.  The PM must build credibility, establish rapport, and maintain communication with stakeholders at multiple levels, including those external to the organization. P M must maintain continuous alignment of project scope with strategic business objectives and make recommendations to modify the project to enhance effectiveness toward the business result or strategic intent. 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Responsible for leading, planning, execution, and completion of large, complex, global projects. Monitors and controls project activities from initiation through delivery.
• Accountable for planning and execution tasks, including, but not limited to, scope, scheduling, budgeting, costing, resource, risk and issue management.
• Continuously assesses project health, anticipating risk and developing effective mitigation plans that maintain committed project plan.
• Collects and analyzes data required to create effective written status reports. Creates and delivers effective written and verbal project status reports.
• Proactively engages stakeholders, providing timely, relevant, and transparent project status.
• Work with management of different operating functions to identify and obtain required resources to adequately staff project.
• Directs activities of project team members and balances workload of the team, ensuring that both individual and group objectives are met.
• Contributes to development of processes when they are needed by coordinating collaboration of design and manufacturing execution.
• Conduct lessons learned meetings at the end projects.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering field (electrical, mechanical, industrial) preferred
• Five years’ progressive experience leading teams or projects across multiple functions including manufacturing and supply chain
• 3+ years’ in a full cycle project management role
• Experience managing multiple large-scale projects from inception to closure.
• Experience in AC Power products and/or commercial building construction (data center construction preferred)
• PMP certification preferred
• Strong Project Planning & Organizational Skills.
• Excellent presentation skills; can adjust presentation to the audience level. Comfortable presenting to small and large groups at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to multi-task, manages competing priorities, meet deadlines and prioritize tasks.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills. Must be highly effective at leading people and facilitating rapid change in a consistent and structured manner.
• Ability to demonstrate process development and management practices.
• Highly motivated self-starter who can initiate action and follow through with well-defined solutions and action plans.
• Working knowledge of project management technologies, and tools such as (Microsoft Project, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, Service Now, Plan View).
• Proven ability to lead others to achieve common goals and to accomplish tasks
• Process and results oriented; experience working with multifaceted/multifunctional teams

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

15 – 25% Domestic and International travel required 

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The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principles & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.

OUR CORE PRINCIPLES: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

• High-Performance Culture

• Customer Focus

• Operational Excellence

• Innovation

• Financial Strength

VERTIV BEHAVIORS

• Own it

• Act with urgency

• Foster a customer-first mindset

• Think big and execute

• Lead by example

• Drive continuous improvement

• Learn and seek out development

• Promote transparent & open communication

About Vertiv

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers’ vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.

Work Authorization

No calls or agencies please. Vertiv will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Vertiv is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We promote equal opportunities for all with respect to hiring, terms of employment, mobility, training, compensation, and occupational health, without discrimination as to age, race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy status (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression (including transgender status or sexual stereotypes), genetic information, citizenship status, national origin, protected veteran status, political affiliation, or disability. If you have a disability and are having difficulty accessing or using this website to apply for a position, you can request help by sending an email to [email protected]