Key Responsibilities:
Project Actions: Lead projects. Mentors Project Coordinators.
Product Actions: Accountable for project results.
Project Artifacts: Accountable for project artifacts (scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, etc.).
Project Governance: Lead project meetings and reviews.
Project Life Cycle: Accountable for project gates and deliverables.
Key Skills:
Leadership (Empathy/ Influence/Mentoring): Inspires and motivates teams to achieve project goals. Builds trust, resolving conflicts, and fostering collaboration among team members.
Takes personal ownership of the project and drives commitment from team members.Time Management / Prioritization: Expert ability to effectively manage schedules, set milestones, and ensure timely delivery of project outcomes. Demonstrated ability to prioritize tasks and effectively address competing demands.
Communication: Effectively conveys project information to stakeholders, team members, and sponsors. Tailors communication to different audiences (e.g., executives, technical teams, clients). Proactively manages stakeholder expectations and ensures alignment on goals.
Stakeholder Management (upward): Engages stakeholders to ensure alignment with project objectives. Addresses stakeholder concerns, manages expectations, and balances competing priorities. Builds and maintains strong relationships to secure stakeholder buy-in.
Risk Management: Identifies, analyzes, and mitigates risks throughout the project lifecycle. Develops contingency plans and proactively addresses potential obstacles. Monitors risks and adapts strategies to minimize negative and maximize positive impacts on project objectives.
Problem-Solving: Analyzes complex situations, identifies solutions, and makes informed decisions. Manages challenges and conflicts that arise during the project lifecycle. Leverages data and metrics to evaluate options and choose the best course of action.
Budget Management: Estimates, allocates, and manages project budgets effectively. Monitors financial performance to ensure projects are delivered within budget. Balances costs, quality, and scope to deliver maximum value to stakeholders.
Team Management (cross-functional/matrix): Creates high-performing teams by fostering trust, accountability, and open communication. Identifies team strengths and assigns roles to maximize efficiency and effectiveness. Encourages collaboration and empowers team members to contribute to project success.
Scope (Change) Management: Quickly adjusts plans in response to changing circumstances or new information. Clearly defines and controls the project scope to prevent scope creep. Manages change requests while ensuring alignment with project objectives and constraints. Maintains focus on deliverables and ensures they meet agreed-upon requirements.
Technical Project Management Skills (incl. Scheduling): Masters project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid approaches). Effectively uses tools and software (e.g., Planisware, Jira, etc.) to plan, execute, and monitor projects. Applies standard and advanced PM techniques like Earned Value Management (EVM), Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), and Gantt charts.
Other Qualifications:
Skills Required
- Leadership (empathy, influence, mentoring)
- Time management and prioritization across schedules and milestones
- Effective communication with stakeholders, executives, technical teams, and sponsors
- Stakeholder management and upward engagement to secure buy-in
- Risk identification, analysis, mitigation, and contingency planning
- Problem-solving using data and metrics to inform decisions
- Budget estimation, allocation, monitoring, and cost control
- Team management in cross-functional/matrix environments
- Scope and change management, including handling change requests and preventing scope creep
- Technical project management skills, including Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies and scheduling
- Experience with Planisware and Jira (or equivalent PM tools)
- Familiarity with PM techniques: EVM, WBS, and Gantt charts
Woodward, Inc Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Woodward, Inc and has not been reviewed or approved by Woodward, Inc.
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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests the retirement program combines a 401(k) match with additional company contributions and ownership opportunities, strengthening long-term rewards. Profit-sharing and an employee stock purchase plan further expand savings options.
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Healthcare Strength — Core coverage spans medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability, and is frequently characterized as comprehensive. Well-being programs and assistance resources add depth to the health offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid holidays, vacation/PTO, and paid maternity/paternity leave are included. The ability to purchase additional vacation in some cases broadens time-off flexibility.
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What We Do
Woodward is an independent designer, manufacturer and service provider of energy control and optimization solutions for aerospace and industrial markets. For 150 years, Woodward has focused its resources and expertise on delivering proven systems that perform under incredible demands. Our customers have come to rely on us to help them address and solve the challenges associated with global efficiency initiatives – from reducing emissions, to increasing energy efficiency, to helping them introduce alternative energy sources.
Why Work With Us
A career at Woodward offers professional and personal growth. You will work alongside the brightest minds in our industry, help develop innovative technology and products, and contribute to our company’s goal of always innovating for a better future. People join Woodward for a job and end up building a career for a lifetime.
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