Senior Manager-Product Engineering

Description

• Continuous Product Improvement: Lead large, multi-team projects to reduce costs, simplify designs, and implement product recommendations that align with business strategy.
• Leadership & People Management: Provide strong leadership and direction to managers and senior contributors, setting clear performance expectations, and fostering a culture of accountability and excellence. Conduct regular performance assessments, provide constructive feedback, reward and recognition, and facilitate career development opportunities to support individual growth and organizational succession planning. Manage administrative processes, including but not limited to recruitment, onboarding, leave management, etc.
• Maintain regular and punctual attendance
• Customer Feedback: Manage incoming customer-related product feedback from Salesforce and commercial teams. Lead teams to assess and implement necessary changes to improve product performance. Represent the company in key client meetings and site visits, fostering strong relationships and effectively addressing customer concerns.
• Attend in-person or virtual meetings as requested or required
• Occasionally working with machinery with moving parts/vehicles/forklifts/heavy machinery/sharp objects/other etc.
• Operational Strategy: Translate the overall product roadmap into short to mid-term operational plans for the team. Cascade these plans down through a team of leaders and engineers to ensure alignment and ownership throughout the department.
• Cross-functional Partnership: Partner with senior leaders across functions and value streams to communicate overall product engineering goals, capabilities, and to align with the needs of other stakeholders.
• Budget Support: Drive and support the management of the department budget, ensuring accuracy and appropriate resource allocation to maximize ROI and achieve departmental strategies and objectives.
• Product Engineering Leadership: Drive the product engineering operational strategy for assigned product categories, ensuring smooth development from concept to production. Develop a sustainable and adaptable team that has the collective knowledge and ability to achieve desired objectives.
• Continuous Learning: Promote a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and collaboration, promoting cross-functional interactions and knowledge sharing among team members. Drive continuous improvement initiatives for process improvements, gathering feedback, analyzing data, and implementing enhancements to optimize performance and efficiency.
• Documentation and Reporting: Generate and approve technical documentation, procedures, and reports to document processes, ensuring plans can be easily communicated and understood by various teams throughout the organization.
• Infrequently working around energized equipment with the risk of electrocution/scalding/burns/other etc.
• Compliance: Understand and comply with all applicable Company policies and rules.

Requirements

• Fantastic interpersonal skills to establish meaningful relationships built on mutual trust and respect, navigate and resolve conflict, moderate behaviors, and foster collaborative working relationships amongst a diverse audience.
• Occasionally exposure to fumes/vapors/dust/gases/odors/mist/toxic chemicals/radiation/vibration/grease/oils/radiation/lasers/other etc.
• Occasionally exposed to low/moderate/high noise levels including machinery/vehicles/forklifts/office equipment/office traffic etc.
• Excellent leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate and direct a diverse team of engineers.
• Expert knowledge of S&C's products, or similar product offerings, along with the needs and trends of the industry.
• Infrequently exposed to wet humid/outdoor weather/extreme cold (non-weather)/extreme heat (non-weather) conditions/other etc.
• Master's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or a related Engineering field.
• Sound financial acumen and numerical ability to manage budgetary resources to maximum effectiveness.
• Ability to travel.
• Communicate effectively and respectfully with others
• Knowledge of safety standards and regulations relevant to electrical systems and protection equipment.
• Walking - Frequently required to walk moderate distances.
• Sitting - Continuously required to remain in a stationary position and perform desk-based tasks.
• Travel - Frequently required to travel and work extended hours when necessary. Required to travel internationally.
• Observation / Eyesight - Frequently required to observe details at close range, including depth perception, peripheral vision, and the ability to differentiate between colors.
• Expertise in problem-solving methodologies such as 4SPS, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Comprehensive knowledge of product lifecycles, manufacturing processes, and industry trends within electrical manufacturing.
• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, listening, and presentation); able to liaise with internal and external stakeholders at all levels, from senior leaders to support staff, and present compellingly to achieve buy-in from senior leadership.
• Communication - Continuously required to talk and hear, in person and by phone/conference calls.
• Frequently working indoors/outdoors in an air-conditioned/non-air-conditioned office/manufacturing/site-based environment
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or a related Engineering field.
• Excellent project management skills with the ability to lead projects and product implementations that span multiple teams.
• Manual Dexterity - Occasionally required to use hand-eye coordination to control both hands and arms for a full range of motion to operate equipment.
• Great business sense and analytical skills with the ability to use and analyze data to drive informed decisions, solve complex problems, and drive learning.
• 10+ years of experience in product engineering, including 5+ years of leadership experience.

Benefits

• Leave Benefits: Vacation Time, Sick Time, Paid Holidays and Company Shutdown days, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Other Leaves, Paid Parental Time and Military Leave
• Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical & Prescription, Dental, Vision, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, , Health Savings Account (HSA), Group Life Insurance, optional Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance, Wellbeing Resources including Employee Assistance Program and Family Forming Benefits (i.e., Adoption and Fertility support)
• 8:00 am – 5:00 pm - Hybrid (Chicago, IL)

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance