Senior Design Project Manager (1-Year Contract)

Description

Logitech is the Sweet Spot for people who want their actions to have a positive global impact while having the flexibility to do it in their own way.

The Team and Role:

As a Design Project Manager, you are responsible for planning, scheduling, prioritizing, allocating resources, and driving product development projects through the entire product development lifecycle, including Industrial Design / CMF/ UX/ Packaging Structure & Graphics / Imagery.  Outstanding leadership skills, a passion for process, and the ability to plan out a calendar will be crucial for this role.

You provide input and recommendations to design best practices and principles at the project level with an emphasis on working independently on both challenging and complex design issues. You are an experienced, knowledgeable member of the Design team.  

Your Contribution:
Be Yourself. Be Open. Stay Hungry and Humble. Collaborate. Challenge. Decide and just Do. Share our passion for Equality and the Environment. These are the behaviors and values you’ll need for success at Logitech. In this role you will:

• Focused on a wide range of projects within your own  discipline.  You work collaboratively and independently but ask for general guidance on new projects and/or unfamiliar areas.  At times, you may show up as a leader on multiple projects and goals of moderate complexity.   You demonstrate good judgment and use your expertise in selecting methods for developing solutions.

• Managing and monitoring project or program schedules, progress, and costs to ensure that expected results are delivered on time and within budget

• Allocating project resources with discipline functional managers including:

  • Industrial Design

  • CMF Design

  • Consumer Insight 

  • UX

  • Packaging Structure and Graphics

• Creating, maintaining, and updating project plans as needed

• Consolidating, communicating, and driving issue resolutions to closure

• Maintaining and publishing a project dashboard to communicate the status of projects  

• Scheduling project kick-off meetings/reviews with stakeholders 

• Publishing meeting minutes, action item logs, and updated schedules to track project status

• Providing functional expertise to assess potential schedule risks and operational impact

• Process & drive external vendor NDA's, MSA's, & SOW's to closure via contract tool in partnership with Design Lead and Legal Partners

• Process Onboarding of new vendors, creation of new POs, forecast costs, and update design budget / financial trackers

Key Qualifications:
For consideration, you must bring the following minimum skills and experiences to our team:

• Be a self-starter and independently manage projects and processes

• Be an avid learner of new processes and systems

• Connect the dots at a strategic level to support cross-functional teams 

• See the big picture and get granular with the details

• Lean in and learn new systems and processes

• Bring an open and curious mindset to everything you do

• Impeccable organizational skills

• Have an upbeat, can-do attitude and work well with creatives

• Team-player able to seamlessly partner with designers, marketing and engineering

• Strong change management and scheduling skills

• Proactive and solutions-oriented with a positive attitude to challenges

• Able to juggle conflicting priorities

• Be fun to work with!! 

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5-10 years Project/ Program Management experience in high tech and consumer products environment with cross-functional teams

• Experience managing the logistics of consumer product user experience testing

• Superior project scoping, project timeline development, risk assessment, and prioritization skills

• Experience creating comprehensive project timelines utilizing project management software, e.g. MS Project, Workfront, At-Task, Smart Sheet., etc.

• Understanding of how to use Google -- Drive, Documents, Sheets, and Slides

Across Logitech we empower collaboration and foster play. We help teams collaborate/learn from anywhere, without compromising on productivity or continuity so it should be no surprise that most of our jobs are open to work from home from most locations. Our hybrid work model allows some employees to work remotely while others work on-premises. Within this structure, you may have teams or departments split between working remotely and working in-house.  

Logitech is an amazing place to work because it is full of authentic people who are inclusive by nature as well as by design. Being a global company, we value our diversity and celebrate all our differences. Don’t meet every single requirement? Not a problem. If you feel you are the right candidate for the opportunity, we strongly recommend that you apply. We want to meet you! 

We offer comprehensive and competitive benefits packages and working environments that are designed to be flexible and help you to care for yourself and your loved ones, now and in the future. We believe that good health means more than getting medical care when you need it. Logitech supports a culture that encourages individuals to achieve good physical, financial, emotional, intellectual and social wellbeing so we all can create, achieve and enjoy more and support our families. We can’t wait to tell you more about them being that there are too many to list here and they vary based on location.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.

If you require an accommodation to complete any part of the application process, are limited in the ability, are unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact us toll free at +1-510-713-4866 for assistance and we will get back to you as soon as possible .
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