Senior Engineer - Project Management （T10）
The Program Engineer – Power Solutions and Distribution will manage the development and execution of new products within the Power Solutions and Distribution Product Line, part of the Power Management Business Unit . This role is needed to support the expansion of the product line portfolio, which is increasing in both size and complexity.
The role will primarily focus on New Product Development / New Product Introduction programs managed through the Vertiv NPDI process , while also supporting selected initiatives related to existing products, including sustaining, regionalization, cost-out, compliance, lifecycle management, and engineering change projects.
The successful candidate will be expected to independently manage high-complexity programs with limited supervision, leading cross-functional teams through influence, structure, accountability, and strong execution control.
The role reports to the Product Line Engineering Manager .
What kind of work will you be doing?
- Lead and manage multiple cross-functional projects and programs within the PSD Product Line.
- Own projects execution from initiation to launch, ensuring clear planning, disciplined execution, and alignment with the Vertiv NPDI process.
- Drive project scope, schedule, cost, quality, resources, risks, dependencies, and deliverables to ensure successful achievement of business and technical objectives.
- Prepare and support NPDI gate reviews, milestone reviews, governance meetings, and launch readiness assessments.
- Maintain strong execution control through project dashboards, integrated schedules, risk registers, issue logs, action trackers, decision logs, and executive status reporting.
- Lead cross-functional teams without direct authority, driving accountability across Engineering, Product Management, Operations, Supply Chain, Service, Quality, Finance, Sales, Compliance/Certification, and regional teams.
- Ensure stakeholder alignment on priorities, risks, trade-offs, decisions, escalations, and recovery plans.
- Identify, track, and manage risks, issues, dependencies, and changes, ensuring timely escalation and resolution.
- Support financial tracking against approved project budgets, business cases, and cost targets.
- Ensure project documentation is complete, accurate, traceable, and aligned with NPDI governance requirements.
- Support regionalization, sustaining, cost-out, compliance/certification, platform development, lifecycle, and engineering change initiatives as required.
- Communicate project status clearly and concisely to leadership and stakeholders, including key achievements, risks, decisions required, and corrective actions.
Promote a culture of ownership, execution discipline, accountability, and continuous improvement within the project teams.
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What will make you successful?
Required Qualifications
- At least 4-5 years of strong project or program management experience, preferably in complex industrial, manufacturing, engineering, or technology environments.
- Proven ability to independently manage high-complexity, cross-functional programs with limited supervision.
- Demonstrated experience managing scope, schedule, cost, quality, resources, risks, issues, dependencies, and stakeholder alignment.
- Strong experience with structured project governance, project reporting, milestone tracking, action management, and executive communication.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams without direct authority and drive accountability across functions.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, decision-making, conflict management, and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to work effectively in a global, matrixed organization across regions and functions.
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Preferred Qualifications
- Engineering degree or equivalent technical education.
- Project management certification such as PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent would be preferable
- Experience with new product introduction, new product development, stage-gate processes, or NPDI governance.
Experience with power electronics, UPS systems, power converters, industrial products, electrical engineering, embedded controls, or mechanical/electrical integration.
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Key Skills and Behaviors
- Strong execution control and project discipline
- Leadership without direct authority
- Ownership mindset and accountability
- Structured and concise communication
- Stakeholder influence and alignment
- Risk and issue management
- Decision-making under complexity
- Conflict management
- Resilience under pressure
- Executive presence
- Sense of urgency
- Ability to simplify complexity and drive clarity
- Strong documentation and governance discipline
