Program Manager

At Trane Technologies we Challenge Possible. Our brands – including Trane and Thermo King - create access to cooling and comfort in buildings and homes, transport and protect food and perishables, connect customers to elevated performance with less environmental impact, dramatically reduce energy demands and carbon emissions, and innovate with a better world in mind. We boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world.

Position Summary

The Program Manager will manage simple to complex projects or phases of a project to ensure the completion of milestones within budget, tracks performance and progress of project against committed timeline. Projects could be NPD, Agile, NTP, Productivity, RTS or QR type. This role calls for collaboration with cross functional & multi-location teams to ensure that the projects are accomplished to a high quality, adhering to our standard processes, systems and project management principles, while remaining aligned with strategy and goals of the organization. The Program Manager will also manage project portfolio/project agreements of the respective ETC teams. Resolves unique problems that could occur during the project to minimize delays & provide timely status updates to the executive leadership team.

Core Job Responsibilities

• Fulfill the role of the Program Manager and all that it entails.
• Understand project requirements, collaborate with project owners, leaders & cross functional teams across the globe for delivery of projects, by adhering to standard processes, systems and project management principles.
• Ensure the completion of project milestones/deliverables within committed Quality (Q), Delivery (D), Project cost (C) & Product cost (C), track performance and progress of project against committed QDC targets
• Adhere to general project management principles of Project scope management, time management, cost management, risk management and stakeholder management
• Lead/Assist Annual Operating Planning (AOP) discussions with respective SBUs/NOEs and corporate teams
• Report out project updates, risks and mitigations, productivity updates, QDC metrics, deployment efficiency, timesheet data, during the monthly Operations review meeting with ETC leadership team
• Collaborate with PMO team members to continuously improve process, systems and develop/refine standard works
• Project management of Strategic organization initiatives, deployment of BOS and coaching project teams
• Manage ETC PPM project portfolio / Project agreements of respective teams and publish the monthly billing data for the respective teams
• Host monthly calibration meetings and publish monthly QDC metrics for the respective teams
  
  

Key Competencies

• Expertise in project management (Waterfall Model)
• Experience in Agile methodologies and/or scrum will be an added advantage
• Proven leadership, coaching and mentoring skills with exceptional attention to detail
• Self-starter with a desire to make a significant impact on the product development process
• Ability to drive program specific goals and actions to closure
• Develops and manages projects budgets, schedules & timelines
• Demonstrated ability to work with all levels of management
• Understands the impact of a project to the overall business
• Leads from the front, coaches project team members, takes initiative and effects change.
• Being bold and Courageous to raise issues to upper management
• Demonstrate patience during challenging circumstances
• Excellent written and oral communication and facilitation skills
• Good Interpersonal skills. Ability to learn and collaborate with cross cultural project teams
• Exceptional Influencing skills as project team members will not be one’s direct reports
• Manages & resolves conflicts
• Proficiency in MS project
• Exposure to JIRA / Confluence
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• 4-year degree from an accredited institution. Technical degree in engineering or computer science preferred
• 10+ years’ experience of overall functional experience
• PMP certified project management professional with 5+ yrs. of Project management
  
  

Why You Should Join Us

You should join us if you like a collaborative yet challenging team environment that directly drives business value for Trane’s customers and Trane through creating software and services that globally impact how buildings are turned into competitive advantages based on individual customer’s needs. Creative ideas and working directly with customers are encouraged in an agile development process to exceed our customer’s expectations on usability and functionality.

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs that help our employees thrive in both their professional and personal lives. We are proud of our winning culture which is inclusive and respectful at its core. We share passion for serving customers, caring for others, and boldly challenging what’s possible for a sustainable world.

We are committed to achieving workforce diversity reflective of our communities. We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.

We have a Relaunch Program for professionals looking to re-start their career after a break. If you come with a career break of at least 12 months and match the work experience requirement mentioned, you are welcome to apply.

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