Senior Program Manager, Hardware - Product Improvement

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading innovation company focused on creating smarter, safer and more beautiful homes and improving lives. Our driving purpose is that we elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too.

When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team who are empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive and diverse culture where everyone is encouraged and empowered to be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength.

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We are seeking an experienced Electromechanical Hardware professional to support our mission of building world-class mobile solutions for our direct-to-consumer products and business partners.

Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you enjoy managing NPI and Product Improvement projects in a fast-paced, competitive market? Do you thrive in an entrepreneurial environment and are open to some international travel? If so, a role as a Sr. Hardware Program Manager – Connected Products with Fortune Brands Innovations might be the perfect fit for you. Based in Deerfield, IL or San Francisco, CA, this role reports to the Manager of Hardware Program Management – Security and Outdoor Connected Products.

You will lead multiple complex product improvement projects and manage multi-disciplinary global teams—including Product Management, Sourcing, Marketing, Electrical, Mechanical, Firmware, Software, Quality Assurance, Operation, Sales, and Technical Support—to bring innovative product ideas to market quickly.

Much of the development work will be supported by global partners and focused on Yale and Master Lock residential and commercial products. 

WHAT YOUR DAY LOOKS LIKE

• Effectively manage projects using scaled Agile and waterfall/phase-gate methodologies. You will be an active problem solver and coordinate the efforts of the project team.
• Lead and manage new product initiatives and product enhancement projects.
• Coordinate the work of cross-functional and multi-location project teams to accomplish all project tasks and milestones. Ensure project governance per Fortune Brands Innovation gateway methodologies, create project schedules, track progress, and drive the project team to obtain schedule milestones.
• Lead frequent project pulse meetings to ensure timely communication within the project team and the rapid completion of key tasks, ensuring the identification, resolution, and escalation of key project issues to senior management. Communicate project analytics, status, plans, and risk management strategies to both our internal senior leadership team and externally facing customers.
• Collaborate with fellow project managers and the engineering systems managers to adopt or improve the latest project management techniques and tools.

• Experience in Electro-mechanical project management.
• 5+ years of experience managing complex cross-functional projects from beginning to launch.
• 5+ years of engineering experience involving electronics, mechanical, software, firmware, and system-level components.
• Strong presentation, organizational, and communications skills
• Experience using Jira and Confluence project collaboration and visual project management boards.
• Proficient with MS Office Suite including MS Project, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint. Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work on multiple projects concurrently.
• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is strongly preferred.
• Must be open to occasional domestic and international travel and have a valid passport

Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role in Deerfield, IL is hiring Pay Range: $93,000 - $143,000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based sales incentive plan.

At Fortune Brands, we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution, product discounts, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays per policy), inclusive fertility / adoption benefits, and more. We offer numerous Employee Resource Groups to support inclusivity and our associates’ feeling of belonging at work.

Fortune Brands is a brand, innovation and channel leader focused on exciting, supercharged categories in the home products, security and commercial building markets. Our portfolio of brands includes Moen, House of Rohl, Aqualisa, SpringWell, Therma-Tru, Larson, Fiberon, Master Lock, SentrySafe and Yale residential.

Fortune Brands is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois and trades on the NYSE as FBIN

Equal Employment Opportunity:

FBIN is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Reasonable Accommodations:

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