What you will do

The Director, Program Management – will manage and lead, launch a new program management office for the NA Sustainable Infrastructure team. This role will be working alongside our Senior leadership team, marketing, sales, engineering, finance, and partners. The Program Manager will lead program teams throughout the solution development process, delivery and service, ensuring each function manages their deliverables to meet the business objectives; schedule and budget and action are completed. The Program Manager will also develop and when necessary, represent SI-NA at regular accountability and cadence meetings to manage the business and will be responsible for clearly and concisely presenting the status of all open actions to groups of stakeholders.

How you will do it

Works collaboratively with leaders across Senior Leadership and Region functional groups. Identifies and determines direction of PMO office with input from the functional leadership. Acts independently to resolve challenges and to address opportunities related to the PMO. Work is both strategic and operational in nature.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES:

• Work with Senior Sustainable Infrastructure and Region leadership to identify program management office scope, budget, schedule, resources, and business cases for internal and 3rd party solution opportunities

• Work in partnership with all leaders and functions within the business as necessary for internal solution development opportunities

• Lead kick-off to assemble team, provide overview including scope, budget and schedule and communicate team member expectations

• Lead team meetings with all functional areas to track progress, identify issues and develop action plans

• Adhere to the JCI internal solution development process, holding team members accountable for their deliverables in accordance to requirements and verifying completion of each deliverable

• Manage issues, risks and opportunities, assisting team members in removing roadblocks and escalating to management issues that cannot be resolved

• Manage the program schedule documenting detailed tasks for each functional area, responsibility for the task, begin and end dates, and percent complete

• Document critical path and track weekly to ensure schedule is maintained, and document actions to recover programs that are behind track

• Manage program spending, accounting for both capital and expense spending by month and by function; for over budget items, document action to recover budget

• Work with SI leadership team, Finance, and Regions to update the business case on an ongoing basis to ensure financials are properly represented.

LEADERSHIP EXPECTATIONS:

• Adapt communication style in response to varying situations, groups, and cultures

• Engage and inform others to ensure the desired outcome

• Adjust efforts and approaches to meet goals and deadlines

• Analyze and draw conclusions based on less-than-complete data

• Build models and assumptions to account for missing data

• Enable and support others to make decisions and take reasonable risks

• Identify and remove obstacles that may interfere with success

• Ensure that individuals and team members understand the impact of their contributions

• Use structured analysis to assess and mitigate risk

What we look for

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field is required

• Minimum of 4+ years of experience managing programs/projects required OR experience working on a program team as a functional lead

• Ability to communicate effectively in a technical environment, including in front of C-level and VP-level stakeholders

• Demonstrated organizational skills, including project planning, project management, and team building

• Experience with a wide variety of structured problem-solving processes and reporting tools, including Microsoft PowerPoint

• Excellent understanding of financial concepts

Who we are

Johnson Controls is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information, please view EEO is the Law. If you are an individual with a disability and you require an accommodation during the application process, please visit www.johnsoncontrols.com/tomorrowneedsyou.

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $140,600 - $211,300 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.)  This position includes a competitive benefits package. For details, please visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers site at https://jobs.johnsoncontrols.com/about-us