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Global Program Development Manager

Application Deadline: 
Workplace:  Onsite Position
Location: 

Suzhou, JS, CN, 215126 Shanghai, Minhang, CN, 201106

Contract Type:  Full-Time
Employment Type:  Regular

Would you like to lead the development of differentiating product programs of great strategic importance? Join us and put your fingerprint on our green footprint for the benefit of the entire world.

  • Carry developments from fledgling ideas to finished solution
  • Heading the development of both product programs, you stand at the center of a network of involved functions across the entire Value Chain, all working together to deliver.


Collaboration is your central tool for success, as you ensure the team is always engaged, inspired and working in the right direction.
More specifically, you:

  • Lead the execution of projects, ensuring delivery within the approved scope, quality, cost and timeframes, with an eye on benefits and risks
  • This role involves managing cross-functional teams from various countries, overseeing the development process, and coordinating production bases across multiple locations within our extensive supply chain network
  • Excel in stakeholder management in a highly complex business environment full of paradoxes
  • Push for more interaction with our customers to understand their needs and prerequisites 
  • Ensure project alignment with customer needs and Grundfos strategies
  • Hand over finished developments of high quality to our Global Program Management.
  • Further develop the organization and implement new working methods in adherence to our digital and agile transformation
  • Help nurture our goals for a greener future.

Through your position and broad collaboration throughout the organization, you are in the ideal spot to make decisions that support our goals to provide clean water and access to better sanitation around the world while protecting the environment.

Project, product or program manager : 

You are curious by nature, eager to understand customers’ needs and excited at the prospect of contributing to a green agenda. You are also a visionary, able to think creatively, and you are not afraid of taking responsibility for business cases and pushing them until you reach your goals. 
 

Furthermore, we imagine that you:

  • Have 8+ years of experience with leading and executing complex projects within product and program management
  • Hold a master’s or bachelor’s degree in engineering or business 
  • Are knowledgeable about product development and budgeting
  • Able to stay or travel to China ~90 days per year to visit customers, production facilities and other functions (in the first 1-2 years, it might up to 120 days or more)
  • Are fluent in English.
  • An good understanding of pump industry would be a great advantage.

About Grundfos 
Grundfos is one of the world’s leading water technology companies with more than 19.000 employees in 60+ countries all over the world. Our skills commit us to pioneering solutions to the world’s water and climate challenges and improve the quality of life for people. We dare to do things that others cannot or dare not do, as we believe innovation is not only a business opportunity, but an obligation. And what really matters to us is not short term profit, but the impact we make. By becoming part of our united powerful team, you too can drive this change no matter your role.

An inclusive team
If you like the look of this job and know you can bring your skills to contribute to our purpose, please apply. We need and welcome professional people from all corners – however you identify and whatever your background is.

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