Enterprise PLC Project Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Connecticut, +13 more states.

📋 Description

• Lead enterprise PLC and PLC-related initiatives from initiation to implementation, ensuring well-defined scope, milestones, deliverables, risks, decisions, and success metrics.

• Facilitate cross-functional planning and execution for projects that influence product development processes, phase-gate governance, templates, tools, metrics, training, and business readiness.

• Enhance NPI/NPD project excellence by refining project plans, preparing for stage-gate reviews, ensuring functional review readiness, managing risks, and documenting decision quality.

• Oversee change management efforts, including stakeholder mapping, impact assessments, communication strategies, readiness tracking, training coordination, feedback mechanisms, and reinforcement of adoption.

• Create and uphold integrated project plans, RAID logs, action trackers, governance routines, status reports, and updates suitable for executives.

• Identify opportunities for process improvement and convert lessons learned into sustainable standards, playbooks, templates, and operational rhythms.

• Appropriately escalate issues and decisions, presenting data-driven recommendations and clear options to leadership forums.

• Collaborate with business units, product development, quality assurance, regulatory, operations, IT, and change management stakeholders throughout Agilent.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, business, operations, or a related field; equivalent experience may be accepted.

• Direct experience in leading NPI/NPD projects, encompassing project planning, phase-gate readiness, risk management, and cross-functional execution.

• Experience managing change initiatives, including stakeholder engagement, communication planning, training/readiness coordination, and tracking adoption.

• Strong foundational knowledge in project management, covering schedule management, dependency management, risk/issue management, governance, and executive status reporting.

• Capability to influence without direct authority and effectively collaborate across functions, divisions, regions, and leadership levels.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce clear and concise materials for project teams and senior leadership.

• Typically requires a minimum of 4+ years of relevant experience for entry into this role.

• Familiarity with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems, product lifecycle processes, phase-gate governance, or enterprise product development operating models.

• Project Management Professional (PMP), Agile, Lean Six Sigma, Prosci, or other relevant project/change management certifications.

• Experience in supporting global business transformation, process harmonization, or enterprise capability deployment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligibility for bonus.

• Stock options.

• Comprehensive benefits package.

• Flexibility to work remotely.