Global Program Manager

About the role

Jabil is looking for a Global Program Manager in Shanghai to lead and manage large, multi-faceted projects, which may be customer or division specific or company-wide. The role provides management and guidance to multi-functional project teams and other project or program managers, and takes full accountability for project budgets, schedules, project management and performance requirements for enterprise-level projects.

Key responsibilities

• Gather, understand and translate project requirements and objectives into executable plans
• Build teams and align them to customer needs through milestones, goals and objectives
• Collaborate with customers (internal or external) from requirements gathering through product acceptance
• Review project schedules with functional project managers and project coordinators
• Serve as interface with customers, vendors, stakeholders and project sponsors
• Manage project plans, KPIs and metrics, and monitor projects within scope, quality, time and cost constraints
• Coordinate an integrated project plan and risk analysis with mitigation actions
• Manage resource capacity, time tracking and forecast project budget and labour needs
• Perform financial management and analysis of costs, including capital expenditure requests, travel, training and resource allocation
• Report project status, issues, variances and corrective actions to leadership
• Drive continuous improvement through trend reporting and metrics management, and share best practices across Jabil facilities
• Design and facilitate training for enterprise initiatives and communicate clearly with diverse audiences

Required profile

• PMP certification or equivalent required
• Bachelor's degree required, Master's preferred
• Minimum of 8 years of work-related experience in project management or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
• Knowledge of Jabil operating policies and procedures and of its culture and guiding principles
• Adept at navigating different country cultures, company divisions and internal hierarchies

Required skills

• Proficiency with personal computers and Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Email communication skills