Operations Project Management Manager

The Project Manager is responsible for end-to-end execution of Liquid Cooling programs, ensuring material & manufacturing readiness, and flawless transition from BU PMO to plant sustaining operations.

This role bridges Business Unit Program Management, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Plant Operations to guarantee on time launch, stable ramp up, and operational readiness aligned with customer commitments.

The Project Manager is accountable for execution discipline across all NPDI phases and ensures no program is released to production without full operational and material readiness.

Key Responsibilities

1- Program Execution & NPDI Governance: monitor and enforce execution across all NPDI phases, ensure cross-functional alignment between BU PMO, Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and Operations, drive risk identification and mitigation using structured project management tools, maintain clear milestone tracking and escalation cadence, validate that lessons learned are captured and implemented before launch.

2- Material Readiness & Supply Chain Alignment: Ensure full BOM validation and stabilization before pilot and production release, monitor material availability, lead times, and supplier readiness, prevent last minute part additions or engineering changes without impact analysis, coordinate with Planning, Procurement, and Warehouse to secure material coverage for builds. Drive early visibility of supply risks and mitigation plans.

3- Manufacturing Readiness & Plant Integration: Confirm process readiness (work instructions, tooling, test equipment, layouts), validate capacity planning, labor readiness, and takt alignment, coordinate pilot builds and monitor yield performance, confirm training completion prior to production release.

4- BU PMO to Plant Transition Management: Lead formal handover from BU PMO to plant sustaining team, validate: Stable BOM, Approved routings, Approved test procedures, Cost alignment, ensure open risks and actions are clearly transferred and owned. 

5- Risk Management & Escalation:

Maintain active risk register, proactively escalate schedule, material, or design risks, support rapid decision making to protect delivery commitments, prevent reactive firefighting by driving structured pre launch reviews.

Key KPIs

• On-Time Program Launch (OTIF to customer)
• Material Readiness at Pilot & SOP
• First Pass Yield at Launch
• Zero Unplanned Line Stoppages at Ramp
• Engineering Change Stability (post-SOP)

• Successful BU-to-Plant Transition with no open critical gaps

  Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Operations, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in Manufacturing, Program Management, or Industrialization
• Experience in NPDI / Stage-Gate process environments
• Strong understanding of Supply Chain and BOM control
• Proven cross-functional leadership capability

• Strong data-driven decision-making skills

  Preferred Experience

• Experience in complex configurable product environments
• Automotive or industrial equipment program management background
• Lean / Six Sigma knowledge
• Leadership Competencies
• Execution discipline
• Structured problem solving
• High urgency mindset
• Cross-functional influence
• Strong communication and escalation skills
• Ownership mentality
• Why This Role Is Critical (Internal Context) Given:
• BOM instability
• Late material additions
• Rework during ramp
• Transition gaps between BU and plant

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities. 

OUR CORE PRINCIPALS: Safety.  Integrity.  Respect.  Teamwork.  Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

•  High-Performance Culture• Customer Focus

•  Operational Excellence

•  Innovation

•  Financial Strength

VERTIV BEHAVIORS

• Own it
• Act with urgency
• Foster a customer-first mindset
• Think big and execute
• Lead by example
• Drive continuous improvement
• Learn and seek out development
• Promote transparent & open communication 

About Vertiv

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers’ vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs.  Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.   

Work Authorization

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Equal Opportunity Employer

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