Project Mgr - Manufacturing

The Manufacturing Project Manager will focus on planning and managing deliverables for various new and sustaining projects. The Manufacturing Project Manager will interface with extended MFG teams, The Product Development team, Product Marketing, Finance, Global Services, and external Suppliers to ensure success in managing a variety of projects. Primary Responsibilities include planning and managing new and sustaining projects to meet product delivery, Quality, and cost goals (planning, scheduling, budgeting, status reports, presentations), accomplishing operational objectives by overseeing multiple projects, improving processes and collaborating with the NPI team to continuously improve the entire product life cycle - maximizing the performance of the NPI Team, helping to drive continuous efforts to improve manufacturing factory yields, pro-actively partnering with suppliers and factories at solving sustaining engineering issues, partnering with F5’s repair facility on issues they are seeing from the field returns, documenting best known methods and standard operating procedures, and upholding F5’s Business Code of Ethics. The role requires experience as a Project Manager in an electronics environment, dealing with electronic contract manufacturers and fabrication suppliers, good presentation, negotiation, and conflict management skills, problem-solving skills, ability to manage projects that include virtual or multiple geography sites, experience with resolving supplier and factory quality issues, and ability to work on several projects simultaneously. Qualifications include a minimum of 3 years of related experience as a Project/Program Manager in electronics, proficiency in MS Project Professional, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint, a BS/BA degree in a computer related field or equivalent industry experience (EE or ME degree preferred), and PMP certification is a plus. The job is performed in a normal office environment with some travel (approx. 5%). Background screening may be required. F5 is an equal opportunity employer supporting diversity in the workplace.