Project Manager

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for leading cross-functional engineering teams through complex product development cycles? We're looking for an experienced Project Manager (Engineering) to lead projects across hardware and software initiatives at Shure, a world class leader in audio products.

In your role as Project Manager, you'll lead projects from concept to completion, ensuring seamless execution and collaboration. If you're ready to make a measurable impact in a fast-paced engineering environment, we want to hear from you.

This position is hybrid (3 days per week on-site), and based in our Niles, IL location.

• Lead upfront work and collaborate closely with all departments to get new concepts and projects approved, planned, staffed, and set up for success.
• Lead and drive development, planning, and closure of all efforts involved in project execution, including both internal and external dependencies.
• Assess and monitor risk in key areas including project budgets, schedules, product costs, and quality/functionality while communicating risks/issues to the Project Team and Project Stakeholders. Negotiate and guide decisions towards budget and schedule adherence.
• Assure team complies with the new product development process and report progress to project governance bodies via regularly distributed status reports and collateral.
• Negotiate and maintain relationships with outside partners in collaboration with Supply Chain Associates, including outside design firms, co-development partners, and vendors in order to achieve project goals.
• Review all project activities at the end of a project, compile lessons learned, assess project adherence to targets, and suggest improvements for the revision of the new product development process.

• Education & Certifications
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field, Engineering preferred
  • PMI PMP certification or PDMA NPDP certification preferred
• Experience
  • Minimum 6 years of experience in new product implementation
  • Minimum of 4 years of experience leading teams in a direct report or dotted/matrix environment.
  • Proven expertise working with both in-house and OEM/ODM/JDM projects.
  • Product development experience in and understanding of wireless systems and technologies preferred.
• Technical skills
  • Strong Negotiation skills to influence changes to project scope and targets as necessary.
  • Able to exhibit leadership in situations without formal authority.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead Project Teams through motivation, influence, and coaching of Team Members
  • Able to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization, building relationships with Stakeholders and Project Team Members that enable Project Manager leadership.
  • Ability to leverage knowledge of organizational roles and responsibilities to guide activities.
  • Desire to continuously maintain knowledge of key disciplines (e.g., electrical, mechanical, acoustical, and software engineering; marketing; operations and quality) that allow for effective leadership of cross-functional Teams.
  • Experience designing, leading, piloting, or implementing alternative project management techniques such as Critical Chain or Lean / Agile development.

Applicants for this position must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Shure will not sponsor applicants for this position for work visas.