Engineering Project Manager - Software at Garmin International in Olathe, Kansas

Job Description:

GPS Manufacturer/Distributor

Come join the Core Platform Technology team!  We are looking for self-motivated, confident, passionate people to project manage multiple technologies leveraged across a wide variety of Garmin products. We partner with Garmin teams to build and integrate core technologies that are leveraged across all Garmin products (which includes technologies like LTE, NFC, Wi-Fi, and Speech Technologies).

We are looking for a full-time Senior Project Manager with experience overseeing software engineering projects at our headquarters in the greater Kansas City area. In this role you will be responsible for leveraging advanced understanding and expertise of software project management skills on complex projects or tasks, including understanding and communicating project scope, milestones, and decisions. Other essential functions include: 

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  Serves as point of contact for the Core Platform Technologies across multiple Garmin product teams

  
  


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  Aggregates the latest status of technology deliverables for Garmin products and communicates that status, both internally and externally

  
  


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  Drives the overall progress of assigned projects towards completion, using good judgement in determining when to escalate issues to management

  
  


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  Creates and maintains timelines and milestone tracking

  
  


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  Applies project metrics and risk management principles to identify and mitigate potential schedule impacting items

  
  


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  Leverages advanced communication skills to ensure team members/stakeholders are appropriately informed, leads project tradeoff discussions and drives decisions to keep projects moving forward

  
  


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  Creates and maintains complex timelines and milestone tracking and applies project metrics and risk management principles to identify and mitigate potential schedule impacting items

  
  


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  Drives project development and issue resolution through identification of risks/issues, creation of mitigation plans for projects within their segment and identification of issues which impact other segments

  
  


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  Identifies and resolves conflicts through understanding of interdependencies of and development of effective relationships between the development team(s), other Garmin teams/departments, and external entities (e.g. customers, suppliers, etc.)

  
  


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  Understands the level of detail necessary to ensure accurate project reporting and consistently provides clear and accurate project documentation

  
  


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  Participate in recruiting activities as well as other job-related duties as assigned

  
  

Qualified candidates possess a Bachelor of Science Degree in a technical discipline from a four-year college or university AND a minimum of 5 years’ relevant project management experience. Other requirements include: 

• Demonstrated software project management skills with a proven track record in delivering software, hardware or technology projects within the expected timeline and budget




• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills

  
  



• Strong experience with the software development life cycle (SDLC) and working in an Agile / Scrum environment




• Experience working daily with software developers, including remote development teams



• Ability to lead a team in the development of product/concept development plans as well as successfully execute projects of any scale or complexity


• Demonstrated success in bringing together cross functional teams for effective problem resolution


• Proven communication, interpersonal, organizational, and analytical skills through success in previous project management experience


• Experience with various project management tools including MS Office Suite (Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint) as well as Atlassian tools (Confluence, JIRA)


• Experience with various Software development life cycle processes including Agile/Scrum


• Experience working with remote software development teams


• The ideal candidate is a strong Software Project Manager who is a great communicator, and has the ability to quickly ramp up on new technologies

• Relevant experience working in an internal service organization (internal org that other internal partners partner with or consume software components from)


• Previous experience managing a deliverable that continuously iterates over time
  


• Previous experience managing multiple projects simultaneously
  


• Previous Project Management experience working closely with both Hardware and Software engineering teams
  


• Previous experience with LTE or NFC technologies
  

Our benefits are designed to lead an evolving marketplace, support innovation and encourage a healthy balance between work and life. They allow our associates to make their own decisions about their wellbeing and future and consistently rank Garmin as a top tier benefits provider when compared to other high-tech employers. We offer a choice of high value medical, dental and vision plans with low or no premiums, to fit your and your family’s preferences. In addition, Garmin’s financial benefits include a generous 401K retirement plan that provides 5% of pay base contribution plus a match of 75 cents for every dollar you contribute to a maximum of 10% of your compensation. The employee stock purchase plan allows for shares to be bought at a 15% discount. Garmin offers many other benefits and perks ranging from wellbeing initiatives, educational assistance and career development, community charity support, and employee discounts just to name a few.

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Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, age or disability.