Project Manager
UL Solutions Dongguan, Guangdong, China
Professional Services · 10,001+ employees
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About the role
The Project Manager will lead small to medium projects, managing budgets, risks, and stakeholder communications throughout the project lifecycle. They are responsible for coordinating interdependencies, utilizing resources, and ensuring deliverables align with business outcomes.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must have over four years of project management experience and a bachelor's degree in a relevant field. Proficiency in project management methodologies like Agile or Waterfall and experience with portfolio management tools are required.
Full description
- Managing the implementation of small to medium projects.
- Provides overall leadership and support to project team members.
- Acts as front-line contact on project related activities, issues, and risks.
- Manages the project risks and issues and escalates accordingly.
- Interfaces with Business Unit Leaders, and with Finance and develops ROI, IRR and other financial measures.
- Manages stakeholders' communication and escalates accordingly.
- Adheres to program and project governance (controls).
- Plans the overall project and monitors the progress and performs Daily project management throughout the project's life cycle.
- Manages the projects budget and financial performance.
- Coordinates the projects and their interdependencies.
- Manages and utilizes resources.
- Aligns the deliverables (outputs) to the project's outcome with the aid of the business change manager.
- Read and follow the Underwriters Laboratories Code of Conduct and follow all physical and digital security practices.
- Performs other duties as directed.
Qualifications
SKILLS
- Strong project management and team leadership skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with sponsor reporting and escalation experience.
- Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong facilitation, collaboration, negotiation, and presentation skills.
- Ability to anticipate risks and devise solutions in the moment.
- Focused and versatile team player who is comfortable under pressure, ambiguity, frequent change, or unpredictability.
- Understand current and future business goals and ongoing IT issues to ensure business success.
- Understanding of software development lifecycles (i.e. Agile, SCRUM, Waterfall, Iterative).
- In depth understanding of project management concepts.
EXPERIENCE
- More than four years of project management experience.
- Experience working on project and portfolio management Tools (Visio, MS Project, Clarity, etc.).
EDUCATION
- Bachelors' degree in computer science, information technology, business or related field PMP, Prince 2 and/or Agile certification (preferred but not required).
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
Imagine getting your hands on new technology before it hits the shelves. To dig deep and figure out exactly how it works. That’s what we do. We lift the lid and test the boundaries on a huge range of products, from health-monitoring smart watches monitoring to electric vehicles loaded with the latest software. We’re always looking for people who are passionate about innovation, embrace change and love new and exciting challenges. Join our team, influence emerging technology and forge a successful career at the center of safety science.
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