BETTER MOBILITY FOR LIFE
Savaria is a global leader in accessibility and patient care products, designing and building wheelchair lifts, stairlifts, elevators for home and commercial applications, medical beds, therapeutic surfaces, ceiling track lifts and patient slings. Savaria employs 2,300 valued associates globally and has 11+ manufacturing facilities to reach markets in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
Position Summary
We’re searching for a highly qualified project manager to help us maintain our position as an innovative authority. The ideal candidate will have product development experience for industrial projects, and strong skills in developing and overseeing work plans. The project manager will also prepare and present updates regularly to relevant management channels, ensuring that our goal of innovation is being achieved.
Objectives of this role
- Drive the product planning processes for product development activities.
- Analyze product requirements and develop appropriate programs to ensure they’re met.
- Develop, implement, and maintain product development timelines for R&D department.
- Coordinate internal and external resources to ensure that projects adhere to scope, schedule, and budget.
- Analyze project status and, when necessary, revise the scope, schedule, or budget to ensure that project requirements can be met.
Responsibilities
- Support the execution of all processes in the product lifecycle, including, planning, positioning, requirements and roadmap development, and product launch.
- Translate product expectations into detailed requirements for prototyping and final development by R&D Team.
- Create product strategy documents that describe business cases, high-level use cases, technical requirements, revenue, and ROI.
- Collaborate closely with engineering, production, marketing, and sales teams in the development, QA, and release of products.
- Analyze project status and, when necessary, revise the scope, schedule, or budget to ensure that project requirements can be met.
- Report project outcomes and/or risks to the appropriate management channels and escalate issues, as necessary, according to project work plan
Required skills and qualifications
- Four or more years of product development projects.
- Strong attention to deadlines and budgetary guidelines.
- Proven success working with all levels of management.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent presentation skills.
Preferred skills and qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in product design or engineering
- Previous experience in product development focused on manufacturing and industrial environment.
- Professional certification such as PMP or PRINCE2
- Experience in developing platforms for internal processes.