Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Agilent Technologies is seeking an Enterprise PLC Project Manager to lead complex, cross-functional Product Lifecycle (PLC) projects and enterprise product development improvements. The role will drive PLC process and system changes, NPI/NPD project excellence, stage-gate readiness, stakeholder alignment, and change management across a global, matrixed organization.
Responsibilities
- Lead enterprise PLC and PLC-related projects from initiation through implementation, ensuring clear scope, milestones, deliverables, risks, decisions, and success measures
- Drive cross-functional planning and execution for projects impacting product development processes, phase-gate governance, templates, tools, metrics, training, and business readiness
- Support NPI/NPD project excellence by strengthening project plans, stage-gate preparation, functional review readiness, risk management, and decision-quality documentation
- Lead change management activities including stakeholder mapping, impact assessment, communications planning, readiness tracking, training coordination, feedback loops, and adoption reinforcement
- Establish and maintain integrated project plans, RAID logs, action trackers, governance routines, status reporting, and executive-ready updates
- Identify process improvement opportunities and help translate lessons learned into sustainable standards, playbooks, templates, and operating rhythms
- Escalate issues and decisions appropriately, bringing data-driven recommendations and clear options to leadership forums
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, business, operations, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered
- Direct experience leading NPI/NPD projects, including project planning, phase-gate readiness, risk management, and cross-functional execution
- Experience leading change management projects, including stakeholder engagement, communication planning, training/readiness coordination, and adoption tracking
- Strong project management fundamentals, including schedule management, dependency management, risk/issue management, governance, and executive status reporting
- Ability to influence without direct authority and work effectively across functions, divisions, regions, and leadership levels
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to create clear, concise materials for project teams and senior leaders
- Typically, at least 4+ years relevant experience for entry into this level
- Experience with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems, product lifecycle processes, stage-gate governance, or enterprise product development operating models
- Project Management Professional (PMP), Agile, Lean Six Sigma, Prosci, or other relevant project/change management certification
- Experience supporting global business transformation, process harmonization, or enterprise capability deployment
Benefits
- Eligibility for bonus
- Stock
- The option to work remotely
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