Technical Project Manager - Platform Release

Job Summary

This role offers you the opportunity to join a world-class development team and be part of the market leader’s growth and continued opportunities. As a Technical Project Manager (TPM)- Platform Release, you will be a focal point to work with stakeholders, developments teams, and external development resources to develop the electronic residential smart locks and coordinate the cadence of mobile application, cloud, and firmware OTAU releases that support our residential smart lock platform. This role focuses on continuous integration and improvement of the platform rather than simply new product delivery. TPM will work closely with the NPI TPMs, engineering, operations, and manufacturing teams to ensure seamless, reliable, and predictable release execution.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Reporting to the Manager of PMO, as a Technical Project Manager- Platform Releases, you will be responsible for one or more projects to take from concepts into release. You will work closely with internal stakeholders to align objectives, requirements and schedule and then work with the internal and external development teams to build an execution plan to launch each project. You will be responsible for doing what is necessary to ensure deliveries are met, risks are addressed, and stakeholders are aligned and informed along the way.

You will be involved in all phases of the software electronics product life cycle and will engage with a multi-disciplinary team including Electronics Hardware, Firmware, Mobile Apps, Cloud, Quality, Manufacturing, Marketing, Finance and other functions. Projects will range in complexity from small projects to large multi-faceted projects with either internal and/or external resources.

More specifically, you will:

• (25%) Work very closely with the Product Marketing and Engineering teams to understand project requirements, scope, efforts and manage the release plan with prioritized features and requirements
• (20%) Coordinate cadenced releases for mobile, cloud and OTAU firmware updates including translating technical details into clear, actionable communications across the cross-functional team
• (10%) Support the technical team to identify a technical architecture/solution that meets the projects requirements, complete feasibilities were needed and drive alignment on trade-offs and gaps.
• (10%) Work together with the NPI TPMs to align platform release schedules with new product launches, ensuring dependencies are well-managed
• (10%) Address roadblocks, conflicts, requirement changes and priorities with the appropriate stakeholders and represent the technical team
• (10%) Facilitate team-level and leadership level discussions to resolve scope, dependencies, and release timing
• (5%) Collaborate with operations and manufacturing teams to align releases with plant readiness and broader business needs
• (5%) Support Agile ceremonies while working within a hybrid framework (Agile + Waterfall) appropriate for product and platform release cadence
• (5%) Proactively identify and communicate risks, track mitigation plans, and maintain RAID logs.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities

• Other duties as required by supervisor.

Education and Experience Profile

• A bachelor’s degree in electrical / Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 3 - 9 years of experience in Technical Project Management, ideally in software, cloud, mobile in IoT environment
• PMP, Scrum Master, and/or agile certified practitioner certification are a plus
• Familiarity with OTAU release mechanism, mobile app updates, and cloud platform integrations
• Experience in consumer electronics, smart home, or IoT product ecosystems

Required Skills

The ideal candidate has technical project management skills with electronics consumer products experience that include embedded software/firmware, mobile APP and cloud. Also, the candidate has successfully managed external resources and development partners to deliver products

• Hands-on experience managing technical projects from concept to production that involve firmware, mobile apps and cloud
• Ability to review technical specifications at a high level must be comfortable with technical jargon and translating for business and operational stakeholders.
• Experience coordinating across cross-functional teams (engineering, operations, product, manufacturing).
• Demonstrated experience utilizing project management tools to manage projects and provide status of each project to stakeholders – such MS project, JIRA, confluence, etc.
• Experience in software products development life cycle (Agile and hybrid methodology)
• Strong communication skills both written and oral and able to cater message to different technical or non-technical audiences
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills – can lead both technical and non-technical teams
• Experience in identifying and managing external resources and 3rd party developers locally or overseas
• Strong sense of ownership and drive to resolution
• Passionate, flexible, collaborative, works independently, sets own goals and has a “can-do” positive attitude
• Excellent documentation practices
• Travel is required on as needed basis.

Additional Desired Skills

• Wireless products experience such as Wi-Fi, BLE, Matter, NFC, etc.
• Experienced in cybersecurity

Business Environment

ASSA ABLOY has brought several decades of mechanical door lock expertise while incorporating electronics and wireless solutions over the past decade. We continue to release new products into the market with ZWave, Zigbee, HomeKit, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or non-connected solutions.   Some of the most recent introductions are Aura Reach (Bluetooth Deadbolt), Halo Select Deadbolt (Matter), Unite (Multifamily deadbolt and interconnect) and others.  Smart Home and Internet-of-Things (IoT) are rapidly evolving and growing, ASSA ABLOY AMERICAS Residential is positioned well with number one brands in North America to lead and continue the tradition of delivering valuable solutions to our customers.  As part of a world-class PMO team, you will play a critical role in the development of the new solutions that deliver our customers great new products with exceptional experience. 

Work Environment:

Working conditions are normal for an office environment.

Pay Range: $105,875 to $166,375.

This “base salary range” is a reasonable estimate for this position at the time of posting. Pay within each range is based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, to primary work job-related knowledge, skills, experience, business requirements and geographic location. ASSA ABLOY conducts regular review of compensation ranges and therefore reserves the right to alter this range at any given time. 

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job/classification.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

ASSA ABLOY is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. 

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