Telecommut
This role follows a hybrid schedule, with in-office work required on Wednesdays and Thursdays and as needed to support collaboration and program actions.
Major Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end program planning, milestones, dependencies, and delivery timelines following the ecobee Product Development Process.
- Lead and coordinate cross-functional teams—including hardware engineering, product management, manufacturing, and go-to-market—to drive ecobee hardware and software programs to successful completion.
- Track execution against plans and surface schedule, technical, and resourcing risks early.
- Build strong working relationships with team members across functions and help facilitate communication between groups.
- Prepare and distribute regular status updates and reports to stakeholders and management.
- Maintain project documentation, schedules, and action item logs with accuracy and consistency.
- Help identify technical and schedule risks and work cross-functionally to mitigate them as they are identified.
- Work closely with product management to understand requirements and ensure work remains aligned to product goals.
- Collaborate with manufacturing teams to support hardware integration and production readiness milestones.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for program communications to senior leadership.
- Experience in a program or project management role working across multiple cross-functional technical functions.
- Bachelor’s degree.
- At least three years in program management working directly with hardware and software engineering teams.
- Demonstrated track record of delivering complex hardware programs from concept through production.
- Strong technical program management skills with the ability to drive cross-functional alignment.
- Proficiency with program management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Smartsheet.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to keep stakeholders informed.
- Comfort operating in highly technical discussions and understanding trade-offs and constraints.
- Experience establishing and improving processes that are scalable and sustainable.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Experience with consumer IoT, home security, or energy technology products and devices.
- Exposure to software and firmware development practices—experience working with end-to-end development teams is a bonus (embedded through mobile).
- Ability to analyze complex technical problems and develop innovative solutions.
- Proven ability to work effectively and lead in a collaborative, team-based environment.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
The Company is committed to improving accessibility for Canadian with disabilities and to ensuring that all our employees and applicants have the support and the tools they need to succeed. We have developed policies relating to human rights, accessibility, and accommodation, and provide all our employees with training on accessibility including under provincial legislation such as the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, either during orientation and/or on an ongoing basis. If you feel you need accommodation in relation to a disability in the application process or in the future, or have a question or concern about our policies, please reach out to [email protected]
