ecobee introduced the world’s first smart Wi-Fi thermostat to help millions of consumers save money, conserve energy, and bring home automation into their lives.
Responsibilities Own end-to-end delivery of assigned programs of moderate complexity through planning, execution, launch readiness, and closeout.
Develop, maintain, and communicate integrated program plans that reflect scope, timing, capacity, dependencies, risks, milestones, and key decision points.
Manage dependencies, resource constraints, sequencing, and delivery risks across related programs within the product line or line of business, escalating conflicts with clear recommendations.
Frame trade-offs with clear options, impacts, risks, and recommendations to drive timely decisions when scope, schedule, cost, capacity, quality, customer needs, or downstream commitments conflict.
Translate product requirements and business objectives into clear delivery scope, milestones, and product realization plans in partnership with Product and Engineering.
Lead programs through Generac NPD processes, including milestone, design, and gate reviews using accurate, decision-ready information.
Drive execution with appropriate urgency by identifying blockers, clarifying ownership, escalating risks, and ensuring teams understand the decisions and actions required to maintain progress.
Understand technical decisions at a systems level and surface schedule, cost, compliance, integration,



or dependency implications proactively.
Facilitate cross-functional alignment with documented outcomes, clear ownership, and proactive management of inter-team dependencies and conflicts.
Own change control for material changes to scope or plan, including impact assessment and decision documentation to secure stakeholder alignment.
Apply lessons learned, propose improvements to program management and NPD practices, and help drive adoption across the PgM team and supported business areas.
Requirements Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology or Management, Computer Science, or another directly engineering-related field.
10 years of progressive experience in engineering, product management, or a related field, including 8 years of program management experience leading cross-functional teams through end-to-end delivery.
Demonstrated experience managing recent product development programs from end-to-end, using a phase-gate (or similar) development process.
Experience supporting full-system product releases including hardware, software, firmware, manufacturing, supply chain, service, and launch readiness.
PMP, PgMP, or related certification with demonstrated practical application.
Experience working with global teams, international suppliers, or distributed development and manufacturing organizations.

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📌 Senior Program Manager (Alberta)
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