Lead Program Manager

 Requisition #: 17000 

Our Mission: Powering Innovation That Drives Human Advancement  

When visionary companies need to know how their world-changing ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation to advanced semiconductors, from satellite systems to life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys. 

Innovate With Ansys, Power Your Career.  

The program manager is responsible for stewarding critical enterprise investments and driving the delivery of strategic and transformational change by providing leadership and direction to assigned programs for Ansys Fluids products.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide overall program leadership, guidance, and manage all aspects of large, complex programs, including requirements gathering, business case creation, and implementation
• Provide steady leadership in the face of uncertainty, change, and aggressive deadlines common to a rapidly growing company with an evolving business model
• Manage overall program risks and oversee respective mitigation strategies
• Develop resourcing strategies to ensure optimum support for projects and for the day-to-day operational activities
• Proactively set performance expectations and manage expectations of delivery and requirements, yielding consistent results
• Review program budget variance and scope change requests, and participate in the budget-resolution process
• Ensure that the scope of the projects within the program align with business priorities
• Manage program-level risks and interdependencies
• Promote collaboration and coordination across broad categories of stakeholders
• Lead cross-functional meetings and foster teamwork; drive escalation and resolution of issues
• Support, coach and mentor team members
• Provide technical expertise in planning, execution, and leadership of program, projects, and initiatives
• Directly facilitate program steering committee meetings and conduct periodic briefings/status updates to various levels of the organization for assigned areas

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree
• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification
• A minimum of 8 years of project management experience including large-scale complex projects OR equivalent management experience
• Strong leadership skills within a matrix organizational structure, along with mature business acumen and industry knowledge
• Proven ability to build and lead integrated teams from various internal and external organizations across multiple sites
• Adept at helping team members harness and develop strengths in pursuit of successful program outcomes
• Ability to achieve broadly communicated objectives with a minimal amount of supervision
• Ability to promote innovative ideas and accept the risks that are required to lead change
• Ability to make decisions independently and to assume higher-level leadership responsibilities in critical situations
• Excellent negotiation skills to facilitate discussions and reach conclusions among peers and team members with differing opinions

• Strong analytical and financial skills
• Ability to innovate under new and/or changing conditions
• Proven problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Effective consultative and influencing approach
• Ability to maintain focus on deliverables while maintaining flexibility and responsiveness to variables during execution
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and proven ability to work effectively with all organizational levels
• Virtual and remote team leadership capability

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Master’s degree preferred
• Degree in engineering or related field preferred

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At Ansys, we know that changing the world takes vision, skill, and each other. We fuel new ideas, build relationships, and help each other realize our greatest potential. We are ONE Ansys. We operate on three key components: our commitments to stakeholders, our values that guide how we work together, and our actions to deliver results. As ONE Ansys, we are powering innovation that drives human advancement

Our Commitments:

• Amaze with innovative products and solutions
• Make our customers incredibly successful
• Act with integrity
• Ensure employees thrive and shareholders prosper

Our Values:

• Adaptability: Be open, welcome what’s next
• Courage: Be courageous, move forward passionately
• Generosity: Be generous, share, listen, serve
• Authenticity: Be you, make us stronger

Our Actions:

• We commit to audacious goals
• We work seamlessly as a team
• We demonstrate mastery
• We deliver outstanding results

VALUES IN ACTION

Ansys is committed to powering the people who power human advancement. We believe in creating and nurturing a workplace that supports and welcomes people of all backgrounds; encouraging them to bring their talents and experience to a workplace where they are valued and can thrive.  

Our culture is grounded in our four core values of adaptability, courage, generosity, and authenticity. Through our behaviors and actions, these values foster higher team performance and greater innovation for our customers.  

We’re proud to offer programs, available to all employees, to further impact innovation and business outcomes, such as employee networks and learning communities that inform solutions for our globally minded customer base. 

WELCOME WHAT’S NEXT IN YOUR CAREER AT ANSYS

At Ansys, you will find yourself among the sharpest minds and most visionary leaders across the globe. Collectively, we strive to change the world with innovative technology and transformational solutions. With a prestigious reputation in working with well-known, world-class companies, standards at Ansys are high — met by those willing to rise to the occasion and meet those challenges head on. Our team is passionate about pushing the limits of world-class simulation technology, empowering our customers to turn their design concepts into successful, innovative products faster and at a lower cost. Ready to feel inspired? Check out some of our recent customer stories, here and here.

At Ansys, it’s about the learning, the discovery, and the collaboration. It’s about the “what’s next” as much as the “mission accomplished.” And it’s about the melding of disciplined intellect with strategic direction and results that have, can, and do impact real people in real ways. All this is forged within a working environment built on respect, autonomy, and ethics.
 

CREATING A PLACE WE’RE PROUD TO BE 
Ansys is an S&P 500 company and a member of the NASDAQ-100. We are proud to have been recognized for the following more recent awards, although our list goes on: Newsweek’s Most Loved Workplace globally and in the U.S., Gold Stevie Award Winner, America’s Most Responsible Companies, Fast Company World Changing Ideas, Great Place to Work Certified (China, Greece, France, India, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and U.K.).

 
For more information, please visit us at www.ansys.com
 

Ansys is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.
 
Ansys does not accept unsolicited referrals for vacancies, and any unsolicited referral will become the property of Ansys. Upon hire, no fee will be owed to the agency, person, or entity.