Job Description

About This Role

We are seeking an experienced, initiative-taking engineer to lead strategic new product introduction and manufacturing technology initiatives across our North American HVAC operations. This role partners closely with product design, product marketing, and operations teams to identify, develop, and implement innovative solutions that enhance product capability, manufacturing efficiency, and overall business performance. The Sr. Strategic Project Manager will play a key leadership role driving complex, high‑visibility, and cross‑functional projects critical to Carrier’s strategic growth.

Project Leadership

• Develop project plans, timeline, and budgets for upcoming strategic projects

• Include new production methods and opportunities across multiple facilities and develop clear project scopes for implementation

• Evaluate automated technology projects for heat exchangers, sheet‑metal fabrication, material handling, and assembly processes in high‑volume manufacturing environments

• Assess equipment capabilities, capacities, and integration requirements

• Lead the design, planning, and execution of process changes required to support NPIs

• Integrate new equipment into existing factory layouts and optimize material flow, sequencing, and operations to ensure smooth NPI deployment

• Lead project teams through installation, commissioning, and implementation phases, ensuring safe execution, on‑time delivery, and adherence to budget

• Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, and leadership teams across facilities to align project outcomes with business needs
  

Quality, Safety & Cost Management

• Ensure full compliance with EH&S policies, regulatory requirements, and company safety standards

• Apply analytical process‑capability tools (DOE, ProCert) to validate process performance and ensure quality expectations are met

• Conduct cost analyses and track project performance against budget

• Lead equipment bidding processes and support contractor selection and management
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Project Management

• 8+ years of engineering and/or management experience in a manufacturing environment

• 8+ high‑volume manufacturing operations

• Ability to travel internationally up to 35% of the time
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated success managing multiple complex, cross‑functional projects involving technical products

• Strong ownership mindset with a sense of urgency, customer focus, and initiative

• Excellent communication and presentation skills across diverse audiences and organizational levels

• Strong analytical and organizational skills with the ability to synthesize data from multiple sources into clear visual and verbal outputs

• Ability to work independently across multiple business units, identify needs, develop proposals, and drive projects to completion

• Demonstrated project management capabilities including planning, budgeting, supplier negotiations, equipment layout, implementation, and stakeholder communication

• Proficiency in AutoCAD, MS Excel, and MS Project

• Proven ability to build strong working relationships with production employees, peers, and executive leadership