Welcome To The Traegerhood:

Our business is BBQ, and business tastes good. Traeger invented the wood pellet grill over 30 years ago, and we’ve been revolutionizing outdoor cooking ever since. We’re a team of disruptors, innovators, problem solvers, and food fanatics who are dedicated to bringing people together to create a more flavorful world. From our headquarters in Salt Lake City and beyond, we work tirelessly to provide a world-class experience to our customers, retailers, and especially our employees. If you’re a team player who’s dedicated to delivering top-quality results every day, then we want you to come cook with us!

What You'll Do:

Traeger is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager for our Sustaining programs to join our team. You will provide technical program leadership to direct and manage sustaining product programs of varying size, scope, and complexity. You will lead initiatives that drive continued product optimization in a post launch phase including cost optimization, regulatory compliance, alternate sourcing, materials end of life design updates, and product refresh programs. Other initiatives that you will lead include both hardware and software optimization and integration, and ensure proactive program management and coordination of cross-functional teams in successfully delivering on program requirements.

How You’ll Help Us Win:

• This is highly visible role and will interact with all levels across the company in driving key product optimization programs on time and on budget, driving deliverables and resolving issues throughout the product sustaining process
• Work closely with Design, Engineering, and Category Management to establish, clarify, communicate, and manage product and program objectives to ensure program teams have the guidance and resources necessary to succeed
• Act as cross functional liaison between departments, including but not limited to Category Management, Design, Marketing, Sales, Engineering, Finance, and Supply Chain and Operations
• Identify and mitigate risks, facilitate the resolution of issues, and overcome challenges that surface in the development process
• Help improve program management processes by suggesting and implementing new or improved processes and tools
• Foster a culture focused on accountability, transparency, speed of decision-making, issue resolution, and cross-functional collaboration
• Provides a proactive interface between project stakeholders and senior management team to ensure alignment and to provide clear updates on progress and key milestones
• Estimate and manage program and product costs including labor, materials, tools, outsourced services, and other direct expenses to budget and plan

What You’ll Need To Succeed:

• 10 years’ relevant product development experience, with significant experience in project/program management of complex cross-functional projects that have both hardware and software integration from concept to full scale production
• Able to lead cross functional team members under critical schedules and conditions of change
• Experience working with geographically dispersed cross-functional multi-cultural teams. 5 years demonstrated ability leading large globally distributed teams through the complete product development lifecycle
• Experienced working within a global Contract Manufacturing model, specifically with Asia and Mexico Manufacturing
• Strong business acumen. Team player attitude with high energy level, able to get things done by working with and through others
• Ability to establish trust and confidence with customers, employees, peers and executives while driving for results
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills and the ability to clearly articulate information with stakeholders across the company
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a willingness to adapt to change and proceed on decisions made with varying levels of uncertainty
• Exposure and ability to grasp technologies and engineering/manufacturing processes involved in product development of consumer durable or electronic goods or other related high-volume products
• Project Management tools experience with project scheduling and planning, budget tracking and project life-cycle management
• Highly self-motivated, curious, resilient, and adaptable

Why You Will Love Working Here:

• Be part of the most disruptive force in outdoor cooking
• Join a true team working towards a common goal
• Culture of risk-taking, innovation, & quality
• So. Much. Food.
• Full medical/dental/vision package to fit your needs
• 401k to help you plan for the future
• Tuition reimbursement
• Individual professional development programs & initiatives to help you grow professionally
• Great discounts on all things Traeger
• Did we mention all the food?