Sr. Strategic Project Manager

About Carrier

Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow on Carrier social media at @Carrier.

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.

Job Description

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

Pay Range

The annual salary for this position is between $117,500.00 - $234,500.00 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate.

Other Compensation

This position is entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.

Benefits

Employees are eligible for benefits, including:

• Health Care Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives

• Retirement Benefits

• Time off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation

• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability

• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment

• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account

• Tuition Assistance

To learn more about our benefits offering, please click here Work with us | Carrier Corporate. The specific benefits available to any employee may vary depending on state and local laws and eligibility factors, such as date of hire and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Carrier EEO Statement and Accommodations Process

Carrier 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, age, disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. Carrier provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with section 503 of Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, participate in an interview, or otherwise engage in the hiring process, please contact us at [email protected]. We will make every effort to meet your needs in accordance with applicable laws.

Application Deadline

Applications will be accepted for at least 3  days from Job Posting Date: 28 April 2026

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Use of AI

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