Project Manager Operations Jobs in Rochester, NY

Requisition Number: 74501

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Corning's businesses are ever-evolving to best serve our customers, industries, and consumers. Today, we accelerate and transform life sciences, mobile consumer electronics, optical communications, display, automotive, and solar markets. We are changing the world with: 

• Trusted products that accelerate drug discovery, development, and delivery to save lives
• Damage-resistant cover glass to enhance the devices that keep us connected
• Optical fiber, wireless technologies, and connectivity solutions to carry information and ideas at the speed of light
• Precision glass for advanced displays to deliver richer experiences 
• Auto glass and ceramics to drive cleaner, safer, and smarter transportation 
• Solar polysilicon, wafers, and innovative photovoltaic modules, enabling low-cost solar energy solutions

Purpose of Position: 

The Project Manager is responsible for supporting and leading crossfunctional technical teams through New Product Introduction (NPI) activities and engineering. This role focuses on driving execution, coordinating engineering resources, managing timelines, and ensuring successful setup and transition of new products, equipment and processes into manufacturing.

The Project Manager works directly with Engineering, Commercial, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and other plant functions to achieve project objectives while maintaining flexibility to respond to changing plant priorities.

Key Responsibilities: 

Defines and executes an overall project plan, including financial and people resources.

Lead and coordinate technical teams to execute NPI and plant engineering projects from concept through manufacturing handoff

Manages an NPI portfolio, project plans, schedules, milestones, and action items

Drive accountability for commitments across engineering and plant functions

Adjust priorities and resource plans as business and plant needs evolve

Serve as the primary point of contact for project status, risks, and execution issues.

Prepare concise project updates for engineering, plant leadership and commercial.

Facilitate effective collaboration across engineering, development, commercial, operations, quality, and supply chain

Identify execution, technical, and schedule risks; support mitigation and recovery planning

Ensure projects comply with plant safety, quality, and engineering standards

Support documentation of lessons learned and continuous improvement in project execution

Education & Experience: 

We require a Bachelor's Degree - preferably in a technical field (Engineering or Physical Sciences). Experience in optics is a plus.

2+ years' experience with Project Management / Leadership in leading internal or external teams

Proven track record with structured project management

Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously

Ability to lead cross-functional teams (commercial, engineering, operations, supply chain) in execution of programs, risk management, and problem solving.

Proven technical aptitude with ability to discern technical approaches by asking the right questions of the team and communicate updates across multiple organizational levels

Able to make sound decisions by blending analytical thinking with practical judgment, with a bias toward action.

Desired Skills:

Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fastpaced, handson plant environment

Strong sense of ownership and personal accountability

Comfortable influencing others without direct authority

Adaptable and responsive to changing priorities

Effective written and verbal communication skills

Organized, meticulous attention to detail, self-starter, and motivated

Proficient use of Microsoft Office Tools (Powerpoint, Excel, Word, Project).

Experience with Project Place.

Travel Requirements:

We anticipate less than 5% travel for this role.

Hours of work:

Typical first shift production hours

Evening and weekend support as needed 

This position does not support immigration sponsorship.

The range for this position is $81,750.00 - $112,406.00 assuming full time status. Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education. 

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