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This Commercial Project Manager role at TE Connectivity supports the Aerospace, Defense, and Marine business unit by leading commercially driven initiatives that enhance customer engagement and performance. The position is remote and requires structuring complex projects, coordinating cross-functional teams, and translating customer needs into actionable plans. The role focuses on bringing discipline to ambiguity, tracking progress, and driving operational excellence on the commercial side. Ideal candidates possess strong project management experience, business acumen, and the ability to influence stakeholders across a distributed organization. This newly created opportunity is perfect for someone who thrives on solving complex customer challenges and aligning broad teams toward shared outcomes.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
I am writing to express my strong interest in the Commercial Project Manager - Sales Operations position at TE Connectivity. With extensive experience leading complex commercial projects and a proven ability to bring structure to ambiguous initiatives, I am excited about the opportunity to support the Aerospace, Defense, and Marine business unit. My background in cross-functional coordination and stakeholder management aligns perfectly with your requirements, and I am particularly drawn to the role's focus on customer-centricity and operational excellence.
I am confident that my skills in project planning, problem-solving, and process improvement can drive momentum and alignment across your teams. I look forward to discussing how my expertise can contribute to TE's continued success.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
Sample interview questions
In my previous role, I was tasked with coordinating a customer onboarding initiative without clear scope. I facilitated a series of workshops with stakeholders to define objectives, created a RACI matrix, and implemented a project tracking system. This helped align the team and we successfully launched the program within three months.
I schedule one-on-one meetings to understand each perspective, then facilitate a joint discussion to align on business goals. I present data to highlight impacts and work with the group to prioritize based on strategic objectives. If needed, I escalate to leadership while proposing a compromise.
I establish clear milestones and owners, use a project management tool for visibility, and conduct regular check-ins to review progress. I also proactively identify risks and create mitigation plans, and I communicate updates transparently to all stakeholders.
I have worked extensively with Lean and Six Sigma tools. For example, I led a kaizen event that streamlined our order-to-cash process, reducing cycle time by 20%. I am comfortable with value-stream mapping and A3 problem-solving.
I start by conducting voice of the customer sessions to collect insights. Then I work with engineering and operations to break down requirements into specific deliverables, each with an owner and timeline. I also create a traceability matrix to ensure all needs are addressed.
At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world.
Job Overview
TE Connectivity Ltd. is a $17.3 billion global technology and manufacturing leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. For more than 75 years, our connectivity and sensor solutions, proven in the harshest environments, have enabled advancements in transportation, industrial applications, medical technology, energy, data communications, and the home. With 89,000 employees, including more than 9,000 engineers, working alongside customers in approximately 140 countries, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat and Twitter.
As a Commercial Project Manager for the Aerospace, Defense, & Marine BU, you will help lead commercially driven initiatives that bring structure, alignment, and momentum to complex customer-focused work. Based in a remote role, you will partner with cross-functional stakeholders to organize projects, clarify priorities, and support execution across programs tied to customer engagement, customer centricity, and customer performance. This is a newly created opportunity for an experienced project professional who can bring discipline to ambiguity, connect business needs to actionable plans, and keep broad teams moving in the same direction.
You will join an environment where projects are centered solving business and customer challenges that may involve multiple teams, sites, and functions. In this role, you will help shape how commercial initiatives are structured and managed, supporting efforts such as ongoing customer-focused programs and the commercial TEOA journey. This is a strong fit for someone with proven project management capability, strong business and customer acumen, and the ability to translate complex needs into practical next steps across a distributed organization.
What you will be doing:
- Lead commercially driven projects that require strong coordination across functions, with a focus on customer-related priorities and business outcomes.
- Bring structure to complex initiatives by helping define project scope, organize activities, and guide stakeholders through execution in a clear and disciplined way.
- Translate customer needs and business requirements into actionable plans, helping teams understand what must happen to move from problem identification to resolution.
- Track program and stakeholder progress, helping ensure actions are assigned, followed through, and aligned to agreed timelines and expectations.
- Support problem-solving efforts for complex customer situations that cannot be resolved by a single person, team, or site, bringing the right stakeholders together to move work forward.
- Apply project management tools and practices such as planning, coordination, accountability, and timeline management to commercial initiatives in a practical and effective way.
- Contribute to ongoing initiatives related to operational excellence on the commercial side, helping teams build ownership and accountability as projects advance.
- Work across internal teams to maintain alignment, identify blockers, and help keep projects progressing through the appropriate steps and decision points.
What we’re looking for
- Experience in project management within a business, commercial, or cross-functional environment where influence and coordination are critical to success.
- Strong business acumen and customer acumen, with the ability to understand customer needs and connect them to practical internal actions.
- Demonstrated strength in structure, process, problem solving, and big-picture thinking.
- Ability to work effectively in roles that involve significant cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder management, and shared accountability.
- Confidence operating in situations with ambiguity, where projects are still being defined and require someone who can create clarity and forward motion.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to bring people together, align different perspectives, and maintain focus on priorities.
- A balanced approach that combines process discipline with flexibility, especially in ongoing programs that evolve over time.
- Comfort working with teams that include subject matter experts, using their input to build coordinated plans without needing to be the technical expert in every area.
What you’ll need
- Proven ability to manage projects using core project management practices such as planning, scope management, timeline coordination, and stakeholder follow-through.
- Experience supporting programs that involve multiple stakeholders and require consistent accountability across functions.
- Readiness to work in a remote position while staying closely connected with internal teams and business partners.
- Familiarity with customer-focused business environments where progress depends on coordination across teams rather than direct authority.
- Ability to assess incoming priorities, organize next steps, and help determine which actions and stakeholders are needed to achieve project goals.
- Willingness to step into a newly created role and help establish a strong foundation for how commercial projects are managed going forward.
What we offer
At TE Connectivity, you will have the opportunity to help define a new role with meaningful visibility and impact. This position offers the chance to support important commercial priorities in a way that directly influences how teams respond to customer needs, organize complex work, and improve execution across the business.
You will be part of a collaborative environment where strong project leadership is valued, especially in situations that require alignment across functions and thoughtful problem solving. The role also offers the flexibility of a remote working model, along with exposure to strategic commercial initiatives and ongoing operational excellence efforts. For someone who enjoys turning complexity into coordinated action and partnering with others to drive progress, this is a strong opportunity to contribute in a highly connected role at TE Connectivity.
Please note: This position may involve working with technical data, technology, software/source code, hardware or other items (collectively “items) subject to U.S. and non-U.S. export control laws and regulations. Under these regulations, it may be necessary for TE to verify a candidate’s national origin and/or citizenship status to determine whether a U.S. or other government export license is required prior to releasing its technologies to the candidate. If TE determines that TE will require a license or will be prohibited by applicable laws from providing the candidate with items necessary for the performance of this position, then TE expressly reserves the right to either a) make an offer of employment contingent upon TE receiving required export licenses from the appropriate government agency, b) consider the candidate for a different position that is not subject to such restrictions, on whatever terms and conditions TE shall establish in its sole discretion, or c) decline to move forward with the candidate’s application.
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ABOUT TE CONNECTIVITY
TE Connectivity plc (NYSE: TEL) is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. As a trusted innovation partner, our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, energy networks, automated factories, data centers enabling artificial intelligence, and more.
Our more than 90,000 employees, including 10,000 engineers, work alongside customers in approximately 130 countries. In a world that is racing ahead, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).
COMPENSATION
• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $120,000 – $160,000 (subject to change dependent on physical location)
• Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. TE Connectivity reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualification of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity.
• Total Compensation = Base Salary + Incentive(s) + Benefits
BENEFITS
• A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and voluntary benefits.
EOE, Including Disability/Vets
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING RECRUITMENT FRAUD
TE Connectivity has become aware of fraudulent recruitment activities being conducted by individuals or organizations falsely claiming to represent TE Connectivity. Please be advised that TE Connectivity never requests payment or fees from job applicants at any stage of the recruitment process. All legitimate job openings are posted exclusively on our official careers website at te.com/careers, and all email communications from our recruitment team will come only from actual email addresses ending in @te.com. If you receive any suspicious communications, we strongly advise you not to engage or provide any personal information, and to report the incident to your local authorities.
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