Program Manager

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Program Leadership and Governance

• Lead assigned programs across the full lifecycle, including RFQ and feasibility support, program award and kickoff, product and process development, prototype and validation phases, tooling and industrialization, PPAP and launch readiness, Start of Production, post-launch stabilization, and formal handoff.

• Establish program objectives, scope, assumptions, deliverables, governance, and cross-functional responsibilities in alignment with the approved customer offer and business case.

• Lead program kickoff meetings, recurring program reviews, APQP reviews, design reviews, gate reviews, launch-readiness reviews, and program closeout activities.

• Provide functional leadership to cross-functional program teams without direct supervisory authority. Establish clear commitments, action owners, due dates, and escalation paths.

• Facilitate cross-functional decision-making and document key program assumptions, decisions, approvals, and changes.

• Prepare concise, professional program status reports and presentations covering timing, cost, quality, technical status, risks, decisions, and required management support.

Customer and Stakeholder Management

• Serve as the primary customer program interface and coordinate customer communications across commercial, technical, quality, timing, and launch topics in partnership with the appropriate functional representatives.

• Coordinate customer meetings, submissions, portal responses, deliverables, and approvals, ensuring commitments are understood and completed on time.

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