Manager 5, Program Management Engineering

• Responsible for managing one or more sustaining product programs beyond factory introduction and ramp up of mass production
• Applies program management and manufacturing expertise in resolving complex cross-functional problems and issues with cross functional teams
• Provides input to process technology direction and establishes methodologies for achieving these goals
• Develops and presents program status and review information to department/corporate groups resulting in influencing direction/decisions/outcomes
• Facilitates the resolution of complex team issues, builds consensus, maintains process focus, and overcomes barriers
• Ensures that program objectives and deliverables are accomplished in a timely fashion to meet product ramp requirements
• Interacts with marketing, materials, quality and engineering to define program plans
• May work with counterparts from other sites to support program deliverables after product/process transfers
• May support marketing, sales and engineering to support customer requirements
• Works with the engineering program manager to generate program plans i.e. Program/product overview, schedule, build and test (manufacturing and qualification) plans, resources and costs
• Ensures tooling and test equipment capacity supports initial high volume manufacturing after program transfer
• Defines pre-production demand to manufacturing site specifying BOM readiness and software revision requirements
• Defines and implements business processes to optimize manufacturing, development, and/or qualification process
• Acts as the overall Lead to the Sustaining Core Team

• Possess University Degree (Engineering or any discipline)
• Minimum 5-10 years Program Management experience with at least five years cross-functional team management
• Experience with directing and leading functional teams, leading cross functional disciplines (engineering, manufacturing, materials, finance and marketing)
• Experience working with either CM’s and/or high volume sites
• Cross functional team management experience
• Understands how to sustain a product in a Contract Manufacturer environment
• Manufacturing/process related working experience
• Product and process requirements, development and implementation Customer interface experience
• System top level assembly, first article inspection review, manufacturing test
• Development of SOP, production process, validation, FAI requirements
• Ability to thrive in a fast pace technology development environment, while being flexible to support program requirements

MBA is a plus