Program Manager

Position Summary: The Program Manager is responsible for managing a cross-functional Program Team to ensure successful program execution and launch throughout product life cycle. Responsible for facilitating the Product Realization Process (PRP) and Engineering Change Processes (PCR/ECN) to ensure Customer Satisfaction, Production Readiness, and PPAP's on time. Act as the primary customer interface on all assigned programs. Essential Job Functions include, but not limited to, the following: - Define and manage the scope of the program on behalf of the company and its suppliers. - Summarize and report status to teammates, suppliers, customers, and management. - Initiate and manage programs throughout the product realization process, including engineering requests of all types. - Utilize the open issues matrix which includes risk mitigation plan. - Develop and manage the program budget and report updates to management as required. - Develop and drive program timing with internal milestones, e.g., design reviews, tooling, PRP gate reviews, and external milestones. - Manage multiple discipline engineering teams to meet internal and customer requirements such as TS16494, APQP, and AIAG. - Support the Business Unit or Regional Strategic Plan, facilitating activity execution and communicating to stakeholders as required. - Manage experimental process development activities as needed. - Manage new tooling engineering requests and program launches throughout the product realization process. - Present required phase-gate reviews to management. - Participate in DVP&R, DFMEA, and PFMEA development meetings. - Support APQP and VA/VE activities. - Supervise Quality Engineers, along with other functional Engineers as requested. - Conduct timely and meaningful performance evaluations for direct reports, and provide input into the performance evaluations of associates reporting under your indirect supervision. - Assess current and future development needs for direct reports and take steps to mentor and develop them accordingly. - Set the direction for team members and hold individuals accountable to performance standards and strategic objectives. - Identify and train a back-up(s) to manage key tasks when absent. - Additional functions not specifically outlined in this position description as directed by the leader.