Design Change Engineering Program Manager

Design Change Engineering Program Manager Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end program execution by developing complex problem statements, defining clear milestones, and driving schedules to decision points and implementation
• Partner cross-functionally (Engineering, Facilities, E/M, Construction, Network, Cabling, Security, and business owners) to define requirements, align scope, and ensure execution readiness
• Drive decision-making with rigor by collecting required inputs and producing recommendations grounded in trade-off analysis across scope, schedule, cost, and risk
• Communicate design direction and outcomes clearly across multiple organizations, ensuring alignment, accountability, and fast issue resolution
• Synthesize technical inputs into executable plans by reviewing cross-disciplinary documentation, validating needs, and packaging requirements into cohesive delivery artifacts
• Manage dependencies and handoffs to reduce execution friction and continuously optimize integrated schedules
• Improve delivery systems by innovating on processes, tools, and frameworks that increase predictability, enable on-time delivery, and reduce costs
• Own design change management and governance, including change request workflows, impact assessment standards, approval protocols, release documentation, and policy enforcement across product and hardware development
• Operate and evolve Change Control Board (CCB) mechanisms, including agenda/priority setting, decision logs, escalation paths, and stakeholder alignment
• Evaluate design change requests with engineering, industrial design, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and compliance partners for feasibility, cost, schedule risk, and regulatory requirements
• Build scalable change tooling and infrastructure to track status, revision history, dependencies, and integration across concurrent programs and manufacturing readiness gates
• Define program metrics and reporting to monitor change velocity, backlog health, traceability, and on-time resolution for leadership visibility
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying systemic gaps in change operations and reducing cycle time while increasing cross-functional transparency
• Lead enablement and capability building by authoring standards documentation, facilitating training, and mentoring program managers and operations specialists on best practices
• Travel: up to 25% as required

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience owning and scaling design change control processes, including change request workflows, impact assessments, and cross-functional approval governance processes
• Bachelor's degree in a directly related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience partnering with engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to evaluate, validate, and execute design changes across complex, multi-disciplinary construction projects
• Experience driving process improvement initiatives that reduce operational friction and improve traceability across concurrent product development programs
• Experience defining program-level operational metrics and reporting frameworks to track design change performance and communicate status to leadership
• 10+ years of experience in design operations, engineering program management, or change management within data centers, hardware, consumer electronics, or wearables product development
• Understanding of engineering details and the impacts of change across multiple disciplines

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with product lifecycle management (PLM) systems and engineering change order (ECO) tooling used in high-volume construction or data center environments
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
• Knowledge/specialty experience in design, construction, network systems, hardware systems, capacity management, contracting, and/or business management
• Experience establishing change control board (CCB) governance and facilitating cross-functional decision-making at scale across large engineering organizations