Program Manager

About the role

The Program Manager ensures on-time delivery of products to finished goods as scheduled by Advanced Energy’s committed shipment date, improves Advanced Energy’s ability to meet customer delivery requirements by understanding Hyperscale Power capacity, identifying constraints, risks, and actively reducing lead times (availability), and minimizes Advanced Energy’s investment in raw and finished material inventory where appropriate.

Responsibilities

• Leads a cross-functional project team through all phases of New Product Development of Hyperscale Power
• Supports Marketing and Design Engineering in preparing RFQ (Request for Quote) or program development proposals
• Plans and manages New Product development Schedules and resource plans to deliver products ON TIME and within budget
• Manages projects according to Product Development Process (PDP) and ensure that any scope changes or changes to the financial targets are raised with recommendations for the appropriate action
• Is accountable for project KPI’s: schedule, product and project cost targets, quality, compliance, and customer Satisfaction
• Provides overall direction and ownership to programs, including Risk Mitigation Plans, escalations, and issue resolution
• Acts as a primary point of contact working with customer Project and Design representatives
• Works with manufacturing and procurement teams to ensure material and factory build readiness
• Covers coordination with Design and Manufacturing Engineering to ensure DFM, manufacturing cycle-time and quality targets are met
• Ensures a smooth Mass Production product launch
• Prepares reports and updates for presentation to customers, senior management, and internal stakeholders
• Understands the system design to support managing a project and leading the way through problems
• Is responsible for documenting all aspects of the project development and ensuring that data is captured and used as lessons learned to drive continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving tools
• Good interpersonal skills
• Capable of team building (external & internal) to drive cross-functional collaboration
• Able to meet project, tasks and/or assignment deadlines
• Assertive, Analytical, with strong communication, presentation and organizational skills
• Can work under minimal supervision

Experience

• Experience as Program Manager or with a proven track-record of project management

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Compensation

As required by multiple state pay transparency laws, Advanced Energy provides a reasonable range of compensation for each job posting. Actual compensation is influenced by an array of factors including, but not limited to, skill set, level of experience, and specific office location. The range of starting pay for this role is $130,000 to $170,000 per year.

Benefits

• Multiple medical plans are available to choose from
• Short and long-term disability and life insurance
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts
• Generous time off policy starting with 3 weeks of paid vacation, 7 days of paid sick time, and 12 paid holidays
• 8 hours of paid volunteer time off
• 8 weeks of paid parental leave for both Moms and Dads
• Company matched 401(k)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Expanded mental health coverage and employee assistance programs
• Other voluntary benefits include critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity, pet insurance, identify theft, and legal assistance