Program Manager

Responsibilities

• Customer communication, planning, budget, and execution.
• Manage and provide technical leadership for new product development programs with high complexity.
• Manage these programs to ensure that products/technologies are delivered according to market/customer expectations in respect of specifications, timing and budget.
• Manage the program, project, the program team, contribute to the program scope and project objectives as well as assure that all steps are completed.
• Provide communication interface to customer for communication of program status, schedule, requirements, etc.
• Manage and provide Technical Leadership to project/program teams across multiple sites throughout the execution of product development projects.
• Schedule and manage internal team meetings to address necessary action items and keep programs on schedule.
• Manage internal and external suppliers for on time completion of actions.
• Timely communication to management for resource requirements to keep projects on schedule.
• Define product specifications and project scope to ensure it is in line with market / customer needs and ensure development of the product / process accordingly.
• Make sure that projects are in accordance with the financial objectives including creation, review, submission of capital requests, review and submittal of product costing information and managing project scope creep.
• Ensure that capacity planning is performed through the project phases so that supply meets expected demand.
• Provide project updates to functional management on a regular basis.
• Manage & reduce risks including the development of alternatives using risk reduction tools to maintain project objectives and schedules.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering from a four-year university
• 3 + years of experience working within the connector industry, preferred
• 5+ years of experience managing multi-million dollar programs
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical product drawings and technical procedures
• Knowledge and skills using: Project Management software, MS Office Suite
• Ability to communicate and relate with project teams in each region of the world