Project/Program Manager

About the Role

Own program outcomes against schedule (on time), cost (on budget), and scope (on spec) while looking ahead to minimize future program risk. Serve as the primary point of contact and internal advocate for assigned customer accounts, building trusted relationships that support long-term account growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer-facing program reviews, providing clear and accurate status on deliverables, open issues, and risks.
• Manage new program launches from quote through first article and into steady-state production, ensuring a smooth transition at each phase.
• Translate customer requirements into internal action plans that align engineering, quality, and production priorities.
• Interface daily with engineering, quality, production planning, procurement, and shop floor leadership to keep assigned programs moving.
• Coordinate engineering changes, first article inspections, and corrective actions with the appropriate functional owners.
• Partner with production planning and scheduling to align capacity, tooling, and material availability to program timelines.
• Support supplier and vendor coordination for outsourced processes, purchased components, and outside services.
• Represent program needs and constraints in internal operations reviews and capacity planning discussions.
• Travel to the Bonham facility approximately one to two days per week, depending on assigned program, to maintain direct visibility into production and cross-site coordination.
• Maintain program schedules, action item logs, and open issue trackers, keeping cross-functional teams and customers aligned.
• Monitor program cost performance against budget, escalating and resolving variances before they affect delivery.
• Identify program risks early and drive mitigation plans in partnership with engineering and operations leadership.
• Track and report key program metrics, including on-time delivery, quality performance, and cost, to leadership.
• Maintain documentation discipline appropriate to regulated or compliance-driven customer requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 5 or more years of demonstrable program or project management performance in a relevant field.
• Direct experience with physical product development, product testing, or manufacturing new product introduction.
• Ability to lead technical program execution from within a cross-functional team, without formal authority over every function involved.
• Experience with regulated, compliance-driven, or documentation-heavy product environments, such as aerospace, defense, or medical device manufacturing, is a plus.
• Comfortable operating in both a startup and corporate format to match the needs of a diverse customer base.
• Ability to operate in a fast-growing, fast-moving company with evolving tools and processes.
• Customer-facing professionalism suitable for serving as a program-level point of contact.
• Detail-oriented, organized, and disciplined in follow-through on schedules, action items, and deliverables.
• Working knowledge of ERP or MRP systems used for production scheduling and program tracking is a plus.
• PMP certification or equivalent program management training is a plus.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $48.08 - $51.71/hr.

Benefits

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Schedule

This is a hybrid position in Plano, TX, requiring travel to the Bonham facility approximately one to two days per week. The role is a Contract to Hire position based out of Plano, TX.