Job Description
As a Technical Program Manager for Manufacturing Operations, you’ll own product change management from Engineering Change Request approval through stable production. You’ll align stakeholders, clarify expectations, and drive decisions that keep progress on track. This role combines hands-on execution with systems thinking, coordinating across Engineering, Test, Supply Chain, Quality, and Manufacturing to ensure readiness, effectiveness, and post-cut-in verification. You’ll also refine and scale the process by establishing clear rhythms, simple mechanisms, and effective reporting.
Qualifications
- 10+ years in hardware program management or manufacturing operations, with direct ownership of change implementation after ECR/ECO approval.
- Proven ability to drive cross-functional execution across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Test, and Planning, holding teams accountable to clear commitments.
- Strong operational skills in cadence and decision enablement, including preparing concise pre-reads, framing trade-offs, tracking actions, and closing loops.
- Process-focused mindset, with experience designing durable mechanisms, codifying entry/exit criteria, and improving processes over time.
- Working knowledge of BOM fundamentals (EBOM vs MBOM, effectivity/where-used) and related change artifacts.
- Familiarity with PLM/3DExperience (3DX) or comparable systems for BOM navigation and management.
Bonus Qualifications
- Experience leading or participating in change/readiness forums (e.g., CCB, implementation reviews) with a focus on post-approval execution.
- Background in automotive, aerospace, or complex electromechanical products, with familiarity in PPAP/FAI or similar readiness and quality practices.
- Skills in integrating planning signals into implementation strategy, prototyping light automation, or mentoring junior PM/analyst talent; PMP or equivalent credentials a plus.
Requirements
Qualifications
- 10+ years in hardware program management or manufacturing operations, with direct ownership of change implementation after ECR/ECO approval.
- Proven ability to drive cross-functional execution across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Test, and Planning, holding teams accountable to clear commitments.
- Strong operational skills in cadence and decision enablement, including preparing concise pre-reads, framing trade-offs, tracking actions, and closing loops.
- Process-focused mindset, with experience designing durable mechanisms, codifying entry/exit criteria, and improving processes over time.
- Working knowledge of BOM fundamentals (EBOM vs MBOM, effectivity/where-used) and related change artifacts.
- Familiarity with PLM/3DExperience (3DX) or comparable systems for BOM navigation and management.
Bonus Qualifications
- Experience leading or participating in change/readiness forums (e.g., CCB, implementation reviews) with a focus on post-approval execution.
- Background in automotive, aerospace, or complex electromechanical products, with familiarity in PPAP/FAI or similar readiness and quality practices.
- Skills in integrating planning signals into implementation strategy, prototyping light automation, or mentoring junior PM/analyst talent; PMP or equivalent credentials a plus.
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