Engineering Program Manager

Keurig Dr Pepper•Frisco, TX

2d•$96,800 - $169,400•Hybrid

About The Position

Keurig Dr Pepper is seeking a strategic, detail-oriented Engineering Program Manager for the US Refreshment Beverages (USRB) Business Unit. As part of the USRB Supply Chain Engineering team, this role connects commercial strategy, innovation, engineering, and manufacturing execution across the USRB network. The manager helps turn early ideas into practical, well-supported projects and programs by developing technical approaches, aligning stakeholders, anticipating operational impacts, and communicating a clear business story. Success calls for curiosity, sound judgment, disciplined project leadership, and a willingness to learn the network over time. The role is based at the Frisco, Texas headquarters. Travel is primarily to U.S. operations, with possible international travel for equipment factory acceptance tests (FATs), up to 40%. When not traveling, the position follows a hybrid schedule of three days in the office and up to two days remotely each week, subject to alignment with the manager and team. Projects at manufacturing sites support commercial and innovation strategy and can range from adding capabilities to existing processes or lines to enabling a full new production line. Project budgets range from under $1 million to over $25 million.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, an MBA, a degree in Project Management, or another relevant degree.
At least 8 years of experience in engineering project management, including at least 3 years in a Commercial and Innovation role.
Proven experience managing complex, cross-functional engineering projects.
Expertise in project or portfolio management methodologies and tools, such as Planview, MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, or SAP.
Expertise in reporting and diagramming tools, such as PowerPoint, Think-cell, Power BI, Visio, or AutoCAD.
Competence with Microsoft Office tools, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
Strong leadership, influence, analytical, self-motivation, and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

PMP certification.
Knowledge of Food and Beverage primary packaging equipment and materials or processes, including fillers, plastics, aluminum, bottles, cans, and caps or closures.
Knowledge of plant infrastructure and operations.
Experience with technologies including CSD, juices and teas, aseptic, hot fill, or food products.
Food and Beverage, CPG, or plant-floor experience.

Responsibilities

Translate business needs into executable programs by shaping early concepts into clear scopes, schedules, budgets, risk plans, and implementation strategies.
Evaluate manufacturing and network impacts, including line capability, product and packaging requirements, OEE and OEE2 implications, network balance, route-to-market needs, and production timing.
Help develop the USRB Tech Roadmap and BCP+ process.
Lead cross-functional alignment and coordinate decisions across Commercial, Engineering, Packaging, Planning, Raw Materials, Quality, EHS, Regulatory, Operations, Maintenance, Warehousing, and plant leadership.
Support technical change and initiative governance, including project intake, resource identification, Supply Chain Initiatives activities, and Technical Change Management planning and notice processes.
Develop practical cost and execution strategies by preparing ROM estimates, engaging vendors, identifying scope gaps, and evaluating capital and expense options for manufacturing, utilities, infrastructure, warehousing, and installation work.
Communicate status, risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations transparently and tailor the business and technical story to audiences from frontline teams to VP-level leaders.
Maintain a reusable pipeline of consistently documented ideas so deferred opportunities can be revisited when priorities, economics, or business needs change.
Execute manufacturing-site projects that support commercial and innovation strategy.