Manufacturing Program Manager

1 Harris St Paul•Saint Paul, MN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Manufacturing Program Manager is responsible for coordinating and tracking the key initiatives required to scale Harris’ manufacturing and supply chain capabilities. This role functions as a central portfolio management resource, helping leadership maintain visibility, accountability, and progress across multiple workstreams, including facility startups, manufacturing modifications, fulfillment center setup, process improvements, data integration, purchasing forecasting, and fabrication estimating. As production scales, this role will also help convert manufacturing opportunities into actionable production plans by coordinating the handoff from business development, estimating, engineering, purchasing, and manufacturing operations. This role does not own the technical solution, manufacturing operations, or supply chain functions, but ensures the right work is being planned, tracked, coordinated, and completed. This role serves as the coordination and accountability function for manufacturing and supply chain scale-up initiatives while ensuring opportunities transition effectively into production execution.

Requirements

Experience managing cross-functional programs, projects, or operational initiatives.
Strong project management discipline, including schedules, milestones, action tracking, risk management, and executive reporting.
Ability to coordinate across business development, operations, and leadership teams.
Strong communication skills with the ability to simplify complex moving parts into clear status, issues, and decisions.
Comfortable working in an environment where processes, systems, and roles are evolving.
Ability to influence, coordinate, and drive execution across multiple functions without direct authority.
Proficiency with project management tools, dashboards, spreadsheets, and reporting systems.

Nice To Haves

Experience in manufacturing, construction, industrialized construction, supply chain, or fabrication environments.
Experience supporting facility startups, operations, or process improvement.
Familiarity with manufacturing planning, production, procurement, or data/reporting workflows.

Responsibilities

Help translate strategic initiatives into actionable plans with defined owners, milestones, and measurable outcomes.
Maintain portfolio-level visibility across manufacturing and supply chain initiatives, including facility setup, process improvement, systems, and operational readiness workstreams.
Develop/manage integrated project plans, milestones, activities, risks, and executive summaries.
Provide leadership with clear visibility into status, dependencies, risks, decisions needed, and accountability gaps.
Help ensure teams are aligned on priorities, timelines, owners, and next steps.
Support coordination of manufacturing facility initiatives, including greenfield setup, plant modifications, equipment planning, and fulfillment center development.
Track cross-functional workstreams related to facility readiness, including layout, equipment, staffing, procurement, systems, and operational launch requirements.
Coordinate with manufacturing leadership, plant managers, industrial engineering, purchasing, facilities, and other stakeholders to maintain progress.
Support production readiness by coordinating the transition from opportunity development to manufacturing execution.
Facilitate recurring coordination meetings across manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, estimating, business development, and operations.
Hold teams accountable to committed actions, milestones, and deliverables.
Identify interdependencies across workstreams and help resolve or escalate conflicts.
Develop clear reporting for initiative status, milestones, risks, blockers, and upcoming decisions.
Support dashboard development and data visibility efforts in partnership with BI teams.
Communicate progress in a concise, leadership-ready format.