Program Management Department Manager (IST, North Reading, MA)
About The Position
The Program Management Department Manager will lead the Integrated System Test Division Program Management function in North Reading, Massachusetts. The role is responsible for building and developing a high-performing program management team, strengthening execution discipline, and improving portfolio visibility across complex product-development initiatives. The manager partners with Central PMO leadership, engineering, business, and cross-functional teams to drive consistent planning, governance, resource alignment, decision quality, and predictable execution. The position raises program management maturity, supports organizational change, and enables effective execution across budgets, schedules, risks, scope, and key program decisions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 12+ years of experience in program, project, or portfolio management within complex engineering-driven technology environments.
- Strong product-development expertise with a proven record of improving cross-functional execution.
- Demonstrated ability to build, lead, coach, and develop high-performing program management teams.
- Proven ability to lead change, influence stakeholders, and drive adoption of standard PM practices.
- Strong executive communication skills, with the ability to align teams, support decisions, and raise program management maturity.
- Experience leading teams and programs across global or multi-site organizations.
- Demonstrated ability to develop talent, strengthen team capability, and build accountability.
- Strong financial acumen, including experience with budgets, forecasts, business cases, investment trade-offs, and portfolio variance analysis.
- Candidates must be local to North Reading, Massachusetts; relocation is not provided.
- The position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
Nice To Haves
- PMI affiliation.
- PMP certification.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop the Program Management team to strengthen capability, consistency, and execution excellence.
- Develop and sustain disciplined product-development and program-management practices across the division.
- Collaborate with engineering, business, and cross-functional leaders to align priorities, resolve issues, and improve execution.
- Build portfolio-level visibility into program health, risks, scope changes, dependencies, and key decisions.
- Support R&D budget planning, forecasting, variance analysis, and investment trade-off discussions across the project portfolio.
- Partner with Central PMO leadership to drive adoption of standard PM practices through change leadership, communication, coaching, and operating-rhythm discipline.
- Mentor program managers and strengthen accountability, ownership, and talent development within the team.
- Ensure programs have clear structure, schedule rigor, resource alignment, decision rights, escalation paths, and change control.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Retirement savings plans
- Life and disability insurance
- Paid vacation and holidays
- Tuition assistance programs
- Discretionary bonuses based on financial performance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
