Program Manager - Industrial
About The Position
The Program Manager - Industrial leads complex, multi-project programs to achieve business objectives and customer outcomes. The role integrates Project Managers, cross-functional teams, suppliers, customers, and stakeholders through a consolidated program roadmap. Accountabilities include delivery, governance, financial and business-case achievement, resources, risk, strategic customer relationships, and executive communication. The role provides functional direction and mentoring to Project Managers without normal supervisory authority, and reports directly to the Manager, PMO of Industrial Americas Business Unit.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management, Operations, or a related discipline
- 6+ years of progressive project- or program-management experience, including leadership of multiple related projects
- Experience integrating schedules, resources, finances, risks, dependencies, business cases, and governance
- Experience in manufacturing, product development, sourcing, quality, supply chain, or operations
- Demonstrated indirect leadership experience and skills leading executive, customer, and steering-committee discussions
- Excellent English verbal, written and presentation skills
- Flexibility to adjust, adapt, maneuver and think quickly in providing pragmatic and effective solutions as needed to changing needs in the business in what can sometimes be considered a fluid environment
- Experience in manufacturing, product development, sourcing, quality, supply chain, or operations
- Ability to travel up to 10% (domestic/international) with occasional support outside normal business hours
Nice To Haves
- MBA, advanced degree, PMP, PgMP, portfolio-management, or comparable certification
- Filtration, engineered-products, or industrial-manufacturing experience working with global customers, suppliers, or sites
Responsibilities
- Translate strategy, customer commitments, and business cases into program objectives, governance, and integrated plans
- Maintain multi-project roadmaps, schedules, milestones, resources, dependencies, and performance indicators
- Align decisions and priorities to revenue, cost, profitability, quality, timing, customer, and strategic objectives
- Guide and mentor Project Managers; set expectations for planning, reporting, risk, change control, and escalation
- Coordinate cross-project priorities, resources, and deliverables; resolve conflicts and escalate key decisions
- Serve as program-level customer contact and escalation point; lead executive reviews and strategic discussions
- Own program budgets, resource utilization, forecasts, capital, profitability, and business-case performance; address variances
- Establish governance, review cadences, decision forums, and integrated executive reporting
- Manage risks, issues, dependencies, and changes; lead mitigation, corrective-action, and recovery plans
- Prioritize capacity needs with functional and PMO leaders; recommend staffing, sequencing, or outsourcing
- Apply lessons learned and performance trends to improve delivery and PMO practices
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
