Program Manager, Scale-Up
About The Position
Corning is a world leader in materials science, known for its innovation in glass, ceramics, and related materials. The company's technologies impact various sectors, including life sciences, mobile consumer electronics, optical communications, display, automotive, and solar markets. This role is crucial for driving the end-to-end commercialization of scale-up connectivity solutions, from initial customer engagement through production release. The Program Manager will partner closely with Market Development and AIR to define winning strategies, integrate customer needs, and accelerate adoption in hyperscale data center applications. This central execution leader will own the total system business case and align cross-functional teams to meet aggressive customer timelines, directly impacting revenue and Corning's leadership in optical scale-up connectivity.
Requirements
- Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional programs
- Strong customer-facing experience, preferably with hyperscale or large-scale infrastructure customers
- Translates ambiguity into structured execution plans
- Strong business and financial acumen with ability to own system-level tradeoffs
- Demonstrated ability to drive decisions and outcomes
- Ability to influence teams to action without direct authority
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business, or related technical field required
Nice To Haves
- MBA or equivalent advanced degree strongly preferred, particularly for candidates expected to operate as system-level business owners
Responsibilities
- Lead engagement with hyperscalers, ODMs, and ecosystem partners.
- Drive prototype development, design wins, and transition to production.
- Translate customer requirements into technical and commercial deliverables.
- Lead cross-functional execution across commercial, product, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams.
- Manage program plans, milestones, deliverables, and stakeholder alignment.
- Define value propositions and solution roadmaps for scale-up connectivity.
- Align offerings with customer requirements, use cases, and data center architectures.
- Enable consistent customer-facing messaging.
- Lead proof-of-concept trials from planning through validation.
- Coordinate resources, manage risks, and convert successful outcomes into production decisions.
- Oversee product release, production ramp, pricing, forecasting, and profitability.
- Ensure readiness for commercialization and market adoption.
- Own system-level business cases, including revenue, cost, and investment assumptions.
- Balance tradeoffs among cost, performance, timing, and scale to achieve financial objectives.
- Drive innovation to address evolving customer needs and performance requirements.
- Translate capability gaps into prioritized development initiatives.
- Partner with manufacturing and engineering to support builds, trials, and production ramp.
- Ensure scalable manufacturing readiness across capacity, quality, cost, and execution.
- Align scale-up solutions with broader data center architectures and roadmaps.
- Manage inter-program dependencies, integration opportunities, and strategic alignment.
- Establish operating cadence, governance, milestones, and decision gates.
- Drive accountability, risk management, and informed decision-making through clear reporting and recommendations.
Benefits
- Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives
- 100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions
- Matching contributions to 401(k) savings plan
- Medical, dental, vision insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Family building support
- Fitness programs
- Company-paid life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Disease management programs
- Paid time off
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Recognition program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
