Program Manager

Coherent•Sherman, TX

31d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Program Manager will manage and drive internal resources to document and complete customer checkpoints, execute programs to deliver on time, within performance, on budget, with quality products, and serve as the primary operations interface working with the customer's Operations Manager. This role involves coordinating customer meetings, gathering answers to customer requests, addressing production issues, and ensuring issues do not re-occur. The Program Manager will also prepare weekly reports, host cross-functional customer meetings, coordinate quality and supply chain resources, and handle ad-hoc requests related to Green Initiatives, Cost initiatives, audits, and facility issues. Some travel may be required for development activities to enable global team coordination, product transfer, and problem resolution.

Requirements

Minimum 4 Year College Degree (Bachelor or Equivalent)
Minimum 10+ years’ experience
Experience successfully managing cross-functional teams, interacting with a broad range of functions, skills, cultures, and personalities.
Strong problem solving, critical thinking, and risk management skills.
Strong communication, planning, and organizational skills.
Highly self-motivated with a strong multi-disciplinary background is essential.
Strong interpersonal skills to be able to effectively collaborate with other cross-functional teams to achieve business unit and organizational objectives.
Responsible for following the site EHS procedures and the Coherent Corp EHS standards which includes completion of mandatory safety training as assigned.
All employees are required to follow the site EHS procedures and Coherent Corp. Corporate EHS standards.

Nice To Haves

Experience with semiconductor device (e.g. ICs, lasers, detectors) development is desired.
Experience with Fab Operations and/or Product Lifecycle Management processes
Previous experience as an Engineer in R&D or Operations a strong advantage
Experience with Oracle, Agile PLM, and MS Office is desired.
Experience with Oracle, Agile PLM, and MS Project
PMP certification is preferred.
Depending on location, this position may be responsible for the execution and maintenance of the ISO 9000, 9001, 14001 and/or other applicable standards that may apply to the relevant roles and responsibilities within the Quality Management System and Environmental Management System.

Responsibilities

Manage and drive internal resources to document and complete customer checkpoints such as OK2EPI, OK2FAB, OK2TEST and OK2SENDMP, and others as required.
Execute programs to deliver on time, within performance, on budget, with quality products.
Coordinate customer meetings and communications and coordinate gathering answers to customer requests with prior internal agreement from the broader team.
Serve as primary operations interface working with customer Operations Manager to successfully deliver on time to 3rd party OEMs specified by customer.
Coordinate internal resources to address any production issues such as tool failures, tools down for extended periods, IQC issues with material inputs.
Work with customer and factory to ensure issues don’t re-occur.
Prepare weekly reports and host cross functional customer meetings reporting status and addressing open issues.
Coordinate quality and other resources to address customer issues with our devices.
Coordinate supply chain to ensure on time shipments with end customers.
Handle one off requests associated with Green Initiatives, Cost initiatives, audits and infrequent facility issues.
Ensure adherence to company’s values (ICARE) in all aspects of your position at Coherent Corp.