Sr. Program Manager

Hunter Douglas•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

Hunter Douglas is the world’s leading manufacturer of window coverings and a major manufacturer of architectural products. We are a brand that you know and trust. With more than 100 years of innovation, we’ve defined our industry with proprietary products that deliver revolutionary style and functionality and can be found in millions of homes and commercial buildings globally. We are searching for candidates that are driven, intelligent, creative, and entrepreneurial. By offering challenging and accelerated opportunities for growth, powered by a shared hunger for success, we create a space for your career to thrive. In return for your expertise, we are committed to providing competitive and robust total compensation and benefit packages to ensure you feel valued. Our dream is to become the fastest growing, most loved, window covering company in the world. What’s yours? Position Overview As a key member of the Operations Strategy team, the Program Manager will lead the DREAM program, driving cost savings initiatives across the North American Zone. This highly adaptable leader will translate board-level financial targets (the "WISH") into actionable category commitments (e.g., labor, scrap, quality, freight) and ensure sustainable realization. Because our strategic focus shifts as programs mature, this role requires exceptional agility and the ability to pivot to new priority areas as the business evolves.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, or a related field (MBA preferred).
7+ years in Program/Portfolio Management, Operations Strategy, or Continuous Improvement, ideally within a large-scale manufacturing environment.
Deep financial acumen with a proven ability to bridge operational metrics and P&L impacts.
Expertise in PMO governance, standard reporting (STD), and pipeline development.
Executive-level communication skills to interface with Senior Leadership, Finance, and Plant-level leadership.

Nice To Haves

Project Management Professional (PMP) highly preferred.
Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt or Black Belt) strongly recommended given the focus on cost savings, scrap reduction, and quality.

Responsibilities

Break down top-level "WISH" board commitments into target savings categories.
Cultivate, mature, and track project opportunities through the intake process and ECHO Tracker management.
Ensure process adherence and deliver weekly/monthly Standard (STD) reporting on portfolio health.
Work deeply with Finance to ensure project savings translate to actual P&L performance.
Monitor ongoing operations and P&L metrics to identify and mitigate standard operational leakage that offsets project gains.
Lead weekly run-rate updates and monthly governance reviews across the North America Zone, Plant, and Product Family levels.
Ensure metric alignment for MBOs/Policy Deployment and provide triage recommendations when targets are at risk.
Manage and refine PM playbooks and PMO policy development.
Conduct PM skills assessments (Supply Chain) and lead PM 101 Training to elevate the organization's overall project management maturity.
Must continually mature programs with capability to pivot focus as necessary and potentially offload them to standard operations as run-ready packages, freeing capacity for new strategic priorities.