Program Manager – Released Products

Jobtailor; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 65.000 - 95.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Jobtailor in Germany seeks an experienced Release & Change Coordinator to manage programs for released products, including major revisions and documentation updates. You will lead cross-functional meetings and ensure readiness across Engineering, Operations, and external partners.

The role requires 5+ years in program coordination, strong change-management skills, and a detail-oriented approach to tracking scopes, milestones, and approvals in a quality-driven manufacturing environment.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Business, Project Management, or related field.
• 5+ years in program or project coordination or related role involving engineered products.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional work across Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, Quality and suppliers.
• Experience with revision control and engineering change processes in a quality-driven environment.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.

Aufgaben

• Manage programs for released products, including major revisions, performance or configuration updates.
• Maintain revision plans covering scope, owners, milestones, and implementation status.
• Lead recurring cross-functional meetings with agendas, decisions, and action items.
• Monitor schedule, scope, risk, and readiness; identify gaps and resource needs.
• Coordinate release readiness across Engineering, Operations, Service, and external partners.
• Coordinate documentation updates for specs, datasheets, IOMs, drawings, and labels.
• Manage implementation follow-through for approved ECNs and ECOs affecting released products.
• Verify changes are reflected in BOMs, drawings, and controlled documents.
• Maintain traceability between revision scope and engineering changes.
• Maintain dashboards, trackers, meeting records, and decision logs.
• Report status to Product Development leadership with milestones and risks.
• Coordinate handoffs between Product Development and Operations.

Kenntnisse

Program Coordination

Cross-functional Collaboration

Documentation Workflows

Change Management

Schedule Management

Communication

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Project Tracking Tools

Document Tracking Tools

Jobbeschreibung

• Manage programs for released products, including major revisions, performance or configuration updates, compliance-driven changes, manufacturing changes, and documentation-impacting updates
• Maintain revision plans covering scope, affected products and configurations, deliverables, owners, dependencies, milestones, and implementation status
• Lead recurring cross-functional meetings, including agendas, status updates, decisions, and action items
• Monitor schedule, scope, risk, and readiness; identify gaps and escape decisions or resources
• Coordinate release and implementation readiness across Engineering, Operations, Service, Project Management, and external manufacturing partners
• Coordinate documentation updates for product specifications, data sheets, IOM manuals, submittals, drawings, test information, labels, and attachments
• Manage implementation follow-through for approved ECRs, ECOs, and ECNs affecting released products
• Verify changes are reflected in BOMs, drawings, controlled documents, manufacturing instructions, supplier communications, and product records
• Maintain traceability between revision scope, engineering changes, documentation deliverables, approvals, and implementation evidence
• Maintain dashboards, trackers, meeting records, and decision logs
• Report status to Product Development leadership and stakeholders, highlighting milestones, risks, overdue actions, and required decisions
• Coordinate handoffs between Product Development and Operations, including readiness reviews and completion criteria

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Business, Project Management, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years in program or project coordination, product lifecycle support, engineering change coordination, production planning, or a related role involving engineered or manufactured products
• Experience coordinating cross-functional work across Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, Project Management, Quality, Service, and suppliers or contract manufacturers
• Experience with revision control, engineering change processes, documentation workflows, or configuration management in a quality-driven manufacturing environment
• Strong program coordination and follow-through; able to manage multiple revisions and competing priorities
• Highly organized, maintaining clear scope, ownership, dependencies, milestones, risks, decisions, and action status
• Clear written and verbal communication, including meeting facilitation, status reporting, and escalation
• Able to read and work with BOMs, drawings, engineering change records, technical documents, and product configuration information
• Comfortable collaborating with technical writers, engineers, project managers, operations and manufacturing teams, and external partners
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and project or document tracking tools
• Self-directed, reliable, detail-oriented, and effective in fast-changing, cross-functional environments

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in program coordination and project management within engineering and manufacturing environments, with a strong focus on revision control, documentation workflows, and cross-functional collaboration. Proficient in managing multiple priorities while ensuring compliance and effective communication across teams.

Hard Skills

• Program Coordination
• Project Management
• Revision Control
• Engineering Change Processes
• BOM Management
• Technical Documentation
• Manufacturing Instructions
• Configuration Management
• Production Planning
• Quality Assurance

Soft Skills

• Clear Communication
• Organizational Skills
• Meeting Facilitation
• Detail-Oriented
• Self-Directed

Tools & Technologies

• Microsoft Office
• Project Tracking Tools
• Document Tracking Tools