Aerospace Program Manager – Global Production Transfers

Woodward Aken GmbH; Polska; On-site; PLN 201,000 - 318,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Life & accidental insurance

Multisport package

Meal vouchers

Performance bonus program

Work-life balance

PPK contribution

Educational support

Job summary

Woodward Aken GmbH is seeking an experienced Project/Program Manager to lead customer-facing workstreams within international production transition programs. You will coordinate APQP deliverables, manage quality and compliance, and provide clear visibility of readiness, risks, actions and decisions.

You will lead cross-functional teams across product, process, tooling and documentation to ensure launch readiness, supervise post-transfer industrialization, and run regular reviews with customers

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Industrial Management, Business or a related field.
• 10+ years of project or program management experience in aerospace, automotive or regulated manufacturing.
• Experience managing production transfers, industrialization, or complex operational change.
• Knowledge of APQP, Part-145, and customer-specific quality deliverables.
• Ability to lead international cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Fluent English and ability to lead customer meetings and issue resolution.
• Availability for regular afternoon/early-evening calls for US collaboration.
• Strong planning, communication, risk management and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer-facing workstreams for production transfers and post-transfer industrialization.
• Own plan for customer requirements and APQP deliverables with timing and closure.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure readiness across product, process, tooling, documentation, capacity and quality.
• Develop integrated project plans, milestones, action logs, risk registers and decision records.
• Identify schedule, quality, compliance and execution risks; establish owners and mitigations.
• Prepare and present status updates covering progress, risks and decisions.
• Lead project reviews and customer update meetings with documented actions.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Communication

Problem solving

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Quality/IndustrialManagement/Business

Tools

Microsoft Project

Planisware

Job description

Woodward Aken GmbH is seeking an experienced Project/Program Manager to lead customer-facing workstreams within international production transition programs. You will coordinate APQP deliverables, manage quality and compliance, and provide clear visibility of readiness, risks, actions and decisions.

You will lead cross-functional teams across product, process, tooling and documentation to ensure launch readiness, supervise post-transfer industrialization, and run regular reviews with customers