Energy Transition Program Lead — Global Manufacturing

Airtech Vacuum; Rutherford (NJ); On-site; USD 124,000 - 186,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) retirement savings with company

PTO

Job summary

IDEX Corporation, in partnership with its Airtech unit, seeks a seasoned Program Manager – Energy Transition to coordinate global initiatives spanning manufacturing ramp-up, product transfers, and cost reduction. You will influence without direct authority and drive cross-functional teams across Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, and Finance to deliver milestones on time.

The role emphasizes structured planning, rigorous tracking, and proactive risk management to ensure launch

Qualifications

• 7+ years of program or project management experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or product-driven environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Operations, or related field preferred.
• Proven experience managing multiple concurrent projects with strong on-time delivery results.
• Demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional execution across Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality and Finance.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• High-energy self-starter with a strong sense of urgency and the ability to drive progress in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
• Demonstrated bias for action with the ability to make progress through ambiguity, drive urgency, and move teams from discussion to execution.

Responsibilities

• Partner with local project teams to lead and coordinate internal cross-functional projects across manufacturing ramp-up, product transfers, quality investigations, cost reduction, and product development.
• Develop and maintain a structured process to manage multiple project plans, action logs, timelines, and milestone trackers, ensuring clear visibility and accountability across initiatives.
• Drive follow-up with internal teams with a strong bias for action, ensuring commitments are completed on time and issues are escalated quickly when progress stalls.
• Partner with global Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Finance, and Product teams to align priorities and resolve roadblocks.
• Support manufacturing ramp-up efforts by flagging constraints to readiness activities, tracking open items, and helping teams meet launch and capacity milestones.
• Coordinate quality investigations and corrective action follow-through to ensure closure of key issues and prevention of repeat problems.
• Stay up to date and support cost reduction initiatives, ensuring savings ideas move through evaluation, ownership, and execution.
• Monitor project risks, identify gaps early, and elevate issues to leadership with clear recommendations and recovery actions.
• Prepare clear status updates weekly to BLL and communicate progress, risks, and decisions to leadership and project stakeholders.
• Travel as needed to support project execution, site coordination, and collaboration across locations.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Bias for action

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Business/Operations

Job description

IDEX Corporation, in partnership with its Airtech unit, seeks a seasoned Program Manager – Energy Transition to coordinate global initiatives spanning manufacturing ramp-up, product transfers, and cost reduction. You will influence without direct authority and drive cross-functional teams across Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, and Finance to deliver milestones on time.

The role emphasizes structured planning, rigorous tracking, and proactive risk management to ensure launch