Gas Delivery Program Manager: Front-End Transformation

Socket.dev; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Incentive Program

401(k) plan

Wellness incentives

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Dental, medical, vision

Job summary

Watlow in St. Louis, Missouri is seeking a transformation Program Manager to lead the Gas Delivery platform. You will own the end-to-end quote-to-proto-to-HVM flow, coordinating a cross-functional value stream via SLAs and executive sponsorship.

The role targets reducing front-end cycle times and building a new discipline from the ground up. You will partner with senior leaders to ensure automated configuration, design automation, and quotation processes meet customer requirements while driving

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years leading configure-to-order or quote-to-delivery transformations in industrial or manufacturing environments.
• Ability to own cross-functional value streams via SLAs and executive sponsorship in a matrixed organization.
• Experience building or owning configuration logic, CPQ, or design automation as the business owner.
• Technical fluency to credibly challenge product architecture decisions with engineers and product managers.
• Executive presence that holds up with demanding, technically sophisticated customers.
• Global operating experience across low-cost and technical centers.

Responsibilities

• Own the global front-end value stream end-to-end for modified standard and configurable products.
• Drive cycle-time transformation from 60 days to under 15 by advancing automation and configuration architecture.
• Define and own standard, configured, custom, and decline gates with customization selector logic.
• Own the automation program scope and sequence across sites, including quoting and prototype builds.
• Author step-level SLAs with process owners and run monthly scorecards for front-end performance.
• Redesign the customer approval and review loops in partnership with major account teams.
• Shape the org design of quoting, applications engineering, and design functions.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Executive sponsorship

Global operating experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

CPQ

Design automation

Job description

Watlow in St. Louis, Missouri is seeking a transformation Program Manager to lead the Gas Delivery platform. You will own the end-to-end quote-to-proto-to-HVM flow, coordinating a cross-functional value stream via SLAs and executive sponsorship.

The role targets reducing front-end cycle times and building a new discipline from the ground up. You will partner with senior leaders to ensure automated configuration, design automation, and quotation processes meet customer requirements while driving