Global Engineering Program Lead — Cross-Functional PM

MKS Instruments, Inc.; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 259,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Life and disability insurance

12 paid holidays

Sick time

15 paid vacation days

Parental leave

Adoption assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

MKS Instruments, Inc. in Milpitas, CA is seeking a Senior Engineering Project Manager to lead complex product development programs from concept through manufacturing transfer.

You will guide cross-functional teams across engineering, marketing, operations and supply chain, ensuring disciplined execution and on-time delivery. Reporting to the Director of Engineering, you will develop integrated project plans with milestones, budgets, and resources, manage risks, and communicate progress to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, or another technical field.
• 10+ years of project or program management experience in the product development of complex technology systems.
• Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary, technical teams and influencing cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority in a fast-paced development environment.
• Strong command of project planning, budgeting, resource management, risk management, issue escalation and execution tracking across multiple workstreams and dependencies.
• Ability to rapidly understand technical concepts well enough to guide discussions, evaluate tradeoffs, support decision-making, and keep teams aligned to program objectives.
• Ability to build effective collaboration with product line managers and technical leads towards a unified project leadership team focused on optimized delivery of program objectives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with technical teams, functional leaders, and executive stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and experience using project planning, reporting, and portfolio management tools to manage execution and communicate status effectively.

Responsibilities

• Leading complex, cross-functional product development programs from early concept through industrialization and manufacturing transfer, with accountability for scope, schedule, cost, quality, and overall project health across geographically distributed teams.
• Developing and maintaining integrated project plans that include milestones, dependencies, budgets, resource requirements, key deliverables, and phase-gate expectations.
• Providing leadership across engineering, product marketing, operations, supply chain, and manufacturing teams to align priorities, resolve roadblocks, and ensure timely delivery of objectives.
• Leading multi-site program coordination across U.S. and European development teams, and offshore manufacturing teams to ensure alignment on priorities, schedules, deliverables, risks, and transfer-to-production readiness.
• Proactively identifying, assessing, and managing project risks and issues; driving mitigation and contingency planning; employing risk-reduction activities such as FMEA/DFx reviews.
• Making sound, timely decisions in the face of ambiguity, incomplete information, and competing priorities.
• Serving as the primary communication lead for stakeholders and leadership, delivering clear, data-driven updates on progress and changes.
• Driving continuous improvement in project management rigor and processes to support broader department goals.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Project planning

Budgeting

Resource management

Risk management

Execution tracking

Communication

Technical fluency

Stakeholder alignment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in science/engineering/technical field

Tools

Microsoft Office

PPM tools

Job description

MKS Instruments, Inc. in Milpitas, CA is seeking a Senior Engineering Project Manager to lead complex product development programs from concept through manufacturing transfer.

You will guide cross-functional teams across engineering, marketing, operations and supply chain, ensuring disciplined execution and on-time delivery. Reporting to the Director of Engineering, you will develop integrated project plans with milestones, budgets, and resources, manage risks, and communicate progress to