Program Manager

ROUSH; Allen Park (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Roush in Allen Park, MI is seeking a Program Manager to lead multiple programs from quoting through completion. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage budgets, schedules, and customer relationships to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery and adherence to quality standards.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in business or engineering, 4+ years of managing programs, and strong leadership and communication skills. The position is based in Allen Park, MI with full-time employment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering or related field.
• 4+ years of managing programs or projects.
• 2+ years of formal or informal leadership experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of program management tools and processes (change control, risk identification, phase gate).
• Proven customer relationship skills with focus on cost, quality and delivery.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with cross-functional teams.
• Expert skills in Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, and Project.

Responsibilities

• Manage business aspects of multiple concurrent programs and ensure financial targets and timing are met while maintaining quality standards.
• Lead, train, coach, and mentor program team(s); plan, schedule, and oversee activities and monitor status.
• Maintain customer relationships to ensure satisfaction and quality of service.
• Manage materials, budgeting, and production for assigned programs.
• Coordinate with customer and staff to identify scope changes, address issues and communicate milestones.
• Maintain program documents through designated document systems.
• Ensure adherence to quality, safety, and customer requirements.
• Develop and execute large program plans and daily build operations.

Skills

Program management

Leadership

Communication

Microsoft Project

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or engineering

Tools

Microsoft Project

Excel

Job description

At Roush, we work alongside the best and brightest to do incredibly cool things you wouldn’t believe. At Roush, you are part of building the future.

We fuse technology and engineering to provide product development solutions to customers in a diverse range of industries. Widely recognized for providing engineering, testing, prototype, and manufacturing services to the transportation industry, Roush also provides significant support to the aerospace, defense and theme park industries. With over 2,400 employees in facilities throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America, our unique combination of creativity and tenacity activates big ideas on a global stage. We want motivated, ambitious people who put the needs of our customers first, bring creativity to their work and will do whatever it takes to achieve success. If you share our passion for providing innovative solutions to complex challenges, we want you on our team.

Our Full-Time benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, earned sick time, STD, LTD, 401K, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation, and paid holidays.

The Program Manager will manage multiple programs and teams to ensure program goals are achieved. The role will interact with multiple customers and cross functional teams. The Program Manager will lead program teams(s) from quoting through completion of programs. This role will be located in Allen Park, MI.

As a Program Manager, you will:

• Manage business aspects of multiple concurrent programs and ensure financial targets and timing are met while maintaining established quality standards.
• Manage, lead, train, coach, and mentor program team(s) related to their job responsibilities. Plan, schedule, and oversee coordinator activities and monitor program(s) status.
• Actively maintain customer relationships to ensure customer satisfaction and quality of service.
• Managing all activities associated with materials, budgeting, and production for assigned programs(s).
• Act as liaison with the customer and program staff to properly identify and process scope changes, address issues and communicate regarding program milestones.
• Managing program related correspondence and documents through designated document management systems.
• Ensuring adherence to Roush’s standards of quality, safety, and best practices along with customer specific requirements.
• Direct and manage coordination groups that assign goals for subcontractors.
• Develop and execute large program plans. Manage day-to-day build operations supporting department management. Manage the execution of continuous quality improvement activities.
• Collect data from customers, suppliers, Bill of Material, and other resources to prepare presentations and reports. Review program(s) status daily and report percentage of completion

To be considered as a Program Manager, you will need:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering.
• Minimum of 4 years of managing projects and programs.
• Minimum of 2 years of years of formal or informal leadership experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of program management tools and processes (change control, risk identification, phase gate).
• Proven customer relationship skills including the ability to interpret customer requests and deliverables with a focus on cost, quality and delivery.
• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to effectively host presentations and work with cross functional teams.
• Expert skills in Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, and Project. Microsoft Excel is a large part of job responsibilities.
• Must have excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, the ability to follow directions and prioritize a wide range of assignments.

Education and Experience (preferred):

• Working knowledge of program management tools (risk analyses, communication plans, timing plans, business cases, comprehensive financial analyses).
• Strong leadership and management skills, ability to solve complex problems, work independently, and be customer focused while managing cost, quality, and delivery.
• Experience with people management and team leadership, direct or indirect.

Roush is an EO employer – Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories. If you need reasonable accommodation for our employment application process due to disability, please contact Roush Talent Acquisition at [phone].