Program Manager

Shape Corp.; Grand Haven (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Shape Corp. is seeking a Program Manager to lead a cross-functional team through the product life cycle. You will drive PRP and PCR/ECN processes to ensure customer satisfaction and production readiness, acting as the main interface for assigned programs.

The role requires coordinating design reviews, tooling milestones, gate reviews, and external milestones, while supervising engineers and mentoring staff. On-site at our Grand Haven facility in Michigan, with heavy stakeholder interaction.

Qualifications

• Cross-functional program leadership experience.
• Ability to manage budgets and schedules.
• Stakeholder communication across customers, suppliers and management.
• Experience with Product Realization Process (PRP) and engineering change processes (PCR/ECN).
• Familiarity with APQP and AIAG methods.
• Experience supervising engineers and performing performance evaluations.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage program scope on behalf of the company and suppliers.
• Summarize and report status to teammates, suppliers, customers, and management.
• Initiate and manage programs through the product realization process and engineering changes.
• Develop and manage program budgets and provide updates to management.
• Drive timing with internal milestones and external customer milestones.
• Lead multiple engineering teams to meet TS16494, APQP, and AIAG requirements.
• Support business unit and regional plans and communicate to stakeholders.
• Provide mentorship and development for direct and indirect reports.
• Identify backups to cover key tasks when absent.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Program management

Budget management

Stakeholder communication

DVP&R

DFMEA

PFMEA

APQP/AIAG

Mentoring

Job description

Position Summary

The Program Manager is responsible for managing a cross-functional Program Team to ensure successful program execution and launch throughout product life cycle. Responsible for facilitating the Product Realization Process (PRP) and Engineering Change Processes (PCR/ECN) to ensure Customer Satisfaction, Production Readiness, and PPAP's on time. Act as the primary customer interface on all assigned programs.

Position Summary

The Program Manager is responsible for managing a cross-functional Program Team to ensure successful program execution and launch throughout product life cycle. Responsible for facilitating the Product Realization Process (PRP) and Engineering Change Processes (PCR/ECN) to ensure Customer Satisfaction, Production Readiness, and PPAP's on time. Act as the primary customer interface on all assigned programs.

Essential Job Functions include, but not limited to, the following:

• Define and manage the scope of the program on behalf of the company and its suppliers.
• Summarize and report status to teammates, suppliers, customers, and management.
• Initiate and manage programs throughout the product realization process, including engineering requests of all types.
• Utilize the open issues matrix which includes risk mitigation plan.
• Develop and manage the program budget and report updates to management as required.
• Develop and drive program timing with internal milestones, e.g., design reviews, tooling, PRP gate reviews, and external milestones.
• Manage multiple discipline engineering teams to meet internal and customer requirements such as TS16494, APQP, and AIAG.
• Support the Business Unit or Regional Strategic Plan, facilitating activity execution and communicating to stakeholders as required.
• Manage experimental process development activities as needed.
• Manage new tooling engineering requests and program launches throughout the product realization process.
• Present required phase-gate reviews to management.
• Participate in DVP&R, DFMEA, and PFMEA development meetings.
• Support APQP and VA/VE activities.
• Supervise Quality Engineers, along with other functional Engineers as requested.
• Conduct timely and meaningful performance evaluations for direct reports, and provide input into the performance evaluations of associates reporting under your indirect supervision.
• Assess current and future development needs for direct reports and take steps to mentor and develop them accordingly.
• Set the direction for team members and hold individuals accountable to performance standards and strategic objectives.
• Identify and train a back-up(s) to manage key tasks when absent.
• Additional functions not specifically outlined in this position description as directed by the leader.