Program Manager

Venture Hire Group LLC; Hagerstown (MD); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary: 150k–160k USD

401(k) matching

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible Spending Account

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

PTO

Prescription Drug Insurance

Vision Insurance

Exposure to Aerospace/Defense/Medical

Job summary

Venture Hire Group LLC is seeking a Program Manager near Hagerstown, MD for a hybrid role combining onsite collaboration with occasional travel to Chicago. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, define milestones, track progress, and proactively resolve issues to ensure programs stay on schedule.

The role requires 5+ years in program/project management, preferably in manufacturing or engineering. Strong PM tools, communication, and stakeholder management are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a program or project management role, manufacturing or engineering preferred.
• Experience with enclosure, electronics, or defense industries is a plus.
• Strong ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder projects end-to-end.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with internal teams and customers.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary liaison for large programs from pre-order to delivery.
• Establish clear communication plans and reporting with inside sales and customers.
• Develop program plans with engineering, production, and sales, including Gantt charts.
• Identify risks and implement mitigation to keep programs on track.
• Organize and host kickoff meetings, reviews (PDR/CDR), and internal/external status meetings.
• Collaborate with estimating, engineering, and Sales to support the sales funnel.
• Monitor production schedules and track progress against schedules; lead reviews.
• Provide timely updates to customers and sales teams; capture data in CRM.

Skills

Program management

Leadership

Communication

Gantt charts

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s in engineering or business administration

Tools

Project management tools

Job description

Looking for an opportunity to join a rapidly growing manufacturing company for sensitive electronics and communications technology? READ ON!!!!

The Program Manager will be the central point of contact, orchestrating communication and collaboration across internal teams and with our customers. You will be responsible for defining and tracking project milestones, proactively identifying and resolving issues, and ensuring all projects stay on schedule and within scope. This is a hands‑on position requiring a strategic thinker with a keen eye for detail and a proven ability to drive results.

Our client offers an excellent comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, paid holidays, paid vacation, sick leave, and a 401(k) plan!

This role will be hybrid, onsite 3x per week at the office in Hagerstown, MD. The company is willing to pay for a hotel for those days if you must commute from far away. In addition, there will be occasional travel to manufacturing facility in Chicago, IL.

Immediate opening for a Program Manager near Hagerstown, MD. who possesses:

• 5+ years’ proven experience in a program or project management role, preferably within a manufacturing or engineering environment. Experience with enclosure, electronics, or defense industries is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder projects from beginning to end.
• Strong proficiency in project management tools, including the creation of Gantt charts.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with both internal teams and external customers.
• Highly organized with strong problem-solving and decision‑making abilities.
• Bachelor’s in engineering or business administration is a plus

Responsibilities Include:

• Serve as the primary internal and external liaison for large, critical programs, from the initial pre-order, RFQ phase through completion and delivery.
• Establish a clear communication plan with inside sales and the customer for each critical program, defining milestones and reporting frequency.
• With input from engineering, production, and sales, develop comprehensive program plans, including detailed Gantt charts, to define milestones, dependencies, and timelines.
• Proactively identify potential project risks and bottlenecks, developing and implementing mitigation strategies to keep programs on track.
• Responsible for organizing and hosting both internal and external project kickoff, regular cadence meetings, PDR, CDR, and any other necessary reviews
• Collaborate with the estimating team, engineering, and Director of Sales to support the sales funnel and prioritize quotes and projects in the queue.
• Actively monitor factory production schedule and engineering to track project progress against established schedules and lead internal reviews to ensure all milestones and due dates are met.
• Lead regular internal status meetings to review program progress and address any challenges. Customer & Sales Support
• Serve as the key liaison to the customer for all critical programs, coordinating with inside sales and the regional sales manager to provide timely and transparent updates.
• Generate and distribute weekly and monthly reports on the status of key programs, including both won projects and those in the quoting queue, for the sales and leadership teams.
• Collaborate with the regional managers to understand scale of potential opportunities and capture data within our CRM, helping to prioritize our must-win programs

KEY BENEFITS INCLUDE:

• Salary: $150-$160K + target bonus
• 401(k) matching
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• PTO
• Prescription Drug Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Exposure to Aerospace, Defense, Medical, and Other Advanced Industries
• Opportunity to Work on Custom Engineering Solutions from Concept Through Production