Program Manager

Flex; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Flex is a diversified manufacturing partner enabling top brands to design, build, and deliver innovative products. We seek a Program Manager in Milpitas, CA to lead end-to-end execution of a complex PCBA program and coordinate cross-functional teams across operations, engineering, supply chain, quality, and finance.

The role requires strong communication, time management, and foundational financial acumen to meet production, quality, cost, and customer expectations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Operations Management, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in program/project management within engineering, production and operations.
• Experience supporting customer programs in a contract manufacturing or industrial manufacturing environment.
• Strong communication and coordination skills with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to manage timelines, priorities, deliverables, and follow-up actions in a fast-moving environment.
• Foundational financial understanding including cost tracking, forecast variance review, budgeting/forecasting concepts, or P&L impact.
• Experience with PCBA, SMT, AI-related products, or complex testing processes.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate day-to-day program activities across operations, engineering, supply chain, quality, finance, and other support teams.
• Support project planning, timelines, deliverables, and action item tracking to ensure program commitments are met.
• Serve as a customer-facing point of contact, providing updates and escalating risks as needed.
• Track program KPIs related to delivery, quality, customer satisfaction, inventory, accounts receivable, and financial performance.
• Support forecast alignment with production capacity, materials availability, and operational requirements.
• Help monitor manufacturing cost, forecast variances, and corrective actions to support financial performance.
• Participate in risk management, scope changes, ECOs, PCNs, and contract compliance activities.
• Prepare program reports, customer updates, and internal presentations to communicate progress, challenges, and next steps.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Financial acumen

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Job description

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment.

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Program Manager located in Milpitas, CA.

Reporting to the Sr Director, Program Management, the Program Manager will be responsible for supporting the end-to-end execution of a customer manufacturing program, coordinating cross-functional teams, tracking key deliverables, and helping ensure production, quality, cost, and customer expectations are met. This role will support a new customer program involving complex PCBA manufacturing and testing processes, requiring strong communication, time management, problem-solving, and foundational financial acumen.

What a typical day looks like:

• Coordinate day-to-day program activities across operations, engineering, supply chain, quality, finance, and other support teams.
• Support project planning, timelines, deliverables, and action item tracking to ensure program commitments are met.
• Serve as a customer-facing point of contact, providing updates, addressing issues, and escalating risks as needed.
• Track program KPIs related to delivery, quality, customer satisfaction, inventory, accounts receivable, and financial performance.
• Support forecast alignment with production capacity, materials availability, and operational requirements.
• Help monitor manufacturing cost, forecast variances, and corrective actions to support financial performance.
• Participate in risk management, scope changes, ECOs, PCNs, and contract compliance activities.
• Prepare program reports, customer updates, and internal presentations to communicate progress, challenges, and next steps.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Operations Management, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in program/project management within engineering, production and operations.
• Experience supporting customer programs in a contract manufacturing or industrial manufacturing environment.
• Strong communication and coordination skills, with the ability to work effectively with customers and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to manage timelines, priorities, deliverables, and follow-up actions in a fast-moving environment.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing KPIs, including delivery, quality, inventory, cost, and customer satisfaction.
• Foundational financial understanding, including cost tracking, forecast variance review, budgeting/forecasting concepts, or P&L impact.
• Experience with PCBA, SMT, AI-related products, or complex testing processes.

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