R&D Sr. Sustaining Program Manager

Hach (Veralto); Loveland (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Hach, part of Veralto, is seeking an R&D Sr Sustaining Program Manager in Loveland, Colorado, on-site. You will translate customer requests into executable plans, lead cross-functional teams, and ensure product quality, reliability, and lifecycle management across sustaining initiatives.

Join a global, mission-driven team focused on water quality and sustainability, driving portfolio priorities, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement to protect revenue and deliver customer value.

Qualifications

• Experience leading product lifecycle, obsolescence management, or sustaining engineering portfolios.
• Experience supporting manufacturing continuity, supply chain risk mitigation, and business continuity planning.
• Demonstrated ability to develop portfolio-level strategies, roadmaps, and prioritization frameworks.
• Experience with regulated products, change management, and lifecycle management processes.
• Experience applying Visual Project Management frameworks.
• PMP certification or advanced technical/business degree.

Responsibilities

• Lead Sustaining Portfolio Strategy and Governance by collecting, clarifying, prioritizing, and governing sustaining initiatives to maximize customer value, business outcomes, product health, and revenue protection.
• Drive Cross-Functional Alignment and Influence across R&D, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, Regulatory, Product Management, and Commercial teams to establish priorities, secure resources, resolve conflicts, and balance competing business needs.
• Lead Sustaining Program Execution by developing project plans, defining scope and success criteria, managing risks and dependencies, and delivering sustaining initiatives on time and within scope, quality, and cost objectives.
• Own Product Lifecycle and Obsolescence Management by proactively identifying and mitigating component, supplier, technology, and platform risks to ensure long-term product viability and customer supportability.
• Ensure Business and Manufacturing Continuity by leading response and mitigation efforts for critical quality, supply, product, or production issues that could impact customers, manufacturing operations, or revenue.
• Monitor and Improve Product Health through the use of quality, reliability, supply risk, manufacturability, customer feedback, and technical debt metrics to inform priorities and drive continuous improvement.
• Develop Long-Term Sustaining Strategies and Roadmaps that improve product performance, reduce technical debt, address lifecycle risks, and align sustaining investments with business objectives.
• Drive Stakeholder Communication and Organizational Learning through transparent reporting, escalation management, data-driven recommendations, lessons learned, and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance team and portfolio effectiveness.

Skills

Sustaining engineering

Portfolio strategy

Lifecycle management

Education

PMP certification

Advanced technical or business degree

Job description

Imagine yourself collaborating with a vibrant, inclusive, global team. Contributing to a brighter, more sustainable future.

At Hach ( www.hach.com ), a Veralto company, we ensure water quality for people around the world, and every team member plays a vital role in that mission. Our founding vision is to make water analysis better-faster, simpler, greener, and more informative. We accomplish this through teamwork, customer partnerships, passionate experts, and reliable, easy-to-use solutions.

As part of our team and the broader Veralto network, you'll be part of a unique work environment where purpose meets possibility: where you'll make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale by enabling the world's everyday water needs, and where you'll have opportunities to foster your professional development and fuel your career growth.

Motivated by the highest possible stakes in climate change and global health, we're working together within a rapidly digitizing industry to find innovative technologies that guarantee the safety of our water and our environment. More about us: https://www.hach.com/about-us

Reporting to the Senior Director, R&D, the R&D Sr Sustaining Program Manager is responsible for collecting, clarifying, prioritizing, and governing Sustaining Engineering product requests and translating them into executable project plans that maximize customer and business value. This role leads cross-functional teams to deliver sustaining initiatives that improve product quality, reliability, compliance, manufacturability, supply continuity, and lifecycle performance.

In addition to driving project execution, this role serves as a steward of the sustaining product portfolio by establishing portfolio priorities, monitoring product health, managing lifecycle and obsolescence risks, and developing long-term sustaining strategies that protect revenue and ensure business continuity. The role drives execution, aligns stakeholders, manages risks and dependencies, and ensures delivery of customer-focused solutions that meet scope, quality, cost, and timeline objectives. This Program Management leader fosters a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and customer focus while supporting successful business outcomes.

This position is part of the R&D team located in Loveland, Colorado, and will be on-site.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Lead Sustaining Portfolio Strategy and Governance by collecting, clarifying, prioritizing, and governing sustaining initiatives to maximize customer value, business outcomes, product health, and revenue protection
• Drive Cross-Functional Alignment and Influence across R&D, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, Regulatory, Product Management, and Commercial teams to establish priorities, secure resources, resolve conflicts, and balance competing business needs
• Lead Sustaining Program Execution by developing project plans, defining scope and success criteria, managing risks and dependencies, and delivering sustaining initiatives on time and within scope, quality, and cost objectives
• Own Product Lifecycle and Obsolescence Management by proactively identifying and mitigating component, supplier, technology, and platform risks to ensure long-term product viability and customer supportability
• Ensure Business and Manufacturing Continuity by leading response and mitigation efforts for critical quality, supply, product, or production issues that could impact customers, manufacturing operations, or revenue
• Monitor and Improve Product Health through the use of quality, reliability, supply risk, manufacturability, customer feedback, and technical debt metrics to inform priorities and drive continuous improvement
• Develop Long-Term Sustaining Strategies and Roadmaps that improve product performance, reduce technical debt, address lifecycle risks, and align sustaining investments with business objectives
• Drive Stakeholder Communication and Organizational Learning through transparent reporting, escalation management, data-driven recommendations, lessons learned, and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance team and portfolio effectiveness

QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience leading product lifecycle, obsolescence management, or sustaining engineering portfolios
• Experience supporting manufacturing continuity, supply chain risk mitigation, and business continuity planning
• Demonstrated ability to develop portfolio-level strategies, roadmaps, and prioritization frameworks
• Experience with regulated products, change management, and lifecycle management processes
• Experience applying Visual Project Management frameworks
• PMP certification or advanced technical/business degree

Hach is proud to part of the Water Quality segment of Veralto (NYSE: VLTO), a $5B global leader dedicated to ensuring access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. When you join Veralto's vibrant global network of 17,000 associates, you join a unique culture and work environment