Senior Manager, Device Program Management

EBSCO Industries, Inc.; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Moultrie is seeking a technically grounded Senior Manager, Program Management - Device to lead end-to-end program execution for consumer devices — spanning mobile imaging systems, IoT, and smart home products. You''ll build and lead a team of Program Managers and own overall program health across Hardware, Electrical, Firmware, Image Quality, and Reliability workstreams.

This role serves as the primary bridge between executive leadership and cross-functional engineering teams, driving alignment

Qualifications

• 10+ years in program management within consumer electronics or similar hardware.
• 2+ years leading a PM team or PM function.
• Track record shipping 2+ consumer devices from concept to mass production.

Responsibilities

• Lead a PM team across hardware, electrical, firmware, image quality, and reliability.
• Own master program schedule and milestone gates across EVT-DVT-PVT-MP.
• Coordinate with product management to align feature lock milestones.
• Oversee cross-functional integration between device, app, and cloud teams.
• Drive executive-level reviews with status, risks, and mitigations.

Skills

Program management

Master scheduling

Risk management

Budget management

Executive communication

Leadership

Education

PMP

PgMP

Tools

MS Project

Smartsheet

Jira

Job description

Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, Moultrie (www.moultrie.com) is the leader in game feeders and cellular camera innovation, building products used by hunters, property owners, and others for real-time remote monitoring.

We take pride in developing deep user understanding, obsessing about the details, and going the extra mile to show our users we love them. Moultrie is customer-driven – hardware, software, marketing, and customer success teams collaborate to deliver a quality user experience.

We are guided by the following principles: Customer Obsession.; Excellence is the Standard.; Bias for Action.; Act Boldly.; Deliver Results.; Hire and Develop the Best.; Be Curious and Learn.; Win as a Team

Job Summary

We're looking for a technically grounded Senior Manager, Program Management - Device to lead end-to-end program execution for consumer devices — spanning mobile imaging systems, IoT, and smart home products. You'll build and lead a team of Program Managers and own overall program health across Hardware, Electrical, Firmware, Image Quality, and Reliability workstreams. This role serves as the primary bridge between executive leadership and cross-functional engineering teams, driving alignment on scope, schedule, risk, and milestone readiness from concept through mass production.

Job Responsibilities

Lead & Develop a High-Performing PM Team

• Directly manage Program Managers covering hardware, electrical, firmware, image quality, and reliability disciplines
• Set clear goals, coach for growth, conduct performance reviews, and develop PM career paths
• Build team capability through process improvements, playbooks, and structured lessons-learned integration

Drive Program Execution

• Own the master program schedule integrating all functional workstreams across HW, EE, FW, IQ, and Reliability
• Establish and enforce milestone gates with clear entry/exit criteria across all hardware build phases (EVT, DVT, PVT, MP)
• Resolve cross-functional dependencies, resource conflicts, and schedule tradeoffs with speed and clarity
• Lead executive-level program reviews presenting status, risks, and mitigation strategies

Product Management Partnership

• Engage during early-phase development to co-develop program schedules, cost frameworks, and resource plans grounded in engineering reality
• Lead governance of feature lock milestones (Feature Concept Lock, Feature Definition Lock, Feature Freeze) to align scope before development begins
• Partner with Product Management to evaluate feature trade-offs balancing schedule, cost, and technical risk

App & Cloud Software Coordination

• Define cross-functional interdependencies and integration milestones across device, app, and cloud teams
• Ensure firmware milestones (FC/PC/SC) are mapped against app and cloud software readiness to prevent integration bottlenecks
• Drive regular cross-team integration syncs and elevate unresolved dependency conflicts with clear impact assessments

Hardware, Mechanical & Electrical Development

• Track mechanical milestones through design freeze, tooling kick-off, and tool pull cycles; monitor DFM reviews, GD&T compliance, and CMM validation
• Govern EE development milestones from schematic review through PCB/PCBA fabrication and maintain ECO/ECN discipline
• Coordinate prototype planning, part procurement, and factory readiness with Device and Hardware PMs

Firmware, Image Quality & Communications

• Partner with the Firmware PM to govern FC, PC, and SC milestones tightly integrated with hardware build schedules
• Oversee IQ milestones across camera and imaging systems through IQ alpha/beta/gold sign-off
• Govern cellular (FCC, PTCRB, carrier acceptance), Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and other LAN integration milestones and certifications

Reliability & Qualification

• Govern reliability test planning covering environmental stress, mechanical durability, MTBF validation, and regulatory certification (FCC, CE, UL, RoHS)
• Track all reliability findings to closure with clear ownership and committed ETAs

Experience

Job Requirements

• 10+ years in program management within consumer electronics; direct experience shipping smartphones, mobile communications devices, imaging products, and/or IoT/smart home devices
• 2+ years managing a team of Program Managers or leading a PM functionTrack record of shipping 2+ consumer devices from concept to mass production in an NPI/ODM model

Technical Knowledge

• Strong working knowledge of hardware development phases (EVT → DVT → PVT → MP)
• Solid understanding of mechanical design, electrical development, and firmware lifecycle
• Exposure to camera/imaging IQ tuning and reliability testing methodologies
• Experience with ODM/CM partner management including SOW definition, NRE negotiation, and offshore deliverable accountability

Program Management Skills

• Expert-level master scheduling (MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, or equivalent)
• Strong risk management — identification, quantification, and mitigation planning
• Experience managing program budgets ($10M+), NRE tracking, and cost-to-complete reporting

Leadership & Communication

• Proven success building and retaining a PM team
• Exceptional executive communication — written, verbal, and data-driven
• Comfortable driving clarity across large, globally distributed cross-functional teams

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP, PgMP, or equivalent certification
• Experience with camera module development, ISP integration, or imaging system NPI
• Background in IoT connectivity stacks (BT, Wi-Fi, Thread/Matter) and their firmware implications
• Familiarity with DFMEA, PFMEA, and structured quality systems (APQP, PPAP)

What Success Looks Like

• On-time milestone achievement across all functional workstreams
• Phase gate quality - reduction of open high-severity issues at gate entry
• PM team retention, development velocity, and engagement
• Post-launch field reliability performance vs. targets
• Program cost and NRE performance vs. budget

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. We strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, sex, pregnancy status, age, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.

We comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act, and all applicable state or local law.