Senior Program Manager, Product Development & Delivery

Jabil; Claremont (CA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 244,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Jabil seeks a Senior Manager Program Management for Mikros Product Development in Claremont, NH. You will lead the program management function for complex product development from concept to launch, directing a team of Project and Program Managers and ensuring disciplined execution with cross-functional alignment and customer satisfaction.

You will partner with engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, finance and commercial teams; travel up to 20% domestically and internationally.

Qualifications

• Ten or more years of experience in program management, project management, product development, engineering, manufacturing, or related business operations.
• Five or more years of people leadership experience, including direct management of Project Managers, Program Managers, or cross-functional technical teams.
• A combination of education, experience, and/or training will be considered

Responsibilities

• Directly manage Program Managers and Project Managers responsible for product development projects.
• Set clear expectations, priorities, performance goals, and development plans for the program management team.
• Coach team members on program planning, stakeholder management, executive communication, risk mitigation, and project governance.
• Build organizational capability by standardizing best practices, improving tools and processes, and promoting accountability across the program management function.
• Lead portfolio-level planning and execution for multiple product development programs across business units, customers, or product lines.
• Ensure programs are properly scoped, resourced, planned, and governed from initiation through production launch or completion.
• Establish and maintain program schedules, milestones, budgets, deliverables, risk registers, and escalation processes.
• Drive cross-functional alignment among engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, finance, commercial, and customer teams.
• Monitor program performance and lead corrective actions when programs are at risk of missing schedule, cost, scope, quality, or customer commitments.
• Serve as a senior escalation point for program issues, customer concerns, resource constraints, and business trade-off decisions.
• Communicate program status, risks, decisions, and recovery plans to executive leadership and key stakeholders.
• Support customer reviews, supplier engagements, internal gate reviews, and executive business reviews as required.
• Facilitate decision-making across functions to resolve conflicts and keep programs moving forward.
• Manage program budgets, forecasts, resource plans, and business cases in partnership with finance and functional leaders.
• Identify opportunities to improve program execution, reduce cost, improve cycle time, and increase predictability of delivery.
• Develop and maintain program management processes, templates, metrics, dashboards, and governance routines.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, quality systems, security requirements, and applicable safety and health regulations.

Skills

Program management

Project management

Team leadership

Budget management

Risk management

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Business/Operations/Program Management

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Project management tools

Job description

Jabil seeks a Senior Manager Program Management for Mikros Product Development in Claremont, NH. You will lead the program management function for complex product development from concept to launch, directing a team of Project and Program Managers and ensuring disciplined execution with cross-functional alignment and customer satisfaction.

You will partner with engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, finance and commercial teams; travel up to 20% domestically and internationally.