Senior Program Manager - Product Launch Leader

Theuniversityunion; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 100,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401K with match

Weekly Pay

Paid Time Off

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Cascade Engineering in Grand Rapids, MI seeks a Senior Program Manager to drive new product launches, leading cross-functional teams from concept through production. You will balance quality, cost, timing, and customer expectations while partnering with customers and internal teams.

This high-impact leadership role requires experience in program management, strong problem-solving abilities, and a servant-leadership mindset aligned with the 7 Habits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Business, Manufacturing, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of program management or product development experience.
• Strong decision making/leadership abilities across multiple programs.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to lead a team and communicate effectively (written and verbal).
• Detail oriented with good organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensures the launch team adheres to all safety procedures and guidelines.
• Oversees the management of all programs and assumes responsibility for customer deliverables.
• Develops, teaches, and monitors common program management disciplines and ensures consistent use of these disciplines in all programs.
• Gate keeper for understanding expectations of the customers; pushes back respectfully when outside of scope.
• Owns program and is clear leader for mobilizing internal and external resources to meet program requirements.
• Leads and coordinates launch team meetings and updates the open issues matrix.
• Owns the APQP process and is responsible for the completion of checklist items.
• Develops business cases for additional expenses that could be better for the life of the program.
• Tracks and controls all projects in real time and assigns costs to the customer.
• Leads activities to meet quality and delivery goals for successful start of production.
• Leads program reviews with status, cost, timing, and risk updates.
• Obtains management approval before decisions affecting costs/schedule.
• Communicates program status to leadership and stakeholders.
• Develops and implements corrective actions when deviations occur.
• Coordinates gate reviews through gate 5 and ensures readiness for launch.
• Ensures timely closeout of complete programs and proper documentation.

Skills

Program management

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Team leadership

Education

BS in Business/Engineering/Manufacturing

Tools

PMP

Agile PM

Microsoft 365

Job description

Cascade Engineering in Grand Rapids, MI seeks a Senior Program Manager to drive new product launches, leading cross-functional teams from concept through production. You will balance quality, cost, timing, and customer expectations while partnering with customers and internal teams.

This high-impact leadership role requires experience in program management, strong problem-solving abilities, and a servant-leadership mindset aligned with the 7 Habits.