Sr. Program Manager - J0050838

Astemo Ltd.; Berea (KY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Astemo Ltd. in Berea, KY, is seeking a seasoned Program Manager to lead designated projects from planning through delivery, ensuring goals are met on time and within budget.

You will coordinate engineering, quality, and manufacturing teams, manage risks, communicate with customers, and drive continuous improvement, including APQP activities and product launches. Travel may be domestic and international as needed to support product development and reviews.

Qualifications

• Excellent analytical and communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Project.
• High level of customer interface experience.
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction.
• Well organized, detail oriented.

Responsibilities

• Supports business objectives by aligning Program Management with company goals.
• Represent the company with assigned customers.
• Maintain customer relationships and understand expectations.
• Manage and track open issues; drive to closure through delegation and escalation.
• Plan program activities and develop master timing schedules to meet objectives.
• Lead program activities for continuous development and improvement.
• Ensure customer satisfaction and verify design specifications; document customer design.
• Travel to customer locations for product development reviews and changes (domestic and international).
• Develop program status reports and report to management.
• Coordinate technical reviews and dry-runs to address customer expectations.
• Maintain master program book and APQP activities.
• Monitor prototypes and pre-production builds; identify and resolve issues.
• Coordinate product development between OEM customers and internal teams.
• Manage launch phases, timing requirements, issues, and change impacts.
• Review cost analyses and proposals to reduce costs or improve sales operations.
• Participate in customer strategic discussions for issue resolution.
• Lead coordination of manufacturing, quality, and engineering exceptions; negotiate requirements.
• Manage internal project approvals and cost details, and document changes.
• Support project teams (engineers, quality, sales) and follow up on related projects.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Customer interface experience

Independent work

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Project/Program Management

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Description

Plans and manages activities of a designated project(s) to ensure goals and objectives are accomplished within a prescribed time frame and within funding parameters by performing any combination of all essential duties and responsibilities. This individual is the “conductor” of a given project(s) and responsible for project’s success, removing roadblocks, and recovering from issues if they arise.

Essential Functions

• Supports all business objectives of the company by aligning Program Management activities with the organizational goals and objectives.
• Represent the company with assigned customers.
• Responsible for maintaining customer relationships and understanding expectations.
• Within the scope of their position, manage and track open issues. Drive open issues to closure through tracking, delegation, and escalation.
• Plan program activities and develop master timing schedules that meet program objectives.
• Lead the assigned program(s)’ activities for continuous future development, growth and improvement of the program, department and company.
• Within the scope of responsibility, ensure customer satisfaction feasibility and design specifications and keep record of customer design.
• Travel to customer locations supporting product development throughout for product reviews, testing, and change updates with periodic travel with customer to company manufacturing facilities (domestic and international).
• Develop program status reports and report status to management.
• Lead the coordination of technical reviews, including dry-runs to ensure customer expectations are addressed.
• Maintain master program book and coordinate APQP activities.
• Monitor prototype and pre-production builds for adherence to design intent. Identifies issues and leads resolutions.
• Responsible for coordinating all product development activity between OEM customer and responsible departments within the company.
• Manage assigned program’s product launch phases (including control of program timing requirements, program issues and commercial impact of design changes.
• Review and/or develop cost analyses and proposals aimed at reduction of cost and/or improvement or the assigned program’s sales operations.
• Participate in customer strategic discussions for issue resolution.
• Lead coordination of manufacturing, quality, and engineering “exceptions” and/or clarification lists. Ensure all customer requirements have been addressed. Work with teams to negotiate requirements with customer.
• Manage internal project approval and cost details, technical and commercial change logs.
• Directly support project teams (engineer, quality, sales, etc.) and follow up on related projects.

Qualifications (Education Skills And/or Special Knowledge)

• Excellent analytical and communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Project
• High level of customer interface experience
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction
• Well organized, detail oriented

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Project/Program Management

Experience

5 – 15 years of industry experience

Supervisory Responsibilities

May be required to supervise the duties of others to perform the job responsibilities as designated by area/department management to ensure project success/deliverables.

Job level determined by various factors such as organization size, responsibility, career stage, and capabilities

Working Conditions

Physical Demands

Required to sit or stand for long periods of time. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Have ability to work 40-60 hours per week.

Travel

Domestic and international travel may be required as needed.

Work Environment

Primarily in a professional business office with exposure to testing areas and periodic exposure to manufacturing areas.