Strategic Program Lead: Cross-Functional Delivery

Holt Co.; Texas; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

HOLT Manufacturing seeks a Program Manager to lead a cross-functional portfolio that improves launch readiness, delivery performance, and scalable business execution. You will own priority setting, risk escalation, and visible progress across Engineering, Supply Chain, Planning, and Operations.

The role requires deep cross-functional collaboration, strong governance, and the ability to translate priorities into coordinated action across multiple departments while maintaining departmental

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Business, Project Management, or related field preferred.
• Eight or more years of progressive experience in program management, project delivery, operations coordination, engineering program leadership, or cross-functional manufacturing execution required.
• Experience leading a portfolio of cross-functional initiatives, not just a single project or isolated program.
• Strong experience coordinating execution across Engineering, Supply Chain, Planning, Operations, Quality, and customer-facing stakeholders.
• Experience in engineer-to-order, make-to-order, project-based, capital equipment, or similarly complex manufacturing environments strongly preferred.
• Experience with ERP-driven environments, launch readiness, design release coordination, or production readiness processes strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Hires, develops, evaluates, and influences productivity and teamwork to ensure Legendary Customer Service (LCS).
• Owns a cross-functional execution portfolio that supports backlog delivery, launch readiness, operational scalability, and business performance improvement.
• Leads launch governance, readiness checkpoints, and Engineering-to-Operations transition discipline for new and evolving products.
• Drives cross-functional coordination, milestone visibility, and risk escalation from order release through shipment for active projects and customer programs.
• Maintains clear visibility to program status, dependencies, changes, threatened commitments, and recovery actions.
• Partners with Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, Planning, Operations, Quality, Sales Support, Field Service, and Accounting to align internal readiness to customer commitments.
• Regularly reassesses portfolio priorities based on business conditions, growth needs, customer commitments, and leadership direction.
• Coordinates business-driven ERP improvements, dashboards, and automation initiatives to improve execution visibility and follow-through.

Skills

Milestone management

Dependency tracking

Risk escalation

Execution governance

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Project prioritization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Business, Project Management, or related field

Job description

HOLT Manufacturing seeks a Program Manager to lead a cross-functional portfolio that improves launch readiness, delivery performance, and scalable business execution. You will own priority setting, risk escalation, and visible progress across Engineering, Supply Chain, Planning, and Operations.

The role requires deep cross-functional collaboration, strong governance, and the ability to translate priorities into coordinated action across multiple departments while maintaining departmental