Program Management Specialist

Job Description:

Job Summary:

Plans and manage 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 as related to product launch activities. The launch program manager will be the conductor of new launch and current production manufacturing plant activities related to the product. They will be responsible for changing management by ensuring that appropriate approvals review validation and the companys best practices for quality and documentation are followed. The launch program manager will lead the pre-build planning meeting with the Cross Function Team (CFT) to ensure that each build is properly supported across all departments to accomplish the stated goal for product shipment data collection and process development. They will have responsibility for reporting production site status in local and global cross functional meetings and will support customer requirements. Provide administrative & job management duties for reporting jr. PM reporting staff.

Job Responsibilities

• Manage plant activity timelines to meet customer deliverables
  • Program timing
    • Aligning with PM and maintaining schedule of plant activities
  • Work Order / Sample management
    • The launch program manager will lead the pre-build planning meeting with the CFT to ensure that each product build is properly supported across all departments to accomplish the stated goal for product shipment data collection and process development.
      • Lead WO internal meeting
      • Track all processes from WO creation to shipment
      • Identify what each site team is required to meet the schedule
      • Schedule & management of build through HK processes
      • Follow up on process requirements (DN documentation etc)
      • Follow through on shipment process
  • Change management
    • The launch program manager will lead the change management meeting with the CFT to ensure that each change has an implementation schedule and is approved through the customer process.
      • Lead for schedule creation and implementation of SREA changes in plant.
    • Support customer change management meeting
  • Open Issues
    • The launch program manager will systematically follow up on open action items and assist in driving closure of issues to support the launch schedule.
• Manage plant activity to meet internal deliverables
  • Phase Gate requirements and milestones
    • Align with PM overall gate schedule and lead plant preparation
  • Communication to plant management and CFT/GCFT
    • CFT/GCFT meeting: Support
    • Daily Gemba: Support
    • xEV Weekly report: Support
    • Plant bi-weekly status meeting: Support
  • Open Issues
    • The launch program manager will systematically follow up on open action items related to the plant and assist in driving closure of issues to support the launch schedule.
  • KPI
    • Daily KPI meeting: Support
    • Program KLIs: Support

• Manage job function for assigned jr. PM staff
  • Daily & long-term work assignments / reviews
  • Professional development / guidance
  • Astemo & PM Dept administrative management support / approvals

Qualifications

• Be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily
• Be able to perform duties utilizing current company software applications
• Have excellent interpersonal organizational verbal and written communication skills
• Perform duties in an ethical and professional manner.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Word PowerPoint Excel Project
• High level of customer interface experience
• Ability to work independently with minimal instruction.
• Well organized meticulous

Education: Bachelors degree in engineering project management or related area preferred.

Experience: : 5 years prior related experience preferred.

*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 the 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity disability protected veteran status and national origin.

At Astemo were challenging the status quo with the power of diversity inclusion and collaboration. Our goal is to build an inclusive work environment that celebrates the differences of our employees. We want to ensure that every employee feels valued respected and empowered. We dont just accept differencewe celebrate it we support it and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees our products and our community. Astemo is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job at Astemo please send the nature of the request and contact information to when applying for the position.