ASTEMO AMERICAS, INC. is looking for a Program Manager to serve as the conductor of designated projects, ensuring goals and objectives are accomplished within prescribed time frames and funding parameters. You will be responsible for overall project success, removing roadblocks, recovering from issues, and maintaining strong customer relationships.
What You'll Do
- Support all business objectives by aligning Program Management activities with organizational goals.
- Represent the company with assigned customers and maintain customer relationships and expectations.
- Manage and track open issues within scope, driving them to closure through tracking, delegation, and escalation.
- Plan program activities and develop master timing schedules that meet program objectives.
- Lead assigned program activities for continuous future development, growth, and improvement.
- Ensure customer satisfaction regarding feasibility and design specifications, keeping records of customer design.
- Travel to customer locations for product development reviews, testing, and change updates, with periodic travel to company manufacturing facilities.
- Develop program status reports and report status to management.
- Lead 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, identifying issues and leading resolutions.
- Coordinate all product development activity between OEM customer and internal responsible departments.
- Manage assigned program’s product launch phases, including control of timing requirements, program issues, and commercial impact of design changes.
- Review and/or develop cost analyses and proposals aimed at cost reduction or improvement of the assigned program’s sales operations.
- Participate in customer strategic discussions for issue resolution.
- Lead coordination of manufacturing, quality, and engineering 'exceptions' or clarification lists, ensuring all customer requirements are addressed and negotiated.
- Manage internal project approval and cost details, technical and commercial change logs.
- Directly support project teams (engineering, quality, sales, etc.) and follow up on related projects.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Project/Program Management
- 5 – 15 years of industry experience
- 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 and detail oriented
Technical Stack
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Project
Team & Environment
You may be required to supervise duties of others as designated by area/department management.
Work Mode
This role operates in an onsite work mode.
ASTEMO AMERICAS, INC. is committed to building an inclusive work environment that celebrates differences and ensures every employee feels valued, respected, and empowered. We challenge the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, identity, disability, protected veteran status and national origin.
