Operation Program Manager

Job brief

As a Program Manager, you'll lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish working with stakeholders to plan requirements, manage project schedules, identify risks, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. Your projects will often span offices, time zones, and hemispheres. It's your job to coordinate the players and keep them up to date on progress and deadlines.

As a Program Manager, you lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects. You will plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating goals to project stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Drive manufacturing operational readiness in the factory leveraging partner resources as well as ongoing efficiency and improvement across factories from ramp to end-of-line (EOL).
• Anticipate production and operational risk, communicate and mitigate work with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to manage line bring-ups, qualification, material availability, and quality issues. Secure right level of capacity based on forecast and horizons.
• Work with original equipment manufacturers (OEM) partners to ensure performance goals for Quality, Turn Around Time (TAT), and Throughput (I/O/S) are met or exceeded from ramp to EOL.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and with partners to prepare for production ramp and product transitions. Lead meetings to communicate plans with cross-functional operations and demand planning. Adapt plans based on changing customer requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in electronics or computer consumer hardware.
• Experience with manufacturing or operations in Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) management and Supply Chain Management.

Preferred

• Master's degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Research, Operations Engineering, or another relevant field.
• Experience in the consumer technology market and facilitation with OEMs and third-party suppliers.

Experience in working with global and cross-functional internal and external teams.