Program Manager

Description

The company is an engineering firm with more than 3,000 specialists across North America, serving clients in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and other sectors.

It is part of a global group of over 57,000 engineers in 30 countries and covers product development from consulting through full project outsourcing.

You would work on hard engineering problems with mentorship and room to grow.

This role leads the move of critical shopfloor applications for manufacturing in Kinston, NC. You will take the program from planning through deployment and keep technical teams, business stakeholders, and outside partners aligned.

The ideal candidate has solid program or project management experience, has worked on manufacturing or digital transformation efforts, and can run complex projects with many stakeholders, timelines, and technical dependencies. Aerospace, SAP or MES systems, application migrations, or shopfloor technology experience would be highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage program plans, roadmaps, milestones, and deliverables.
• Lead the shopfloor application migration so it lands on schedule, within budget, and in scope.
• Direct work across engineering, IT, manufacturing, vendors, and business stakeholders.
• Track risks, issues, and dependencies, and set mitigation steps across the program lifecycle.
• Give stakeholders regular updates on status, progress, and key decisions.
• Manage migration planning, cutover, system testing, validation, and deployment.
• Help teams adopt new systems and processes through change management.
• Keep business goals, operational needs, and technical solutions in line with each other.
• Monitor program performance and take corrective action when needed.
• Run meetings, workshops, and decision sessions with key stakeholders.
• Support data migration, application modernization, and system integration.
• Encourage teamwork while keeping the focus on program goals and delivery dates.
• Work well in a demanding manufacturing setting that is driving digital change.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, information technology, project management, or a related field.
• At least 8 years of program or project management experience.
• Experience running large IT, manufacturing, or digital transformation projects.
• Working knowledge of project management methods, tools, and practices.
• Track record of managing scope, schedule, budget, risk, and stakeholder expectations.
• Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Good problem-solving, organization, and decision-making abilities.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and external vendors.
• Comfortable working in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
• Experience with application migration, modernization, or enterprise system implementations.
• Preferred: experience with SAP, MES, shopfloor systems, or manufacturing technology.
• Preferred: experience with data migration, testing strategy, deployment planning, and change management.
• Preferred: aerospace or manufacturing industry background.
• Preferred: PMP certification or an equivalent project management credential.

Conditions

Based in Kinston, NC.

The company is a federal contractor with a drug-free workplace, so a pre-employment drug screen is required as a condition of hire.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits.
• Mentorship and career growth opportunities.