System Program Manager

Description

You lead the development, standardization, governance and ongoing improvement of business processes, operating procedures and documentation across the company.

You make sure processes are clearly defined, documented and controlled, and that they fit the systems, operating needs, compliance standards and business goals.

You work with Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Engineering, Finance, Quality and IT to turn business needs into standard processes that scale, last and support operational excellence and system adoption.

You own enterprise and site-level process documents, procedures and work instructions, and keep them consistent across functions and plants.

You oversee process changes tied to ERP implementations, system upgrades and operational transformation.

You support audit readiness, compliance and knowledge management.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain integrated program plans and critical paths.
• Lead cross-functional teams through every phase and stage-gate review.
• Drive milestones, deliverables and launch readiness activities to completion.
• Keep product strategy, engineering development and manufacturing readiness aligned.
• Own project schedules, budgets and resource plans.
• Identify, assess and mitigate program risks and issues.
• Maintain risk registers and escalation processes.
• Track KPIs and report project status to leadership.
• Coordinate work across Product Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Quality, Service and Commercial teams.
• Run regular project reviews and decision-making forums.
• Hold each functional organization accountable for its deliverables.
• Make sure BOM, routing, sourcing and manufacturing processes are ready.
• Organize pilot builds, validation activities and production ramp-up.
• Support supplier readiness and reduce supply chain risk.
• Work with plant teams to move the product into production.
• Manage Engineering Change Notices (ECNs) and product release processes.
• Put product definitions into PLM and ERP systems.
• Coordinate launch documentation, compliance requirements and quality approvals.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Business or a related field.
• 5-10+ years in NPI, program management, product development, manufacturing or supply chain.
• Experience running cross-functional product development programs.
• Knowledge of stage-gate product development processes.
• Preferred: PMP certification.
• Preferred: experience with SAP, PLM, ERP and project management tools.
• Program and project management.
• Cross-functional leadership.
• Risk management.
• Financial and budget management.
• Knowledge of the product development lifecycle.
• Understanding of supply chain and manufacturing.
• Executive communication and stakeholder management.
• Data analysis and KPI reporting.
• Tracking KPIs such as on-time launch performance, budget adherence, product development cycle time, manufacturing readiness achievement, first-pass yield and launch quality, cost reduction and margin attainment, risk mitigation effectiveness and customer launch satisfaction.

Conditions

This role is on-site.