Manufacturing Design Program Manager (MDPM) - Color

Manufacturing Design Program Manager (MDPM)
Job Summary
The Manufacturing Design Program Manager (MDPM) is responsible for managing and guiding development activities of highly skilled process development, operations, and quality teams within Client s Manufacturing Design group. The MDPM will lead the team to develop processes for building extraordinary products from existing and new ideas based on business needs. The MDPM should possess a blend of business and technical knowledge, allowing for big-picture vision and the ability to dive deep into specific challenges. MDPM team members operate autonomously, demonstrate strong leadership capabilities, and juggle competing priorities with ease.

Key Qualifications
-Extraordinary leadership abilities with experience leading a x-functional team
-Experience presenting to leadership
-Experience working in a fast paced and large x-functional environment
-Experience in managing multiple meetings a day and pivoting quickly to changes
-Experience holding team members accountable and escalating as needed to move the project forward on time
-Experience in creating detailed projects schedules to understand critical paths and milestones
-Experience in managing phase gate reviews to ensure KOs and builds happen on time
-Experience in working in a manufacturing environment and product design
-5+ years of professional experience
-2+ years of program management experience with accomplishments in concept to market product development
-Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
-Experience with hardware consumer electronics devices (preferred)
-Experienced working with multi-disciplinary groups, driving schedule and tasks
-Experience leading team meetings/syncs
-Ability to lead without authority, foster trust, build credibility
-Ability to travel internationally
-An understanding of high-volume manufacturing processes, operations management, and supply chain management.
-Self-motivated and enthusiastic with demonstrated critical thinking capabilities
-Experience presenting to executive level management on program status, recommendations, and priorities
-Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks and requests
-BA or MA in engineering preferred

Description
The MDPM manages innovation within the manufacturing design team by challenging the technical team to implement new processes while maintaining timely readiness for mass production. The MDPM is relationship focused, engaging with a talented engineering team, the executive leadership team, and an international supply chain.

Key responsibilities include:
-Create process development schedules indicating critical path and key decision milestones
-Facilitate communication and cross functional alignment within the Manufacturing -Design organization and with other Client teams
-Drive suppliers, integrate their deliverables and schedules into the overall project
-Utilize a multi-functional team of engineers to meet overall program objectives
-Lead meetings and document action items and progress. Identify and prioritize project tasks and risks
-Hold team members accountable for meeting schedule commitments
-Drive issue resolution and risk management in order to meet timeline
-Coordinate weekly exec level presentations, crafting the message and prioritizing the open issues
-Previous experience in managing new product color development