Program Manager, Power Gen

Department: Program Management

Location: Dallas / Ft. Worth (DFW)

Compensation: $135,000 - $145,000 / year

Description Mission: Lead the successful execution of Power Generation programs from customer requirements through NPI, production launch, and ongoing delivery, ensuring programs achieve schedule, cost, quality, and customer commitments. Build strong customer confidence while driving cross-functional accountability across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Operations, and Sales.

Outcomes: NPI Milestone Execution: Achieve ≥95% of committed NPI milestones on time, including engineering release, prototype builds, validation, production readiness, and launch.

Program Financial Performance: Deliver programs within approved NPI and program budgets, with forecast variances identified and recovery actions implemented before commitments are missed.

Customer Delivery: Achieve ≥95% on-time delivery against committed customer dates for assigned programs.

Customer Satisfaction: Maintain ≥90% customer/stakeholder satisfaction, with concerns documented, actioned, and closed within agreed timelines.

Critical Risk Management: 100% of identified high-priority program risks have a documented owner, mitigation action, and due date, with overdue actions escalated within 5 business days.

Critical Issue Resolution: ≥90% of critical program issues are resolved or have an approved recovery plan in place by the agreed target date

Role Competencies: Engineering & Manufacturing Foundation: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required; experience in electric motors, motor components, electromechanical products, or related manufacturing strongly preferred.

Program Management Expertise: Demonstrated experience leading complex manufacturing programs; PMP certification preferred.

NPI & Manufacturing Launch: Experience leading products from customer requirements and engineering development through validation, production readiness, and manufacturing.

Leadership & Influence: Leads cross-functional teams and drives accountability across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Operations, and Sales.

Planning & Execution: Builds clear plans, milestones, dependencies, and ownership and drives execution against commitments.

Financial Management: Manages program budgets, forecasts, resources, and manufacturing cost drivers.

Customer Leadership: Builds customer confidence through clear communication, responsiveness, and delivery against commitments.

Risk & Problem Solving: Anticipates technical, manufacturing, supplier, quality, and delivery risks and drives timely resolution.

Ownership & Accountability: Takes ownership of results, proactively addresses problems, and drives programs through completion.