Director of Program Management

The Director of Program Management will have oversight over all programs across the organization and will be responsible for establishing, implementing and controlling Program and Project Management methodologies, processes and tools to provide consistency in executing and meeting programs timelines and cost targets. The Director of Program Management will also coach, mentor and oversee the Program Management Team, ensuring they are supported and successfully engaging their business partners and program stakeholders to drive program execution.

The Director of Program Management will have oversight over STRATTEC's Program Development Process (PDP) and will work with PDP phase owners to ensure that the PDP process and standard work tools are up to date and being adhered to.

This leadership role is meant to navigate organizational complexity, prevent departmental silos, and implement best practice policies and procedures in a complex business and technology environment by developing and maintaining strong relationships with a variety of individuals across the organization within STRATTEC, our customers and partners.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Defines, develops, implements and provides oversight to program management practices, governance, standards, processes, tools and metrics. As well as driving periodic review and continuous improvement actions.

Ensures programs and projects are defined, tracked, managed, and communicated in a consistent and effective manner.
• Incorporates effective risk management controls.
• Drive decision-making with fact-based analytics and provide insights to senior leadership to support program management planning and execution.
• Develop and implement resource planning processes to ensure appropriate resource and skills availability across programs
• Strong ability to influence others and/or other parts of the organization without having direct oversight of those areas to drive overall organizational action
• Direct, mentor, and partner with program managers, and other functional managers to drive continuous improvement in program management standardization and execution.
• Identifies and recommends staff augmentation, either full-time or contract, to optimize support for the Program Management demand.
• Update and improve STRATTEC's Program Development Process (PDP) working with PDP phase owners to ensure that the PDP process and standard work tools are up to date including specific requirements for OEM's when appropriate.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business operations, finance or related field
• 8 years minimum in a Program Management and/or supervisory role within the automotive industry with a deep understanding of project management and finance.
• 3 years leading or managing a project management office (PMO)
• Experience with General Motors, Ford, Stellantis, and /or other OEMs, Tier 1 Automotive suppliers
• Collaborates with and manages multiple stakeholders including functional process owners.
• Strong business / financial acumen
• P&L and general financial understanding
• Adept in using financial analytics for business decisions
• Consistently moves problems toward resolution and helps others do the same
• Exhibits strong ethical values and drives this behavior in others
• Potential for domestic and global travel up to 10% per year

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's Degree or MBA
• PMI-PMP certification or equivalent
• Lean certification
• Business experience on a global scale
• Exhibit a high level of energy and possess excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written, oral, presentation and facilitation skills.
• Proven cross-functional / global leadership, coaching and influence skills.