Manufacturing Design Program Manager

Job 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. To succeed, the Manufacturing Design program manager is relationship-focused, able to engage with a talented engineering team, the executive leadership team, and an international supply chain.

Key responsibilities include, but not limited to:

- Assessing vendor readiness for upcoming milestones, including equipment, tools, labor, factory space and team-member skillsets

- Maintaining and publishing vendor schedules to highlight critical checkpoints and mitigations

- Driving phase gate check-ins on a weekly basis with vendors, and with Apple x-functional teams on the required milestones

- Training vendors on all PM-related processes and standards

- Facilitating necessary meetings to drive discussion or solutions for open items on the program, for example with Product Design or Reliability teams

- Meeting frequently with GSM leads in different lines of business to understand roadmaps and program requirements and help with prioritization at vendors

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering / science degree
• 8+ years of experience in program management
• General understanding of manufacturing -> operations management, and supply chain management
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English
• Familiar with Office software / spreadsheets
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 50%

Preferred Qualifications

• Leadership abilities
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Experienced working with multi-disciplinary groups, driving schedule and task prioritization
• Experience leading team meetings/syncs
• Ability to lead without authority, foster trust, build credibility
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic with demonstrated critical thinking capabilities
• Experience presenting to executive level management on program status, recommendations, and priorities
• MS/MBA degree or equivalent is preferred