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Senior Program Manager

Advance the automotive market and advance your career at Gentex! Join a collaborative culture devoted to innovation, cooperation, and continuous improvement. Your ideas are not just heard, they are celebrated! Explore Gentex today!

Purpose of the Position:

The Senior Program Manager is both a customer and internal facing position. This position coordinates the product development and engineering changes of new and sold business for a new complex technology by both leading cross functional teams and mentoring other program managers. Additionally, this position supports the coordination with the business and product teams in developing targets and product strategies.

Primary Responsibilities:

Initiate, kick-off and lead multiple product development programs including engineering changes and products consisting of new and existing technologies.
Develop the program scope and assure product timing, quality and delivery expectations are achieved.
Responsible for communication and escalation of key program issues impacting cost, quality, timing, resources, and customer specifications.
Adhere to the Gentex product development process.
Manage, monitor, and control cost and schedules of the assigned programs.
Promote commonality of manufacture for economy of scale and complexity reduction.
For new designs, utilize parts, methods, and practices, which are practical and realistic in actual production.
Works with and leads program launch meetings with internal departments.
Communicates and develops relationships with key customer contacts as necessary.
Contributes and supports development process changes and continuous improvement.
Participates in supporting pre-sales activities, strategy, product definition and pulls in and coordinates with the product teams as necessary.
Supports the development and execution of customer, technology, or regional product strategies.
A “subject matter” expert who coaches and mentors other program managers, establishes and promotes best practices in program management.

How You'll Do It:

Complying with all Company policies and procedures, safety regulations, company safety policies and safely perform all duties, including but not limited to, promoting a safe workplace.
Maintaining high level of honesty, integrity and confidentiality with respect to company matters.

Educational and Professional Experience:

BS/BA degree required.
Minimum of 7-10 years of product development and/or manufacturing experience in automotive manufacturing or product development preferred.
Minimum of 3-5 years of applying project/program management fundamentals in an automotive product development environment preferred..
Mastery of automotive standards and requirements.

Working Relationships:

This position reports to the Senior Lead Program Manager, Senior Group Program Manager, or Director of Program Management.
Significant Interaction with all levels of sales, commercial management, purchasing, production departments, quality, electrical, software, and mechanical engineering departments.

Gentex is an equal opportunity employer

Gentex extends equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants and employees regardless of an individual’s race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), disability, marital status, military service, height, weight, genetic information, or any other reason protected by law.

Assistance

Gentex is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at

recruiting@gentex.com

. Gentex will not discriminate against any qualified individual who can perform the essential functions of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.

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By Gentex Corporation

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FUNDING

Public

INDUSTRY

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

TEAM SIZE

1001-5000

LOCATION

Hybrid, based in Zeeland, MI

DATE POSTED

July 25, 2023