Hardware Engineering Planning & Operations Program Manager

Program Manager

We're looking for a highly organized, execution-focused Program Manager to join Hardware Engineering's Operations team and take ownership of high-impact initiatives in our resource management efforts, focused on labor and vendor management. Our mission is to systematically enable and improve HWE's business and operational outcomes. This is an amazing opportunity to work with a passionate team who make a direct impact on Hardware Engineering's ability to operate and develop products efficiently.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in ambiguity, moves fast, and can build strong relationships to collaborate with a variety of partners. In this role, you will design and implement a vendor management and tracking system that enables you and the organization to leverage complex datasets for strategic decision-making. You'll develop scalable systems, streamline and optimize operational processes, and provide data-driven insights to guide key decisions. If you're a strategic, resourceful leader who's passionate about optimizing critical operations and supporting a world-class Hardware Engineering organization, we'd love to hear from you.

Minimum qualifications include a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, 5+ years of program management experience, ideally in fast-paced or high-growth environments, experience in business intelligence or related areas such as labor planning, vendor management, or workforce planning, strong background in analytics and data-driven problem-solving skills, strong analytical skills with a track record of using data to inform decisions, proven ability to lead enterprise programs, including planning and change management, ability to break down large, ambiguous initiatives into clear, actionable plans and drive them to execution, experience in requirements gathering and analytical scoping, performing deep-dive analyses, and delivering clear, insight-rich presentations to senior leaders, strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build relationships, resolve conflicts, and drive alignment across cross-functional teams and leadership, and comfort with ambiguity and change in dynamic, high-growth environments.

Preferred qualifications include a master's degree or equivalent experience, 8+ years of program management experience, with 2+ years experience in Labor Planning, Vendor Management, Workforce Planning, or Business Intelligence, demonstrated understanding of key factors that drive resourcing needs for hardware development programs, and ability to work with engineering teams to bridge technical requirements with operational processes, experience managing partner expectations and fostering strong, productive relationships across internal and external teams, familiarity with compliance and governance requirements related to vendor management, experience with process automation, workflow optimization, or tooling to scale vendor operations, strong analytical experience with a passion for evidence- and data-based decision-making, and proficiency with data visualization and BI tools for analysis and reporting.

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