Director, Engineering Program Management

Role Summary: 

The Director of Program Management will lead and oversee complex, multi-regional programs, ensuring successful product development and deployment from concept through execution. This role drives strategic alignment across cross-functional teams, including engineering, product development, supply chain, and manufacturing, while fostering a high-performing, collaborative team culture. The Director will provide executive-level visibility into program status, risks, and opportunities, and will own processes, budgets, and schedules to ensure delivery of high-quality results on time and within cost. 

Responsibilities: 

• Oversee the planning, execution, and tracking of complex programs, ensuring milestones, scope, budget, and quality commitments are consistently met. 

•  Lead and drive cross-functional collaboration across global teams in Singapore and the U.S., aligning program objectives with organizational strategy. 

• Manage, mentor, and build a high-performing program management team, fostering professional growth, accountability, and collaboration. 

• Drive program financials, controlling budgets and facilitating cost optimization while balancing scope, quality, and timeline objectives. 

• Provide executive-level reporting and communications, delivering transparency to leadership, partners, and stakeholders, and facilitating informed decision-making. 

• Work with our Supply Chain team to ensure material readiness is aligned with engineering goals to mitigate supply chain, material, and quality risks in our product development and execution 

• Set strategic direction for project engineers and cross-functional teams, aligning priorities, requirements, risk mitigation, and program schedules with business goals. 

• Define program scope, roadmap, and budgets in collaboration with product management and engineering leadership to drive successful product outcomes. 

• Collaborate with Supply Chain in leading cost reduction and operational efficiency initiatives across programs, ensuring product costs, inventory, and financial targets are optimized. 

• Develop, refine, and implement program management frameworks, processes, and best practices to enable consistent, scalable, and efficient program execution. 

• Identify, assess, and proactively manage program risks, establishing mitigation plans, evaluating trade-offs, and implementing corrective actions to maximize risk mitigation. 

• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and professional development within the program management organization. 

Qualifications:  

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field; advanced degree preferred (master's in engineering). 

• 10+ years of experience in program management or operations leadership, preferably in global, multi-site environments. 

• Proven track record of managing complex, cross-functional programs from concept to execution. 

• Strong leadership, team-building, and mentoring skills, with experience managing high-performing teams. 

• Exceptionally strong communication skills that demonstrate an ability to communicate visually verbally and in writing to both technical and non-technical team members. 

• Experience working in an engineering organization focused on electrical systems, power electronics, or other similar products in a manufacturing / production environment. 

• Thrive under pressure while managing competing priorities, challenges, and program risks, quickly adapting to changes to ensure successful program execution. 

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 20% including internationally 

Role Summary: 

The Director of Program Management will lead and oversee complex, multi-regional programs, ensuring successful product development and deployment from concept through execution. This role drives strategic alignment across cross-functional teams, including engineering, product development, supply chain, and manufacturing, while fostering a high-performing, collaborative team culture. The Director will provide executive-level visibility into program status, risks, and opportunities, and will own processes, budgets, and schedules to ensure delivery of high-quality results on time and within cost. 

Responsibilities: 

• Oversee the planning, execution, and tracking of complex programs, ensuring milestones, scope, budget, and quality commitments are consistently met. 

•  Lead and drive cross-functional collaboration across global teams in Singapore and the U.S., aligning program objectives with organizational strategy. 

• Manage, mentor, and build a high-performing program management team, fostering professional growth, accountability, and collaboration. 

• Drive program financials, controlling budgets and facilitating cost optimization while balancing scope, quality, and timeline objectives. 

• Provide executive-level reporting and communications, delivering transparency to leadership, partners, and stakeholders, and facilitating informed decision-making. 

• Work with our Supply Chain team to ensure material readiness is aligned with engineering goals to mitigate supply chain, material, and quality risks in our product development and execution 

• Set strategic direction for project engineers and cross-functional teams, aligning priorities, requirements, risk mitigation, and program schedules with business goals. 

• Define program scope, roadmap, and budgets in collaboration with product management and engineering leadership to drive successful product outcomes. 

• Collaborate with Supply Chain in leading cost reduction and operational efficiency initiatives across programs, ensuring product costs, inventory, and financial targets are optimized. 

• Develop, refine, and implement program management frameworks, processes, and best practices to enable consistent, scalable, and efficient program execution. 

• Identify, assess, and proactively manage program risks, establishing mitigation plans, evaluating trade-offs, and implementing corrective actions to maximize risk mitigation. 

• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and professional development within the program management organization. 

Qualifications:  

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field; advanced degree preferred (master's in engineering). 

• 10+ years of experience in program management or operations leadership, preferably in global, multi-site environments. 

• Proven track record of managing complex, cross-functional programs from concept to execution. 

• Strong leadership, team-building, and mentoring skills, with experience managing high-performing teams. 

• Exceptionally strong communication skills that demonstrate an ability to communicate visually verbally and in writing to both technical and non-technical team members. 

• Experience working in an engineering organization focused on electrical systems, power electronics, or other similar products in a manufacturing / production environment. 

• Thrive under pressure while managing competing priorities, challenges, and program risks, quickly adapting to changes to ensure successful program execution. 

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 20% including internationally