Program Manager

The Program Manager is the accountable business leader for assigned customer programs from pursuit and award through development launch production stabilization engineering changes and closeout. The role leads a global cross-functional team without relying on direct reporting authority and is responsible for delivering customer and business commitments for safety quality timing cost cash and launch performance. The Program Manager establishes clear governance anticipates and closes risk enables timely decisions and maintains transparent communication with customers suppliers plant leadership and senior management.

Program Strategy and Governance

Own the integrated program plan scope assumptions milestones deliverables decision rights and success measures in alignment with the BorgWarner product development process and customer-specific requirements.

Lead program kickoffs recurring cross-functional reviews phase-gate reviews executive updates and formal program closeout.

Manage multiple programs or workstreams with clear priorities resource requirements interdependencies and escalation paths.

Launch APQP and Customer Readiness

Drive disciplined APQP execution and readiness for design validation process validation PPAP safe launch start of production and production ramp-up.

Confirm that product process tooling capacity supplier logistics packaging quality training maintenance and operational-readiness deliverables are complete and validated.

Lead recovery planning when milestones quality capacity or customer commitments are at risk.

Financial and Commercial Performance

Build and maintain the program business case budget capital plan resource plan and financial forecast.

Monitor program profitability investment tooling engineering cost launch cost warranty exposure cost-change impacts and cash milestones; drive corrective actions when performance deviates from plan.

Partner with Sales Finance Purchasing and Engineering to support quotations customer negotiations change recovery and commercial decisions.

Risk Change and Issue Management

Maintain an active risk and opportunity register covering technical timing quality supply capacity financial regulatory and customer risks with owners due dates and mitigation plans.

Lead structured problem solving and fact-based decision making using appropriate methods such as 8D root-cause analysis lessons learned and contingency planning.

Control scope and engineering changes by assessing cross-functional impacts securing approvals updating plans and communicating decisions.

Cross-Functional and Stakeholder Leadership

Lead and influence Engineering Manufacturing Quality Supply Chain Purchasing Sales Finance Operations suppliers and other stakeholders to meet program commitments.

Create a high-accountability team environment with clear ownership constructive challenge rapid issue resolution and inclusive decision making.

Represent BorgWarner professionally with customers and suppliers building trust through transparency responsiveness and reliable execution.

Digital Program Management and Reporting

Use approved program-management and collaboration systems to maintain a single current source of truth for timing cost risks actions decisions and deliverables.

Use dashboards and data analytics to identify trends forecast outcomes highlight exceptions and support timely management decisions.

Ensure program records approvals changes and customer deliverables are accurate traceable audit-ready and protected in accordance with applicable requirements.

Continuous Improvement and Sustainable Execution

Conduct post-launch and lessons-learned reviews; convert learning into improved standards tools estimates and future program plans.

Challenge the team to improve manufacturability quality cost delivery energy/resource efficiency and lifecycle value while meeting customer and regulatory requirements.

Support knowledge transfer talent development and repeatable program-management practices across the organization.

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