Integrated Solutions Program Manager

Position Overview The FrontEnd Integrated Solutions Program Manager serves as a critical early-phase program development leader and continues ownership through full program execution. This role is responsible for shaping, aligning, and driving complex integrated solution programs—often involving multiple products, technologies, and segments—from opportunity identification (prePR1 / PR0) through delivery and launch. The role operates at the intersection of cross-functional teams and customers, reducing ambiguity early, aligning cross-functional expectations, and ensuring programs enter execution with a clear, achievable, and well-defined foundation. The position maintains continuity by acting as the primary program manager throughout the lifecycle, not just during definition. Key Responsibilities Early Phase Program Leadership Act as the primary program owner during frontend program definition, from opportunity identification through early development alignment and program definition. Lead structured discussions to define program charter, objectives, scope boundaries, deliverables, assumptions, and constraints. Establish clear timing expectations, milestone intent, and handoff criteria prior to formal program execution. License Agreement Coordination Act as the program coordinator for license-based engagements with competitors or external partners to acquire required technical data, documentation, and deliverables per executed license agreements. Coordinate cross-functionally with Legal, Product Management, Engineering, and Sales to ensure requests align strictly with license scope, terms, and timing obligations. Track and manage license-required deliverables. Serve as the single program point of contact for inbound and outbound technical data exchanges, ensuring consistency, traceability, and controlled communication. Program Execution & Delivery Continuing ownership of the program through formal execution, ensuring continuity from definition to delivery. Develop and maintain detailed program plans, schedules, and milestone tracking. Drive execution across cross-functional teams to meet scope, schedule, cost and quality objectives. Lead regular program reviews, risk assessments, and issue resolution. Lead project teams by coordinating, communicating, and managing interdependencies between related projects to achieve program goals. Manage change control, scope adjustments, and customer communication throughout the lifecycle. Cross Functional Alignment Facilitate collaboration across to align technical feasibility, customer requirements, and business objectives. Drive clarity across multiple product or technological elements within an integrated solution. Ensure and balance alignment of stakeholder expectations. Customer Engagement Lead customer discussions to translate high-level needs, timelines, and constraints into a clear program charter, including scope boundaries, assumptions, and risks. Facilitate alignment between customer expectations and internal cross-functional feasibility. Owning customer communication for delivery, regular execution status updates, changes, and risks. Align internal teams and customers on expectations, risks, and decision points early to avoid downstream rework. Program Definition & Risk Management Identify gaps, risks, and ambiguities during early program development and drive resolution or escalation. Document and maintain program definition artifacts (charter, scope of summary, timeline assumptions, risk items). Support early feasibility assessments and tradeoff discussions across disciplines. Required Skills & Qualifications 5+ years\' experience in program or project management within technical or engineered product environments Strong ability to lead cross-functional, multidiscipline teams Customer-facing communication and facilitation skills Experience working with PM, Engineering, and Sales/FAE organizations Proven ability to manage ambiguity and drive clarity early in program lifecycles What Will Put You Ahead Background in integrated solutions, engineering, or product programs Experience in pre-NPI / early development phases Familiarity with structured product development or PDP frameworks PMP Certification For this role, we anticipate paying $120,000- $150,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form. Hiring Philosophy All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here. Who We Are At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company. Our Benefits Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter. Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results. Equal Opportunities Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu). #J-18808-Ljbffr Molex