Program Manager

Job Description

Job Description

MGS has an exciting opportunity for a Program Manager to join our MGS Germantown Manufacturing team.

As a Program Manager at MGS, you will manage all corporate projects and correspondence with customers and plant management for MGS Germantown.

Below are additional duties and responsibilities:

• Responsible for all aspects of a customer's project including tool builds (when sourced as part of the project), qualification, and production.
• Manages both budget and administrative responsibilities on assigned programs.
• Drive execution of projects for the plant product development team (FOT trials through first three complete production runs, cost reduction, alternate material validations.)
• Lead program reviews that provide appropriate status, costs, and risk management.
• Report program status to Germantown Plant Management weekly.
• Formally identifies, assesses, monitors, and mitigates risk throughout the program life cycle. Obtains management approval prior to making decisions that will cause deterioration of established program, cost, and schedule objectives.
• Seek Germantown Plant Management assistance in resolving schedule and budget problems as they arise.
• Provide leadership of plant program team. Assures communication and cooperation among team members and helps to resolve areas of conflict.
• Responsible for general management of product launch into the production environment. Coordinate production resources to deliver smooth launch activity.
• Assure a timely closeout of program phase gates to ensure that customer obligations are satisfied, and program documentation is correct.
• Understand and develop program metrics. Communicate the expectations to the plant.
• Lead program improvement activities with specific cost reduction targets.
• Develop and understand principles of program planning (ex. developing BOM and ECO).
• Understand lean and process improvement principles.
• Any other duties as assigned.

About MGS

As a global provider of healthcare manufacturing solutions, MGS provides the right balance to drive vital innovations: robust end-to-end solutions combined with the strong customer focus and seamless collaboration of an agile partner. That's why we're the engineering and manufacturing partner of choice for today's leading Pharma, Diagnostic and MedTech innovators. Serving customers from 12 strategically located facilities around the world, we transform our customers' most pressing challenges into innovations that improve lives. To learn more about MGS, please visit

A qualified Program Manager candidate would fulfill these requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in business or related field of study.
• 5+ years of program management experience is preferred.
• A working understanding with practical application of MS Project.
• Plastics injection molding background preferred.
• PMP certification is preferred.

We offer an excellent benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401K, disability, life, FSA, vacation, and holidays.