Director of Program Management - Manufacturing

Job Description

Job Description

Director of Program Management – Manufacturing (Fort Worth, TX)

Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Compensation: $160,000 – $200,000 base + bonus + benefits

We are seeking a Director of Program Management to lead execution of complex manufacturing programs across a growing, evolving production environment.

This role is responsible for ensuring customer programs are delivered on time, on cost, and to specification , while also helping build structure, discipline, and scalability into how projects are executed across the business .

This is not a purely administrative PMO role. It requires a leader who can operate in technical, fast-moving, and sometimes undefined program environments , where solutions must often be created rather than followed.

• Lead end-to-end execution of manufacturing programs from award through delivery
• Own program performance across scope, schedule, cost, and quality
• Build and manage program plans, milestones, risk registers, and delivery frameworks
• Act as primary interface between customers, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain
• Drive alignment across production, procurement, and engineering on program requirements
• Identify and manage program risks, trade-offs, and recovery plans
• Ensure accurate forecasting of program timelines, costs, and capacity impacts
• Support pricing, estimating, and bid/proposal development with commercial teams
• Establish scalable project/program management processes and governance
• Lead continuous improvement in delivery execution and cross-functional coordination

• Programs delivered on time and within budget expectations
• Strong cross-functional alignment between engineering, ops, and supply chain
• Clear visibility of all active programs and risks
• Improved predictability in execution and delivery performance
• A more structured and scalable program delivery function over time

• Builder + Operator mindset (can create structure and run it)
• Experience managing complex, engineered manufacturing programs
• Strong ability to operate in dynamic, non-standardized environments
• Comfortable making decisions with incomplete or evolving information
• Strong cross-functional leadership across engineering and operations
• Excellent stakeholder and customer communication skills
• Ability to balance scope, cost, schedule, and production reality

• 8–15+ years in program management or project leadership
• Manufacturing, industrial, aerospace, defense, or OEM experience
• Experience managing technical, engineered, or custom production programs
• Strong understanding of production environments (machining, fabrication, assembly)
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects/programs
• Experience working with engineering and supply chain in delivery environments
• Familiarity with ERP/MRP-driven production planning preferred

• Aerospace, defense, or complex industrial manufacturing
• High-mix / low-volume or custom engineered products
• Growth or transformation-stage manufacturing environments