Senior Engineering Program Manager

Role Overview

• Own the overall delivery success of assigned programs and lead cross-functional teams through planning, execution, launch readiness, and closeout
• Develop, maintain, and communicate integrated program plans that reflect scope, timing, capacity, dependencies, risks, milestones, and key decision points
• Own the end-to-end program schedule, ensuring critical path, dependencies, and execution risks are visible, understood, and actively managed
• Translate product requirements and business objectives into clear delivery scope, program milestones, and product realization plans in partnership with product management and engineering
• Lead new product development programs and related initiatives through the Generac Development Process
• Facilitate cross-functional alignment across all teams contributing to your programs
• Drive program execution with appropriate urgency by identifying blockers, clarifying ownership, escalating risks, and ensuring teams understand the decisions and actions needed to maintain forward progress
• Collaborate closely with engineering, materials, sourcing, quality, manufacturing, and operations to ensure part readiness, build readiness, supplier readiness, and smooth plant builds
• Understand, communicate, and document project budgets and financials, driving achievement of target product cost for Generac and life-cycle cost for customers
• Prepare and deliver clear program status updates for stakeholders and leadership
• Build trusted relationships with cross-functional partners and influence teams without direct authority
• Apply lessons learned from prior programs, identify improvement opportunities, and share best practices that improve program execution across the portfolio

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• 7 years of progressive work experience in engineering, project engineering, or brand/product management of equipment, machinery, or other powered products
• 5 years of project or program management experience in product development of industrial/commercial equipment, machinery, or other powered products
• Demonstrated experience managing new product development programs with stage-gate or phase-gate development process
• Experience supporting full-system product releases, including hardware, software, firmware, manufacturing, supply chain, service, and launch readiness considerations
• Experience managing programs within a portfolio or product line
• PMP, PgMP, Lean, Six Sigma, or equivalent certification with demonstrated practical application
• Experience working with global teams, international suppliers, or distributed development and manufacturing organizations

Tech Stack

• PMP

Benefits

• medical, dental and vision plans
• life insurance
• long-term disability
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• accrued paid time off
• eight paid holidays
• 401(k) retirement benefits