Engineering Program Manager

Chattanooga, TN, US • Posted 6 days ago • Updated 6 days ago
Full Time
Occasional Travel Required
On-site
Depends on Experience
Fitment

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Skills

  • PMO

Summary

Hiring Now: Operations Program Manager – PMO Leadership Opportunity

📍 Chattanooga/Jerome Area | 100% Onsite
📈 High Visibility Role | Leadership Growth Opportunity

Our client is actively seeking an experienced Operations Program Manager to join a newly established and rapidly growing PMO organization. This is a high-impact leadership role offering the opportunity to shape PMO processes, lead a team of Project Managers, and drive enterprise-wide operational initiatives across multiple manufacturing facilities.

If you are a strong people leader with operational project management experience and a passion for building high-performing teams, this could be an excellent long-term opportunity — including future growth into a Director-level PMO role.


🔹 What You’ll Be Doing

  • Lead and mentor a team of 4–6 Project Managers
  • Drive large-scale operational and manufacturing projects across multiple facilities
  • Establish PMO governance, standards, and best practices
  • Partner with operations, engineering, and executive leadership teams
  • Manage initiatives related to:
    • Manufacturing operations
    • Supply chain optimization
    • Capacity planning
    • Inventory improvements
    • Process implementation
    • Engineering projects
  • Deliver executive-level presentations and project updates
  • Support organizational transformation and operational excellence initiatives

🔹 What We’re Looking For

✅ 7–10+ years of Program/Project Management experience
✅ Direct people management experience (must have managed 4+ employees)
✅ Experience conducting performance reviews, mentoring, and team development
✅ Strong operational or manufacturing project experience
✅ Excellent communication and executive presentation skills
✅ Ability to lead both strategically and hands-on


🔹 Preferred Background

⭐ Manufacturing / Engineering / Operations environment
⭐ PMP Certification preferred
⭐ Experience building PMO processes and governance
⭐ Strong Microsoft Project & Office skills

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
  • Dice Id: 91099677
  • Position Id: 8968127
  • Posted 6 days ago
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