Roush works alongside the best and brightest to do incredibly cool things you wouldn't believe. At Roush, you're part of building the future. Are you someone that has a passion for providing innovative solutions to complex challenges? Do you want to work someplace where creativity and new ideas are encouraged? If so, then keep reading.
We fuse technology and engineering to provide product development solutions to customers in a diverse range of industries. Widely recognized for providing engineering, testing, prototype, and manufacturing services to the transportation industry, Roush also provides significant support to the aerospace, defense and theme park industries. With over 2,400 employees in facilities throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America, our unique combination of creativity and tenacity activates big ideas on a global stage.
The Program Manager will oversee multiple programs and teams, guiding projects from initial quote through successful completion. Supporting Roush’s Contract Manufacturing division in Livonia, MI, this role is ideal for a driven leader who thrives on collaboration, customer engagement, and delivering results across diverse teams.
Responsibilities:
- Manage business aspects of multiple concurrent programs and ensure financial targets and timing are met while maintaining established quality standards.
- Manage, lead, train, coach, and mentor program team(s) related to their job responsibilities.
- Plan, schedule, and oversee coordinator activities and monitor program(s) status.
- Actively maintain customer relationships to ensure customer satisfaction and quality of service.
- Managing all activities associated with materials, budgeting, and production for assigned programs(s).
- Act as liaison with the customer and program staff to properly identify and process scope changes, address issues and communicate regarding program milestones.
- Managing program related correspondence and documents through designated document management systems.
- Ensuring adherence to Roush’s standards of quality, safety, and best practices along with customer specific requirements.
- Direct and manage coordination groups that assign goals for subcontractors.
- Develop and execute large program plans. Manage day-to-day build operations supporting department management. Manage the execution of continuous quality improvement activities.
- Collect data from customers, suppliers, Bill of Material, and other resources to prepare presentations and reports. Review program(s) status daily and report percentage of completion.
- Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering.
- Minimum of 4 years of managing projects and programs.
- Minimum of 2 years of formal or informal leadership experience.
- U.S. citizen under International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) compliance.
- Demonstrated knowledge of program management tools and processes (change control, risk identification, phase gate).
- Proven customer relationship skills including the ability to interpret customer requests and deliverables with a focus on cost, quality and delivery.
- Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to effectively host presentations and work with cross functional teams.
- Expert skills in Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, and Project. Microsoft Excel is a large part of job responsibilities.
- Must have excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, the ability to follow directions and prioritize a wide range of assignments.
- Experience with people management and team leadership, direct or indirect.
- Working knowledge of program management tools (risk analyses, communication plans, timing plans, business cases, comprehensive financial analyses).
- Strong leadership and management skills, ability to solve complex problems, work independently, and be customer focused while managing cost, quality, and delivery.
- Experienced with Google applications.
Our full-time benefits include: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, earned sick time, STD, LTD, 401K, tuition reimbursement, employee referral bonuses, paid vacation, paid holidays.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in business or engineering
- Minimum of 4 years of managing projects and programs
- Minimum of 2 years of formal or informal leadership experience
- U.S. citizen under ITAR compliance
- Demonstrated knowledge of program management tools and processes
- Proven customer relationship skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Expert skills in Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, and Project
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
Roush Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Roush and has not been reviewed or approved by Roush.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as platinum-level and affordable, including medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, telemedicine, and wellness supports such as EAP, diabetes, and tobacco-cessation programs. Core protections like short- and long-term disability and life/AD&D are highlighted as strengths.
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Retirement Support — An employer-matched 401(k) is emphasized, with plan features such as profit-sharing elements, auto-enrollment, and loan availability that enhance accessibility. The retirement offering is characterized as competitive and a standout within the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid vacation, paid holidays, and earned sick time are provided alongside leaves for family/medical needs, pregnancy/adoption, military duty, jury duty, and bereavement. The breadth supports varied time-off needs across different life events.
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