We work 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 innovated 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.
We offer a full array of benefits to our full-time employees, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, earned sick time, STD, LTD, 401K, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation, and paid holidays.
The Prototype Senior Program Manager will lead a multi-disciplined team typically consisting of
purchasing, supply chain, process engineering, manufacturing, and quality engineering from program
launch to closure. The Prototype Senior Program Manager will monitor progress of suppliers of
equipment and production parts to ensure on-time delivery.
As a Prototype Senior Program Manager, you will:
- Ensure that timely and accurate reviews and routine reports are conducted on assigned
projects, using these tools (P&CS Business Group Guidelines) to expose risks and elevate issues - Ensure programs launch on time and meet deliverables
- Meet profitability and capital financial targets throughout program life cycle
- Monitor timing, quality, technical and financial risks, and issues on assigned projects
- Determine post launch profitability as early as possible in development and report gaps to
business case profitability - Act as a customer advocate when conferring with other departments and provide direction on
program requirements and priorities within the Roush organization - Provide leadership, guidance, coaching and technical support to team members
- Mitigate risks through risk analysis and quantification and resolving issues
- Elevate and focus management attention when there is not timely resolution
To be as considered a Prototype Senior Program Manager, you will need:
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Minimum of 7 years of project or program management experience
- Working knowledge of program management processes (Project Scope Amendment (PSA), risk
identification) - 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, cost, quality, and delivery focused - Excellent skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project)
- Excellent presentation, verbal, and written communication skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related field
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
- Product development experience
- Experience with Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) documentation
- Familiar with, automotive Original Equipment Manufacturer Systems (OEM) (Webquote, ESupplier Connect, purchasing and data management systems)
- Knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM)
If you share our passion for providing innovative solutions to complex challenges, we want you on our team.
Please visit our careers page and apply by clicking on this link: https://jobs.roush.com/us/en/
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Roush is an EO employer – Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories
If you need a reasonable accommodation for our employment application process due to disability, please contact Roush Talent Acquisition at (734) 779-7087.
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Skills Required
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Minimum of 7 years of project or program management experience
- Working knowledge of program management processes (Project Scope Amendment (PSA), risk identification)
- 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 focus on customer, cost, quality, and delivery
- Excellent skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project)
- Excellent presentation, verbal, and written communication skills
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or related field
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
- Product development experience
- Experience with Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) documentation
- Familiarity with automotive OEM systems (Webquote, ESupplier Connect, purchasing and data management systems)
- Knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM)
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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