Director Engineering Programs

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Responsibilities:

• Implement and maintain the harmonized global stage-gate process across all sites to drive customer success, ensure operational consistency, and enable efficient product development cycles to product launch.

• Champion standardized project management tools and practices across cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment with corporate frameworks established by the Corporate Program Management Office and Quality Assurance & Regulatory departments.

• Maintain program portfolio visibility by overseeing assigned program portfolios, proactively escalating risks and issues, and delivering clear, actionable portfolio-level reporting to senior leadership to support strategic decision-making.

• Provide technical and process support to the Sales Organization, enabling effective customer engagement, solution development, and alignment with internal capabilities and timelines.

• Implement Quick-Turn Development and Prototyping Processes at the manufacturing sites, fostering rapid innovation, customer responsiveness, and early-stage product validation.

• Develop and refine the Division Business Strategy, including market analysis, competitive positioning, technology road mapping, and alignment with broader strategic objectives

• Support identification and evaluation of M&A targets, contributing to strategic growth initiatives by:

• Conducting market and competitive landscape assessments to identify potential acquisition opportunities.

• Collaborating with corporate development and finance teams to assess strategic fit, synergies, and risks.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Business Management

• PMP or other project management related certification

• 5+ years of end-to-end program management experience in engineering, R&D, quality, and/or in a medical manufacturing environment (specifically molding and assembly)

• 5+ years’ demonstrated experience running highly complex Project Management programs

• Highly proficient in collaborating with project stakeholders (client and internal), end-users, business partners, and technical team members to ensure proper systems and plan alignment

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to communicate to all levels of the organization

• Demonstrated experience in leading and/or presenting to project teams and senior leadership

• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams in a geographically diverse, matrixed organization

• Proficient in SAP along with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and MS Project)

• Travel 25% to 50%

The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.