NPI Program Manager

The NPI Manager will be expected to support new business opportunities and site to site transfers from initiation through prototype and production release. NPI PM will work with the Senior PM’s, Customer Business Management, and Manufacturing Operations groups to ensure projects are accurately planned, resourced, and executed to schedule and budget. NPI PM will be responsible for regular reporting of status to both UCT and our Customers teams, and delivering customer satisfaction.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Lead cross-functional teams in the introduction of new products, from complex subsystems to complete turn-key process modules following UCT’s New Product Integration process.
• Direct interaction with customers on product development, transition, and production release.
• Communication and coordination focal for all internal and external customers.
• Maintain project status, timeline, and budget.
• Drive and promote an environment supporting continuous improvement through creative problem solving and judicious application of technology.
• Drive customer team to process and hold them accountable to their deliverables.
• Direct interaction with Design Engineering resources as part of the extended team.
• Be the overall point of contact, maintain comprehensive and complete knowledge of the project, understand the critical path items and drive these for success.
• Ability to recognize key customer points of concern and drive the organization to respond through direct efforts, including escalating to management the concerns in a tactful manner to prevent missing targets and goals.

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The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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Overnight Travel :

10% : Work may require out of town travel depending upon assignment i.e., Trainings and / or meetings