Director, Program Management

Your Job

Molex is seeking a Director, Program Management to translate customer demand and strategic priorities into disciplined, executable programs across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and commercial teams.

This role operates at the enterprise level, ensuring complex, global programs move forward with clarity, alignment, and predictable execution.

As Director, Program Management, you will lead through influence-anticipating risks, surfacing constraints early, and enabling teams to make informed trade-offs as programs evolve.

You will serve as a connective leader across functions and sites, aligning stakeholders on priorities, capacity, and outcomes while protecting customer commitments and supporting scalable growth.

What You Will Do


* Translate customer demand, forecast signals, and strategic priorities into integrated, multi-year program roadmaps


* Define program scope, objectives, milestones, and success metrics in collaboration with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and commercial leaders


* Lead cross-functional execution across global teams, ensuring clear ownership of workstreams, deliverables, and dependencies


* Establish and maintain program governance, including operating cadence, reviews, and escalation paths for leadership visibility


* Anticipate program risks, resource constraints, and capacity gaps before they impact delivery; drive mitigation strategies


* Enable informed decision-making by providing clear visibility into program health, trade-offs, and execution scenarios


* Facilitate alignment when competing priorities, scope changes, or resource conflicts arise


* Partner with plant leadership to support capacity expansion, automation initiatives, and operational readiness


* Act as a primary liaison between business teams and operations to resolve issues and maintain execution momentum


* Lead a small team of program manager to ensure end to end execution for customer deliverables


* Support strategic initiatives such as global footprint optimization, major customer programs, and M&A integration as needed

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* 10+ years of experience leading complex, cross-functional programs within engineering, manufacturing, or product development environments


* Demonstrated ability to influence and align senior stakeholders without direct authority


* Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, supply chain dynamics, and capacity planning


* Proven executive presence with the ability to communicate clearly across all levels of the organization


* Experience operating in global, matrixed organizations with distributed teams


* Strong analytical, problem-solving, and systems-thinking capabilities


* Ability to problem-solve and implement consistent processes across an organization


* Willingness to travel up to 20% and participate in meetings across global time zones

What Will Put You Ahead

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