Principal Program Manager – Auto & Industrial

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $116k - $143k / year

⏰ Full Time

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📋 Program Manager

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Xometry

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2013

🚘 Automotive

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

💰 $75M Series E on 2020-09

Automotive • Healthcare • Logistics

Xometry is a leading digital manufacturing marketplace, offering a comprehensive range of on-demand manufacturing and production solutions. Specializing in 3D printing, CNC machining, injection molding, and sheet metal fabrication, Xometry serves industries such as aerospace, automotive, medical, and electronics. The company provides instant quoting, DFM feedback, and quality assurance through its massive global supplier network, enabling clients to efficiently manage prototyping, high-volume production, and custom part manufacturing. Xometry emphasizes environmental sustainability with initiatives like carbon emission offsetting, and offers features such as the Xometry Instant Quoting Engine and Teamspace for streamlined project collaboration.

📋 Description

• Own multiple concurrent, complex production programs from opportunity and award through first article, launch, and repeat production • Build and manage program plans covering scope, timeline, quality, and cost • Run programs using the Xometry Product Development Process aligned with APQP • Manage program budgets and financials, including tooling, capital, and margin • Track launch and production metrics, including timeline adherence, delivery, quality, customer experience, and financial results • Serve as primary point of contact for customer program, engineering, quality, and procurement teams • Lead cross-functional teams across Sales, Field Deployed Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain Planning, and the Partner Network • Hold manufacturing partners accountable for capacity, schedule, quality, and program commitments • Coordinate resources, capacity, and dependencies; identify risks; escalate issues; and lead mitigation and recovery • Communicate program status through regular customer and internal leadership reviews • Identify opportunities to expand programs within existing accounts and bring them to Sales and Account Management • Lead operational initiatives improving program efficiency, scalability, and repeatability • Define and monitor KPIs and drive data-based improvements • Apply Lean principles and identify automation and process-improvement opportunities • Develop program management standards, templates, and playbooks • Improve program execution tools and systems with Product and Engineering • Mentor and coach program managers • Serve as escalation point for difficult portfolio issues • Help onboard program managers and contribute to hiring • Report to the Director, Strategic Program Operations

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Operations, Supply Chain, or a related field • 12+ years of program or project management experience, including leading production programs in a manufacturing environment • Manufacturing experience across processes such as CNC machining, injection molding, sheet metal, stamping, die casting, or extrusion • Demonstrated success running multiple concurrent, complex programs, often $5M or more each, from award through launch and into repeat production • Working knowledge of APQP and related quality planning practices • Experience managing program budgets, timelines, scope, and financial results • Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing supplier or contract manufacturer performance • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and facilitation skills in technical and manufacturing settings • Strong written and verbal communication, including executive-level presentation skills • Must be ITAR eligible as a U.S. person, such as a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, or individual granted asylum or refugee status • Preferred: 5+ years of military experience • Preferred: PMP certification • Preferred: Lean or Six Sigma certification • Preferred: Experience in automotive, aerospace, defense, or industrial manufacturing • Preferred: Experience with PPAP, AS9102 first article inspection, or other customer launch requirements • Preferred: Familiarity with ERP systems, Salesforce, BI tools such as Tableau or Looker, and project management tools such as Smartsheet, Jira, Asana, or Microsoft Project • Preferred: Experience in a high-mix contract manufacturing or manufacturing marketplace environment • Approximately 25% travel to customer and partner facilities

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual bonus • 401(k) match • Medical, dental and vision insurance • Life and disability insurance • Generous paid time off including vacation, sick leave, floating and fixed holidays, maternity and bonding leave • EAP and other wellbeing resources