Director Engineering Programs

• 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 and collaborating with corporate development and finance teams.

This role drives customer success, operational consistency, and efficient product development cycles in medical manufacturing, contributing to strategic growth and innovation in the healthcare sector.

• 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%.

No specific benefits, compensation, or salary information provided in the job posting.

The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion, operating in medical manufacturing with a focus on engineering and innovation.