Program Coordination Manager
Fortive
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Everett • Washington • United States
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About the role
- Lead, manage, and support a team of globally dispersed Program Coordinators, providing clear direction, coaching, and performance feedback.
- Develop team capability in program coordination disciplines including change management, data integrity, and cross-functional communication.
- Establish clear role expectations, workload prioritization, and standard work to ensure consistent execution across programs.
- Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and collaboration.
- Ensure effective support of NPI and sustaining programs from kickoff through release and production handoff.
- Oversee BOM management, ECOs, deviations, part revisions, first article approvals, new item creation, and ERP/PLM promotion.
- Ensure accurate and timely program data across ERP, PLM, Jira, and related systems.
- Drive process discipline while leading continuous improvement initiatives across interdependent functions.
- Partner across the organization to improve tools and processes, reduce waste and rework, and improve predictability of program execution.
- Identify systemic gaps and lead corrective actions using structured problem-solving methodologies.
- Partner with multi-disciplinary functions in Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, Finance, Compliance, Quality, and Product Management.
- Ensure clear communication of program status, risks, and tradeoffs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of experience in program management or related roles with people leadership.
- Strong ERP/PLM knowledge.
- Demonstrated cross-functional leadership.
- Proven experience driving cross-functional process improvements impacting product development, manufacturing, quality, accounting, and compliance.
- Systems thinker capable of improving end-to-end value streams.
- Ability to influence and sustain improvements.
- Strong collaborator, contributing to a positive team culture across projects.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
program managementchange managementdata integrityprocess improvementstructured problem-solvingBOM managementECOspart revisionsfirst article approvalsnew item creation
Soft Skills
leadershipcoachingperformance feedbackaccountabilitycollaborationcommunicationinfluenceteam cultureworkload prioritizationcross-functional leadership
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree