Vice President, Programs

Vice President, Programs

About Re:Build Manufacturing

Re:Build was founded to ensure that the next generation of important products are made, at scale, in the US. We've assembled a powerful set of complementary capabilities and lines of business that enable us to design and manufacture nearly anything. Our acquired and organically grown businesses employ experts in every major engineering discipline, and we're leveraging their combined expertise to migrate to increasingly sophisticated program development and production, as well as the generation of our own products. Our unique set of capabilities – integrated into a single company and built upon common processes and culture - lend themselves to highly complex systems and products, and we offer customers a range of services including product and systems design, automation, fabrication, assembly, and large volume manufacturing. Our customers span a wide array of industries including aerospace, defense, mobility, healthcare, pharma, biotech, clean tech, chemicals, energy, lifestyle, food production, and industrial equipment.

The way we go about this work is as important as the work itself and is guided by The Re:Build Way, sixteen principles that dictate the way we work with each other, customers, vendors, and the communities where our business operates (link to The Re:Build Way principles).

Position Overview

Re:Build Manufacturing is seeking a Vice President of Programs to lead the transformation of a $100MM+ business into a core growth engine for the company. This leadership role will drive the operational, technical, and commercial capabilities needed to scale large, complex customer programs across design, engineering, and manufacturing. The role will own cross-company programs with responsibility for strategic business development, operational alignment of multi-site and/or multi-team capabilities and customer and financial outcomes.

This is not simply program management in the classic sense of tracking, coordination and communication. This is a role for a leader with a track record of consistently earning customer trust and scaling revenue while building a sustainable model for operational excellence and collaboration. This role reports to the Chief Executive Officer of Re:Build Manufacturing.

Key Responsibilities

Cross-Company Coordination:

Coordinate program work across multiple companies and teams, to include design, engineering and manufacturing

Find and fix organizational friction that slows down program execution

Build the operating model—processes, tools, governance—that enables consistently excellent program delivery across the company

Work with functional leaders (engineering, operations, supply chain, finance) to staff programs effectively and align priorities

Identify and develop strategic partnerships that strengthen Re:Build's ability to sell and deliver complex programs

Improve our mechanisms to eliminate the need for cross-company coordination

Business Ownership:

Performance of major cross-company programs from business development through delivery and support, with P L accountability

Serve as the primary executive responsible to customers for scope, cost, and quality

Drive program financial performance including revenue, margin and risk mitigation

Own the growth and health of the program’s portfolio—workforce planning, capability development, and long-term customer strategy

Make investment decisions on tooling, systems, and capabilities needed to win and execute programs

Launch new program delivery capabilities that let the company pursue previously unavailable opportunities

Team Building:

Lead, develop, and grow a team of single-threaded leaders who own outcomes of important, highly technical, complex customer programs. This is not traditional tracking and reporting program management.

Put in place program standards, metrics, and regular reviews that create visibility and accountability

Build partnerships and credibility with engineering, operations and sales leaders across the organization

Customer Stakeholder Leadership:

Act as the senior customer-facing leader for major programs, building trusted relationships at the executive level through delivery excellence

Communicate program status, risks, and opportunities internally and with customers—managing expectations and building confidence

Represent the company in key customer meetings, reviews, and negotiations

Executive Leadership Contribution:

Serve as an active member of Re:Build’s senior leadership

Give executive leadership clear, accurate visibility into the program portfolio—risks, opportunities, and resource needs

Build capability across Re:Build’s leaders to understand, pursue and win increasingly complex, high-value programs

Qualifications

Required Experience and Education:

10+ years of general management within engineering, design, manufacturing, or similar industries

Master's level degree in management, and substantial technical experien…