Director, Program Management

Company Overview

Amperesand is disrupting industrial power with the first commercialized Solid State Transformer systems. Solid State Transformers systems are much more than a transformer replacement, enabling numerous advanced features to unlock solutions for data centers, EV charging, renewables, microgrids, and industrial installations. We are looking for mission driven team members passionate about making amazing products for worldwide electrification at maximum acceleration. Amperesand is building a global company and looking for talent across our geographies.

Role Summary

The Director of Program Management will lead and oversee complex, multi-regional programs, ensuring successful product development and deployment from concept through execution. This role drives strategic alignment across cross-functional teams, including engineering, product development, supply chain, and manufacturing, while fostering a high-performing, collaborative team culture. The Director will provide executive-level visibility into program status, risks, and opportunities, and will own processes, budgets, and schedules to ensure delivery of high-quality results on time and within cost.

Responsibilities

Oversee the planning, execution, and tracking of complex programs, ensuring milestones, scope, budget, and quality commitments are consistently met.

Lead and drive cross-functional collaboration across global teams in Singapore and the U.S., aligning program objectives with organizational strategy.

Manage, mentor, and build a high-performing program management team, fostering professional growth, accountability, and collaboration.

Drive program financials, controlling budgets and facilitating cost optimization while balancing scope, quality, and timeline objectives.

Provide executive-level reporting and communications, delivering transparency to leadership, partners, and stakeholders, and facilitating informed decision-making.

Work with our Supply Chain team to ensure material readiness is aligned with engineering goals to mitigate supply chain, material, and quality risks in our product development and execution

Set strategic direction for project engineers and cross-functional teams, aligning priorities, requirements, risk mitigation, and program schedules with business goals.

Define program scope, roadmap, and budgets in collaboration with product management and engineering leadership to drive successful product outcomes.

Collaborate with Supply Chain in leading cost reduction and operational efficiency initiatives across programs, ensuring product costs, inventory, and financial targets are optimized.

Develop, refine, and implement program management frameworks, processes, and best practices to enable consistent, scalable, and efficient program execution.

Identify, assess, and proactively manage program risks, establishing mitigation plans, evaluating trade-offs, and implementing corrective actions to maximize risk mitigation.

Champion a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and professional development within the program management organization.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Business, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.

10+ years of experience in program management or operations leadership, preferably in global, multi-site environments.

Proven track record of managing complex, cross-functional programs from concept to execution.

Strong leadership, team-building, and mentoring skills, with experience managing high-performing teams.

Exceptionally strong communication skills that demonstrate an ability to communicate visually verbally and in writing to both technical and non-technical team members.

Experience working in an engineering organization focused on electrical systems, power electronics, or other similar products in a manufacturing / production environment.

Thrive under pressure while managing competing priorities, challenges, and program risks, quickly adapting to changes to ensure successful program execution.

Willingness and ability to travel up to 20% including internationally

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