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This highly cross-functional role will drive all launch activities from design release through production ramp-up, ensuring manufacturing, supply chain, quality, engineering, and operations teams are aligned and prepared to achieve program objectives.\nThe Launch Program Manager will own launch execution, manage program timing, mitigate risks, and drive readiness across the organization to ensure products are launched on schedule, within budget, and meeting quality and performance requirements. This individual will serve as the operational leader for New Product Introduction (NPI) and production launch activities.\nKey Responsibilities\nNew Product Introduction & Launch Execution\nLead end-to-end launch activities for new products from development through production ramp-up.\nDevelop and maintain integrated launch plans, program timing schedules, and critical path milestones.\nDrive cross-functional execution across Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Quality, Manufacturing, and Logistics teams.\nCoordinate product industrialization activities to ensure manufacturing readiness prior to launch.\nManage launch deliverables, dependencies, and timelines to achieve program objectives.\nManufacturing Readiness\nDrive manufacturing readiness reviews and ensure production processes, equipment, tooling, documentation, and staffing plans are in place to support launch.\nPartner with Operations and Engineering teams to support production trials, pilot builds, validation 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