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We are looking for exceptional individuals who want to learn, build, and lay a foundation for our company for the years to come.\nAbout this role:\nThe Program Manager is responsible for managing customer programs, new product introduction (NPI) activities, and sample coordination within a manufacturing environment. This role serves as the primary liaison between customers, engineering, operations, production, quality, and supply chain teams to ensure the successful execution of customer requirements, project timelines, and product launches. The ideal candidate will possess strong project management, communication, and operational coordination skills with the ability to drive programs from initial customer request through production readiness and launch.\nWhat good is a job without great benefits to reward your hard work?\nWhat We Have To Offer:\nCompetitive Base\n\nMedical/Dental/Vision insurance on day 1 of employment\n\nHealth Saving Account (HSA) with Employer contribution\n\nEmployee Assistance Program\n\n401(k) retirement plan and match program\n\nShort Term Disability (Employer Paid)\n\nLong Term Disability (Employer Paid)\n\nPaid Time Off (eligible after 90 days of employment)\n\nSick Leave (eligible after 90 days of employment)\n\nCompany Paid Holidays\n\nDiversity\nAt Noveon Magnetics, we believe our diversity makes us who we are, and we strive every day to build a culture where everyone feels welcome.\nWhat You’ll Be Doing:\nProgram Management & NPI Launch Execution\nManaging the life cycle of customer programs from initial request and concept phases through successful production launch and ongoing engineering support.\nCoordinating and tracking all New Product Introduction (NPI) activities across design, engineering, operations, production, quality, planning, and supply chain\ndepartments to guarantee perfect cross-functional alignment. \nMonitoring and updating complex project schedules, critical path milestones, project risks, and resource deliverables to ensure programs remain strictly on\nschedule.\nDriving comprehensive production readiness activities, including technical manufacturing documentation, process validation reviews, work instructions, and\nrobust launch execution planning.\nAPQP, PPAP, & Quality Delivery\nDirecting and managing the structured APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) process from initial phase-gates to final manufacturing handoff.\nPartnering directly with the Quality Department to compile, review, track, and deliver formal PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) packages and customer\nsubmissions to secure swift compliance approvals.\nOverseeing the logistical tracking of customer sample requests, custom prototype builds, manufacturing qualification runs, and technical engineering submissions.\nCommercial Alignment & Customer Interface\nServing as the definitive, primary point of contact for customer communications regarding program timelines, delivery commitments, engineering change notices\n(ECNs), and floor production status.\nPartnering closely with the Business Development and Applications Engineering teams to assess new opportunities, scope technical feasibility, and align\ncommercial priorities with operational capabilities.\nProactively coordinating customer timing expectations and technical requirements back to internal teams, ensuring customer timelines directly match\ncompany engineering and manufacturing capacities\nData Integrity & Continuous Improvemen t\nMaintaining highly accurate program documentation, change 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We’re a fast-growing, diverse team of scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, and innovators from across the globe united by a shared mission to support the commercialization of our magnet manufacturing technology and forge a new path toward resource efficiency, resource independence and a low-carbon economy.\nAs the only U.S manufacturer of permanent rare earth magnets essential to a range of technologies that rely on an electric motor--from electric vehicles to medical devices to aerospace and defense systems to clean energy--we’re ushering in an electric future that is 100% Made in America. All our operations, from R&D through production, assembly, and delivery, are conducted out of our state-of-the-art manufacturing center in San Marcos, Texas.\nNoveon Magnetics is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in the workplace. 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