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This role drives alignment, execution, and delivery, ensuring clear plans, strong governance, and high-quality, decision-ready outputs.\nThis position plays a critical role in connecting strategy to execution, enabling teams to move efficiently from early-stage concept through implementation and execution while navigating technical uncertainty, evolving requirements, and complex organizational dynamics. The Program Leader brings structure, clarity, and momentum to ambiguous initiatives, helping teams make informed decisions, manage risk, and achieve business objectives.\nRESPONSIBILITIES\nLead End-to-End Program Execution\nLead highly complex new product and technical development programs from concept through implementation and execution. Ensure alignment to business objectives, success criteria, and stakeholder expectations throughout the program lifecycle.\nLead Through Ambiguity & Drive Cross-Functional Alignment\nDrive progress in environments characterized by technical uncertainty, evolving requirements, and incomplete information. Lead and influence cross-functional teams to align priorities, manage complex interdependencies, resolve barriers, and facilitate critical decisions that optimize program outcomes.\nProgram Planning, Governance & Decision Support\nDevelop and maintain integrated program plans encompassing timelines, resources, dependencies, risks, assumptions, and key decision points. Ensure strong governance, visibility, accountability, and adherence to established development frameworks (e.g., Stage-Gate), enabling informed and timely decision-making.\nPerformance Management & Issue Resolution\nMonitor program performance against schedules, budgets, milestones, and commitments. Proactively identify risks and issues, manage changes effectively, and drive resolution to maintain momentum and achieve delivery objectives.\nImplementation & Execution Readiness\nPartner with Product Management, Marketing, Engineering, Operations, and other stakeholders to ensure implementation and execution readiness, including launch planning and operational preparedness.\nStakeholder Engagement & Communication\nBuild strong relationships across the organization and communicate program status, risks, decisions, and recommendations in a clear, concise manner tailored to technical, business, and executive audiences.\nContinuous Improvement\nDrive improvements in development processes, governance, tools, and ways of working to enhance program effectiveness, execution consistency, and business outcomes.\nSKILLS & CAPABILITIES\nProven experience leading highly complex new product and technical development programs throughout the development lifecycle.\nDemonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity, uncertainty, and evolving requirements.\nStrong program leadership experience across product development lifecycles and formal execution frameworks (e.g., Stage-Gate).\nAbility to influence and align cross-functional teams without direct authority.\nStrong systems-thinking capability with the ability to identify and manage complex interdependencies, facilitate trade-off discussions, and drive alignment across functions.\nAbility to integrate technical, operational, and business considerations into program plans, decisions, and execution strategies.\nExcellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including executive-level communication and facilitation of complex decisions.\nStrong planning, prioritization, problem-solving, and execution discipline across multiple initiatives.\nProven ability to manage risks, dependencies, assumptions, and trade-offs while maintaining program momentum and enabling informed decision-making. \nQUALIFICATIONS\n10+ years of experience leading complex, cross-functional new product or technical development programs within manufacturing-based industries such as building products, CPG, industrial products, foodservice, or similar environments.\nProven success leading physical product development programs from concept through implementation and launch.\nDemonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity, manage complex interdependencies, and drive alignment without direct authority.\nExperience working within Stage-Gate, or similar product development frameworks.\nStrong business acumen, risk management, and executive communication skills.\nEDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS\nBachelor’s degree required\nAdvanced degree (MBA or equivalent) preferred\nPMP or equivalent program/project management certification preferred\n#LI-AW1 #LI-HYBRID\nAbout Owens Corning\nOwens Corning is a branded building products leader with three complementary market-leading businesses providing roofing, insulation, and doors primarily for residential markets in North America and Europe. The company operates with an integrated go-to-market strategy and a unique set of OC Advantages™ - including its iconic brand, unparalleled commercial strength, leading technology, and winning cost position - to help customers win and grow in the market. Owens Corning is committed to helping build better and achieve more through winning partnerships, leading performance, and engaging people. Founded in 1938 and headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, Owens Corning is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: OC). For more information, visit www.owenscorning.com.\nOwens Corning is an equal opportunity employer. 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