Associate Strategic Program Manager

As an Associate Strategic Program Manager at Fictiv, you will support the Strategic Program Management team in accelerating product launches for leading enterprises and startups. This role involves ensuring products launch on time, within budget, and at optimal quality by collaborating cross-functionally with Sales, C&DFM, Quality, and Logistics. You will maintain program status, identify process gaps, drive operational improvements, and enhance customer satisfaction, focusing on continuous improvement and supporting customer change requests.

Must Have

• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders
• Maintain accurate program status across multiple systems
• Apply knowledge of operations or manufacturing to identify process gaps and drive improvements
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Track and report on program milestones
• Support customer change requests and project updates
• Ability to travel 10% annually
• Contribute to the QMS
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering
• 3+ years of manufacturing operations experience or 1-2 years of related experience
• Detail-oriented
• Strong organizational, program management, and time management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proactive self-starter

Good to Have

• Experience working with global manufacturing sites in a customer-facing role
• Basic knowledge of manufacturing processes such as CNC Machining, 3D Printing, Injection Molding, Sheet Metal Fabrication, Die Casting, or Assembly

This position will be based on-site in our Bangalore office, working overnight IST hours to support the US Pacific Standard Time zone.

Impact In This Role

As an Associate Strategic Program Manager (SPM) at Fictiv, you will work alongside some of the world’s leading enterprises and innovative startups to help accelerate their product launches while maintaining the highest quality standards. In this role, you will closely support the Strategic Program Management team in executing complex programs, helping ensure customers’ products launch on time, within budget, and at optimal quality. You will collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, C&DFM, Quality, and Logistics teams to keep projects on track and aligned with customer expectations. With a focus on continuous improvement, you will also contribute ideas and drive internal processes improvement and enhance the overall customer experience.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and support customer-facing interactions as needed to deliver high-quality service
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date program status across multiple systems to support business decision-making processes
• Apply your knowledge of operations or manufacturing to identify process gaps, risks, and drive operational improvements
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance program efficiency and customer satisfaction
• Track and report on program milestones, supporting adjustments to timelines and deliverables to meet quality and delivery standards
• Support customer change requests and project updates on multiple platforms (external and internal)
• Ability to travel 10% annually
• Quality: All employees are expected to maintain and contribute to the QMS

Desired Traits

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering
• 3+ years of manufacturing operations experience or 1-2 years of related experience
• Detail-oriented, strong organizational, program management, and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; experience working with diverse, cross-functional teams is a plus
• Proactive self-starter with a passion for learning, continuous improvement, and driving operational success
• Experience working with global manufacturing sites, in customer-facing role is preferred
• Basic knowledge of manufacturing processes such as CNC Machining, 3D Printing, Injection Molding, Sheet Metal Fabrication, Die Casting, or Assembly is preferred