[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All TE Connectivity jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/te-connectivity/) · [Search jobs](/search/) TE Connectivity # Rochester Sr Manager, Program Management Ny 14604 Remote Manager or lead Executive & Management Listed on TE Connectivity’s official careers site. Listed as of October 20, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on TE Connectivity’s careers site →](https://careers.te.com/job/Rochester-Sr_-Manager%2C-Program-Management-NY-14604/1436233000/) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [TE Connectivity](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/te-connectivity/) / Rochester Sr Manager, Program Management Ny 14604 ## Job description ### Position Summary The Sr. Manager, Program Management role will lead the development, deployment, and scale-up of complex manufacturing machines across multiple factories. This leader will be hands-on, setting up the framework, rigor, end-to-end operating model and will build and lead a team of Program Managers to execute multiple machine generations and deployments in parallel. This role requires strong technical judgment, execution discipline, structured thinking, organizational leadership, and the ability to move seamlessly between detailed program execution and portfolio-level leadership. ### Location Preferred location Rochester, NY area. This position will begin as a remote role and transition toward a hybrid operating model. Candidates located outside Rochester must be based in the U.S. Eastern Time Zone (see below locations) and be able to travel to Rochester frequently to maintain a strong working presence with Program Management, engineering, manufacturing, and leadership teams. ### Canada - Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Kingston, or Mississauga - U.S. ### East Coast New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, or Florida Relocation to Rochester is preferred and will be considered on a case-by-case basis. ### Key Responsibilities Machine Development & Factory Deployment - Translate the machine roadmap into integrated plans across generations, development builds, qualification, production-intent builds, and factory deployment. - Drive cross-functional execution from architecture and design through integration, validation, release, installation, commissioning, production readiness, and handoff to Operations. - Own the integrated schedule, critical path, dependencies, risks, changes, decisions, and escalations across Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Operations, and factory teams. - Align machine readiness with factory readiness, product ramps, capacity needs, and business priorities. - Maintain disciplined version and configuration control and carry lessons learned forward across machine generations and sites. Portfolio, Operating Model & Scale - Manage the portfolio across overlapping machine generations, builds, deployments, upgrades, and factory capacity expansion. - Establish the machine program operating model, including roadmap, lifecycle, milestones, design/readiness reviews, decision forums, risk management, escalation, and executive reporting. - Build a repeatable deployment model that enables scale across factories while controlling variation, configuration, and execution quality. - Partner with other leaders to leverage common tools, workflows, dashboards, and data standards. - Use program data, retrospectives, and recurring issues to continuously improve execution. - Provide clear executive communication on status, risk, tradeoffs, decisions, and accountability. Team & Leadership - Start as the hands-on Program Management leader for critical machine programs, then build the team as the portfolio grows. - Define team structure, ownership, and coverage across machine generations, builds, and deployments. - Recruit, coach, and develop Program Managers who operate as technical integrators and execution leaders - not schedule administrators. - Drive alignment and accountability across functions and provide crisp, fact-based communication on status, risks, tradeoffs, and decisions required. - Challenge assumptions constructively, surface issues early, and drive timely decisions in a fast-moving environment. ### Player-Coach - Hands-on when needed while building and developing the team. ### Outcome Driven - Drives outcomes, accountability, blocker removal and challenges status-quo. ### Technical Fluency - Engages credibly with engineering and manufacturing teams. ### Systems Thinker - Connects machine development, factory readiness, capacity, and production. ### Organizational Builder - Builds teams, operating models, and scalable execution mechanisms. ### Influential Leader - Drives alignment across functions without relying on direct authority. ### Crisp Communicator - Brings clarity to complex issues and decisions. What your background should look like - 15+ years of experience in technical program management, engineering, equipment development, automation, or complex manufacturing systems. - Proven experience taking complex machines or manufacturing equipment from development through qualification, deployment, and production ramp. - Experience managing multiple concurrent programs, machine generations, or technology platforms. - Experience building high-performance teams, leading program managers or complex cross-functional technical teams. - Strong experience in manufacturing, industrialization, NPI, and factory scale-up, with working knowledge of Operations and Supply Chain. - Strong capability in integrated planning, critical-path management, risk management, dependency management, and executive escalation. ### Highly Preferred - Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field. - Experience with precision automation, semiconductor capital equipment, robotics, optics, or similarly complex machine platforms. - Experience deploying equipment or production systems across multiple factories and regions. - Experience operating in both fast-growth environments and large enterprises. - PMP, PgMP, or equivalent program-management certification. #TEOpticsJobs #USOpticsJobs Competencies SET: Strategy, Execution, Talent (for managers) ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Not stated - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 13, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 20, 2026 - Listed for: 7 days - Work arrangement: Remote[Apply on TE Connectivity’s careers site →](https://careers.te.com/job/Rochester-Sr_-Manager%2C-Program-Management-NY-14604/1436233000/) ## More jobs at TE Connectivity ### ['S Hertogenbosch Senior Director Engineering Nb 5216 Tv](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/te-connectivity/jobs/ef446585ef008af7e6b3/) ### [Assistenz Director Operations (m/w/d)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/te-connectivity/jobs/e4276c4b64c8b4af9792/) ### [Director Business Transformation (Mfd) Mi](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/te-connectivity/jobs/de209c5e369d63ca3b3a/) ### [Katy Project Management Intern Tx 77493](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/te-connectivity/jobs/90ca039c7756bdeb94be/) ### [Key Customer Supply Management Ka](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/te-connectivity/jobs/e11c670159f5b16766ed/) ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Program Management Advisor](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/fedex/jobs/51882911257fd0998409/) FedEx ### [Program/Project Management Lead](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/accenture/jobs/cb6b6bdad388e204dda6/) Accenture ### [aspire retail management program_macau](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/richemont/jobs/6fd55de47bac33412d54/) Richemont ### [Water Management Program, Environmental Science Advisor](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/edison-international/jobs/28cf419668d028bf6d20/) Edison International OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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