Sr Program Manager - Product Development & Strategic

Requisition Number: SRPRO
003758

• Posted :
  September 28, 2026
• Full-Time
• Hybrid

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Monroe, NC 28110, USA

KEY SUCCESS DELIVERABLES

• Accelerate New Product Development – Lead priority pump NPD/NPI programs from opportunity identification and business case through product development, validation, industrialization, launch, and post-launch review.
• Drive Strategic Growth Initiatives – Lead cross-functional programs focused on new markets, applications, product adjacencies, platform extensions, portfolio expansion, localization, and other strategic growth priorities.
• Deliver Commercial Outcomes – Ensure programs are anchored in clearly defined customer needs, market opportunities, revenue potential, margin objectives, and return on investment.
• Improve Speed to Market – Establish clear milestones, critical paths, decision points, and cross-functional accountability to accelerate development and commercialization.
• Drive Cross-Functional Execution – Create alignment across Product Management, Engineering, Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance around program objectives, priorities, resources, risks, and deliverables.
• Strengthen NPD/NPI Discipline – Drive effective use of CIRCOR's stage-gate/NPD process while ensuring the process enables speed, effective decision-making, and commercial outcomes.
• Provide Portfolio Visibility – Establish clear reporting of program status, risks, financial performance, resource requirements, and key decisions to Product Management and business leadership.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead cross-functional execution of priority pump NPD and NPI programs from concept through commercial launch.
• Partner with Product Management to translate market requirements, voice of customer, competitive insights, and application needs into clear product and program requirements.
• Develop integrated program plans covering product definition, engineering, sourcing, manufacturing readiness, testing, certification, commercial launch, and customer adoption.
• Establish program milestones, critical paths, decision gates, resource requirements, and accountabilities.
• Partner closely with Engineering to manage technical development, design reviews, validation, testing, and product readiness.
• Partner with Operations and Supply Chain to ensure manufacturability, sourcing readiness, capacity, cost, quality, and successful production launch.
• Partner with Sales and Product Management to develop launch plans, identify target customers and applications, support early customer engagement, and drive commercial adoption.
• Establish appropriate post-launch reviews to evaluate revenue, margin, customer adoption, product performance, and achievement of the original business case.

Strategic Growth Initiatives

• Lead high-priority strategic initiatives intended to expand CIRCOR's position in existing and new pump markets and applications.
• Support programs involving new applications, market adjacencies, product platform extensions, portfolio gaps, product localization, cost/value engineering, and other organic growth opportunities.
• Translate strategic growth opportunities into structured programs with clear scope, business objectives, financial targets, milestones, resources, and ownership.
• Coordinate customer, market, competitive, technical, and operational inputs required to evaluate and execute growth opportunities.
• Work with Product Management and Sales to validate customer demand and commercial assumptions before significant investment decisions.
• Drive rapid resolution of cross-functional issues that impede program progress or commercialization.

Business Case & Financial Management

• Partner with Product Management and Finance to develop…