Americas Advanced Manufacturing Strategy (AMS) Program Manager

Location: Davidson, North Carolina, United States; onsite Monday through Thursday, with a flexible work location on Fridays

Annual base salary: $123,721.66–$173,004.99, plus incentive eligibility.

Company

hirify.global develops comfortable, sustainable, and efficient climate solutions for buildings, homes, and transportation through brands including Trane and Thermo King.

What you will do

• Design and continuously optimize the Americas manufacturing footprint and long-term network architecture.
• Model demand scenarios and align capacity plans with Commercial forecasts and market volatility.
• Evaluate make-versus-buy, vertical integration, factory specialization, regions, and potential manufacturing sites.
• Develop business cases with Finance, assessing capital investments, service lead times, and supply-chain resilience.
• Integrate complex multi-phase programs involving 5–10 interdependent sub-projects, including equipment relocation, regulatory approvals, site buildouts, expansions, consolidations, and work transfers.
• Establish phase-gate governance, coordinate executive decisions, and support change management and workforce readiness during operational transitions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Business, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing operations, industrial engineering, or supply chain.
• Experience coordinating multi-phase capital programs or transition initiatives across multiple manufacturing sites.
• Strong program integration skills, including critical-path management, resource smoothing, and risk-register management.
• Ability to align Finance, Procurement, HR, IT, Engineering, and Plant Operations stakeholders through structured governance.
• Understanding of advanced manufacturing technologies, including MES, PLM, automation, DFM/DFA, FMEA, and 3P.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or MBA.
• 5+ years of direct leadership in manufacturing, operations strategy, or complex capital and transformation programs.

Culture & Benefits

• Health insurance and wellness programs for employees and families from day one.
• Family-building benefits covering fertility care and adoption or surrogacy assistance.
• Paid vacation, holidays, sick leave, volunteer leave, and parental leave options.
• 401(k) matching, training and education programs, tuition assistance, and student debt support.
• This is a safety-sensitive role and may require additional drug screening.