The Program Leader is responsible for leading highly complex, cross-functional new product and technical development programs that support key business priorities and growth initiatives. This role drives alignment, execution, and delivery, ensuring clear plans, strong governance, and high-quality, decision-ready outputs.
This 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.
Lead 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.
Drive 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.
Develop 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.
Monitor 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.
Partner with Product Management, Marketing, Engineering, Operations, and other stakeholders to ensure implementation and execution readiness, including launch planning and operational preparedness.
Build 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.
Drive improvements in development processes, governance, tools, and ways of working to enhance program effectiveness, execution consistency, and business outcomes.
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Owens 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.
Owens Corning is an equal opportunity employer. Except in limited circumstances such as formal apprenticeship programs, Owens Corning does not employ anyone under the age of 18.
Owens Corning is a building products leader committed to building a sustainable future through material innovation. Our products provide durable, sustainable, energy-efficient solutions that leverage our unique capabilities and market-leading positions to help our customers win and grow. We are global in scope, human in scale with more than 25,000 employees in 31 countries dedicated to generating value for our customers and shareholders and making a difference in the communities where we work and live. Founded in 1938 and based in Toledo, Ohio, USA, Owens Corning posted 2024 sales of $11.0 billion. For more information, visit www.owenscorning.com.
