Program Manager - Semiconductor Solutions in Woodridge, Illinois at MRA Recruiting Services

Company Name: Components Express Inc.
Job Title: Program Manager – Semiconductor Solutions
Employment Type: Full-time Exempt
Location: Woodridge, IL (On-Site)
About Components Express
At Components Express, a 2Connect company, we help customers solve complex connectivity challenges through high-performance cable assemblies, engineered products, and custom solutions. Combining local expertise with the global strength of the 2Connect Group, we deliver innovative, reliable solutions to industries where performance matters most.

About the Role
As our Program Manager, you’ll bring structure, oversight, and momentum to our most strategic and technically complex programs within our Semiconductor Business Line. You’ll lead company-wide initiatives, ensuring that customer requirements, internal deliverables, and supplier agreements align seamlessly.

In this role, you’ll be the force that creates clarity and brings alignment, structure, and momentum across engineering, operations, supply chain, customers, and suppliers to ensure our ambitions truly land in the organization.

This is a unique opportunity to make a visible impact in a newly created role by helping to build and strengthen program management practices within a fast-growing and technology-driven semiconductor environment.

What You’ll Take On

• Monitoring planning, deliverables, and dependencies within multidisciplinary teams.
• Actively driving progress towards customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
• Improving project and program management processes within our Business Lines.
• Overseeing risks, creating clarity, and escalating in time when needed.
• Building a future-proof approach for large-scale development trajectories.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Technical Business Administration, Strategic Management, or a related field.
• Proven leadership experience in Program Management or Project Management within the semiconductor, electronics, high-tech manufacturing, or related industry.
• You have an affinity for technology with the ability to leverage the latest technologies to increase organizational performance.
• A strategic mindset combined with a hands-on approach to execution.
• Strong organizational and leadership skills with demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously while remaining calm under pressure.
• Ability to switch effortlessly between strategic oversight and operational details to bring structure.
• Confidence in influencing stakeholders and driving alignment across diverse teams.
• Solid communication skills with the ability to clearly convey decisions.
• Fluent in English; additional languages are an advantage.
• Amenable to up to 10% travel, approximately once every other month.

Why Join Components Express?

• Work on innovative technologies supporting the semiconductor industry.
• Lead high-impact programs with global customers and industry partners.
• Collaborate with talented multidisciplinary teams in a dynamic environment.
• Play a key role in shaping project management excellence and business growth.
• Enjoy opportunities for professional development, leadership growth, and international exposure.

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