Associate Strategic Program Manager
Fictiv
Fictiv Exists to Enable Hardware Innovators to Build Better Products, Faster
Fictiv exists to help product innovators create.
Fictiv is a global manufacturing and supply chain company that enables organizations to scale globally across Fictiv’s four global manufacturing centers in India, Mexico, China, and the U.S.. Companies use Fictiv to access high-quality production, optimize supply chain logistics, and mitigate supply chain risk—ensuring they can move from prototype to full-scale manufacturing with speed and confidence. To date, Fictiv has delivered more than 35 million commercial and prototype parts for industries such as aerospace, robotics, automotive, climate tech, and more, helping them innovate faster, free up precious resources, and drive profitable growth.
**This position will be based on-site in our Bangalore office, working overnight IST hours to support the US Pacific Standard Time zone.**
Impact In This Role
As an Associate Strategic Program Manager (SPM) at Fictiv, you will work alongside some of the world’s leading enterprises and innovative startups to help accelerate their product launches while maintaining the highest quality standards. In this role, you will closely support the Strategic Program Management team in executing complex programs, helping ensure customers’ products launch on time, within budget, and at optimal quality.
You will collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, C&DFM, Quality, and Logistics teams to keep projects on track and aligned with customer expectations. With a focus on continuous improvement, you will also contribute ideas and drive internal processes improvement and enhance the overall customer experience.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and support customer-facing interactions as needed to deliver high-quality service
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date program status across multiple systems to support business decision-making processes
- Apply your knowledge of operations or manufacturing to identify process gaps, risks, and drive operational improvements
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance program efficiency and customer satisfaction
- Track and report on program milestones, supporting adjustments to timelines and deliverables to meet quality and delivery standards
- Support customer change requests and project updates on multiple platforms (external and internal)
- Ability to travel 10% annually
- Quality: All employees are expected to maintain and contribute to the QMS
Desired Traits
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering
- 3+ years of manufacturing operations experience or 1-2 years of related experience
- Detail-oriented, strong organizational, program management, and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; experience working with diverse, cross-functional teams is a plus
- Proactive self-starter with a passion for learning, continuous improvement, and driving operational success
- Experience working with global manufacturing sites, in customer-facing role is preferred
- Basic knowledge of manufacturing processes such as CNC Machining, 3D Printing, Injection Molding, Sheet Metal Fabrication, Die Casting, or Assembly is preferred
Interested in learning more? We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Fictiv is transforming how the next rockets, self-driving cars, and life-saving robots are designed, developed, and delivered to customers around the world. People who succeed at Fictiv are talented, creative, and driven to achieve professional excellence and support our vision to help product innovators create.
We’re actively seeking teammates who:
- Bring diverse perspectives and experience to our culture and company.
- Excel at being part of a strong, empathetic team.
- Thrive in an environment emphasizing respect, honesty, collaboration, and growth.
- Have an ‘always learning’ mindset that celebrates learning, not just wins.
- Help us continue to build a world-class organization that values the contributions of all of our teammates
We encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups, including but not limited to women, members of the LGBTQ community, people of color, people with disabilities, and veterans.