Director, Program Management
Posted Sep 14, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 28, 2026
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About your past
This role leads manufacturing and capital programs. Walk me through the largest capital program you've run, from strategy through to approval.
What they are checking: Scale of real program ownership
Tell me about a program where the risk you planned for wasn't the one that hit you.
What they are checking: Real experience of contingency versus surprise
How do you tell a senior stakeholder a program is going to be late?
What they are checking: Whether bad news travels early or is managed
What would you do
You're leading cross-functional teams you don't have authority over. How do you get a decision out of a group that keeps deferring?
What they are checking: Resolving indecision, called out explicitly in the posting
When do you escalate, and when do you resolve it in the room?
What they are checking: Escalation judgment at director level
About the work
The posting asks you to define technical and regulatory requirements to support regulatory approvals. How do you make sure a program delivers something a regulator will accept?
What they are checking: Whether regulatory is designed in or bolted on
How do you build a program timeline you're willing to defend to senior leadership?
What they are checking: Schedule realism and how they handle optimistic inputs
The job names monthly reporting of actuals, latest best estimate and plan schedules. How do you keep a program's financials honest month to month?
What they are checking: Financial discipline using the company's own terms
The posting asks for strong knowledge of good manufacturing practice, supply chain and chemistry, manufacturing and controls technical development. Which of those do you know best, and which would you lean on others for?
What they are checking: Honest technical self-assessment across a broad requirement
The posting asks for a bachelor's in science or engineering with an MBA preferred, based in North Chicago. Where do you sit against that?
What they are checking: The stated qualification, confirmed
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