Program Support Assistant

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Everything we do in EMD Electronics is to help us deliver on our purpose of being the company behind the companies, advancing digital living. We are dedicated to being the trusted supplier of high-tech materials, services and specialty chemicals for the electronics, automotive and cosmetics industries. We foster a global collaborative organization made up of individuals who have the passion to win, obsess about the customer, are relentlessly curious and act with urgency. Together, we push the boundaries of science to make more possible for our customers.
This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US.
Your Role:
The Program Support Assistant helps enable the successful delivery of programs and initiatives within the rapidly growing Megasys organization across the United States and Europe. Working alongside program leaders and cross-functional teams, this role brings structure, visibility, and follow-through to program activities from planning through implementation.
The role supports program governance, milestone and dependency tracking, stakeholder coordination, communications, reporting, documentation, and continuous improvement. The successful candidate will be comfortable working across multiple workstreams, bringing clarity to complex information, and helping teams maintain momentum in a changing, international environment.
This is a hands-on program support role for a proactive, organized, and collaborative professional who takes ownership, anticipates delivery needs, and creates the operating rhythm that helps programs move forward.
Key Responsibilities:
Support the development and maintenance of integrated program plans, roadmaps, milestones, and delivery schedules, tracking progress and escalating risks, issues, and dependencies in a timely manner
Coordinate program governance activities including preparation of agendas, pre-reads, decision materials, and status packs, and support stage gates, steering committee meetings, and other decision-making forums
Collect, validate, and synthesize program information from multiple stakeholders and systems, prepare recurring status reports, dashboards, and concise leadership summaries with clear visual and written materials
Draft program announcements, progress updates, briefing notes, and other communications in a clear and audience-appropriate style, ensuring program information is accessible and consistently communicated across the organization
Coordinate cross-functional working sessions, program reviews, workshops, and information-sharing forums across sites and regions, capturing decisions, actions, owners, and deadlines and driving timely follow-up
Build and maintain effective communication rhythms across program teams and stakeholders in the United States and Europe, fostering productive relationships across functions, regions, levels, and cultures
Maintain accurate program documentation including charters, plans, meeting records, decisions, process maps, playbooks, and lessons learned, and help incorporate improvements into future program planning and execution
Support the onboarding of new employees by coordinating orientation activities, scheduling training sessions, and ensuring new team members have the resources and information needed to start their roles effectively
Coordinate inputs from functions such as Finance, Procurement, Information Technology, and Communications when required for program delivery, and support the design of scalable program processes as the Operations organization grows
Contribute to special initiatives that strengthen program maturity, operating discipline, and organizational effectiveness
Benefits with our team include:
Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage
Competitive vacation and paid time off allowance
401(k) match program
Tuition assistance program