Programme Manager – CMC Industrialization (Production Facilities & Operational Readiness)

Job Description

Job Title: Program Manager – CMC Industrialization (Production Facilities & Operational Readiness

Working Pattern: Onsite 9/80

Working location: Indianapolis, IN

Rolls-Royce is advancing Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) technologies to enable next-generation aerospace products. The Program Manager – CMC Industrialization will play a critical role in establishing and maturing CMC production capabilities at Rolls-Royce’s Indianapolis, Indiana and Cypress, California sites.

As part of the Industrialization Production Facilities and Operational Readiness team, this role focuses on ensuring facilities, equipment, processes, people, and supply chains are fully prepared to support safe, compliant, and scalable CMC production. You will lead complex, site-spanning programs that transition CMC technologies from development into sustained industrial operations.

This role offers a unique opportunity to help stand up and mature world-class CMC production facilities in the US, directly supporting Rolls-Royce’s future propulsion technologies. You will work at the intersection of advanced materials, manufacturing excellence, and operational readiness, with real impact on production capability and business outcomes.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

Rolls-Royce has been recognized as the top employer in the Engineering & Manufacturing category on the prestigious Forbes Top Employers for Engineers list for 2025. This ranking highlights our commitment to innovation, employee development, and fostering a collaborative environment where engineers can thrive.

Be part of a team that sets the industry standard and drives groundbreaking solutions.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

Rolls-Royce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics.

What you will be doing:

• Lead industrialization and operational readiness programs supporting CMC production at Indianapolis and Cypress, CA facilities.
• Drive site readiness across facilities, equipment, tooling, staffing, training, and production systems.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams spanning manufacturing, engineering, quality, HSE, supply chain, IT, and facilities
• Plan and deliver production ramp-up activities, including recruitment and training
• Manage capital investment programs
• Ensure operational processes meet aerospace quality, safety, and regulatory requirements
• Identify, manage, and mitigate risks associated with first-of-kind CMC manufacturing operations
• Provide clear program governance, reporting, and escalation to senior leadership
• Support supplier industrialization and material availability to enable uninterrupted site operations
• Capture lessons learned and drive standardization across CMC production facilities
• Travel approximately 25%

Who we’re looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

Basic Requirements:

• An Associate’s degree with 7+ years of related experience OR
• A Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of related experience OR
• A master’s degree with 3+ years of related experience OR
• JD/Ph.D.
• In lieu of a degree, 9+ years of related experience
• In order to qualify for this role, you must be a U.S. Citizen or a U.S. Permanent Resident.

Preferred:

• Experience with Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMC) or other advanced/high-temperature materials
• Knowledge of aerospace manufacturing quality systems and certification requirements
• Experience with capital projects, equipment qualification, and factory layout development
• Experience with major infrastructure programs and production start-ups
• Knowledge of Process Safety Management and how to implement
• Familiarity with manufacturing readiness levels (MRLs) and gated development frameworks

Other Skills & Experience:

Essential:

• Proven program management experience in manufacturing, industrialization, or operations readiness
• Strong understanding of production facilities start-up, commissioning, and manufacturing scale-up
• Experience leading cross-site or multi-facility programs
• Ability to manage ambiguity and technical risk in novel or first-of-kind manufacturing environments
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Strong organizational and communication skills, demonstrated through effective program delivery
• Formal program or project management qualification

Leadership Behaviors:

• Integrates safety considerations into planning, decision-making, and execution
• Strong delivery focus with attention to operational detail
• Collaborative, inclusive leadership across diverse site teams
• Systems-level thinking with an end-to-end factory mindset
• Proactive risk management and continuous improvement orientation

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement.

As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

Relocation is available for this position if appropriate

Close Date: 6/19/26

Job Category

Project Management

Job Posting Date

30 Jul 2026; 00:07

Pay Range

$119,520 - $194,220-Annually

Location:

Indianapolis, IN

Benefits

Rolls-Royce provides a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that includes base pay and a discretionary bonus plan. Eligible employees may have the opportunity to enroll in other benefits, including health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; a flexible spending account; a health savings account; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match; Employee Assistance Program; Paid Time Off; certain paid holidays; paid parental and family care leave; tuition reimbursement; and a long-term incentive plan. The options available to an employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as date of hire, employment type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.