Senior Technical Program Manager

Responsibilities

• Partner with department managers to translate the top-down corporate strategy and milestones into detailed product road maps, timelines, and deliverables
• Lead cross-functional teams to define and then track resource requirements (headcount and budget) as inputs to finance
• Comfortable leading in a gray space and enabling teams to deliver tangible results 
• Lead process and regular program meetings
• Establish standard reports to provide concise and effective communications to key stakeholders on program status, issues/risks, and accomplishments
• Ensure problems are transparent and risks are identified and proactively ensure that risk-mitigating actions are ongoing within the functional teams
• Influence key decisions by working cross-functionally across engineering, finance, and strategy to reach the right conclusions
• Define KPIs and other methods to measure metrics that best translate progress toward goals
• Lead execution of milestones and take it across the finish line with all stakeholders
• Effective prioritization and delegation to de-risk and enable tactical and strategic decision-making
• Maintaining a strong technical understanding of our vehicle platforms, software lifecycle, clearance process, and test operations
• Be the key interface with stakeholders and leadership
• Exercise judgment and discretion to develop solutions to remove obstacles and redefine approaches
• Ensure program goals are aligned with business objectives; build and sustain momentum among cross-functional TPMs and workstreams towards delivering on time and on target

Qualifications

• BS or MS degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of experience in engineering, program management, or management consulting with a focus on product launches and /or validation and testing
• Success in driving complex SW/HW integration processes and optimizations and leading complex cross-functional programs end to end
• Proficient in tools or processes required to manage complex projects (i.e. Gantt charts, risk matrix, Smartsheet, JIRA, etc.)
• Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills are a must, ability to create visualizations of KPIs and program risks

Bonus Qualifications

• PMP or equivalent
• Experience with autonomous vehicles, test platforms, simulation, and/or automotive or aerospace processes is highly desired
• Experience with developing and scaling strategy, processes, plans, procedures, reporting and handling escalations
• Strong references that highlight your ability to build strong working relationships with senior leaders, program managers, and engineers across functions and departments