Senior Program Manager – Global Manufacturing Electrical & SDV

Description

The product teams at the company design vehicles and experiences meant to be felt as well as seen, from battery and hardware systems to design, software, and safety and entertainment features.

The company's products carry millions of people every day, with a goal of making driving safer, smarter, and more connected on a global scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead programs and strategic initiatives that support manufacturing operations, vehicle launches, and plant readiness across engineering, manufacturing, software, IT, quality, and operations.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, manage program execution, and drive measurable business outcomes.
• Partner with manufacturing, engineering, quality, software, IT, supplier, and plant teams to execute plans, manage risk, resolve issues, and deliver business objectives.
• Work on Electrical First Time Quality (EFTQ), defect prevention, and warranty reduction to improve the quality and reliability of vehicles.
• Support vehicle launches, manufacturing readiness, and electrical system rollouts across the company's global manufacturing network.
• This role suits people who enjoy leading complex initiatives, aligning diverse stakeholders, and driving operational results. You will bring structure to ambiguity, influence without formal authority, and help teams hit critical business goals.
• Senior Program Manager duties: set program strategy, scope, roadmap, timing, governance, dependencies, and outcomes; turn ambiguous, complex challenges into actionable plans, decisions, and recovery strategies; influence stakeholders across manufacturing, engineering, operations, software, IT, quality, supplier, and plant groups; drive readiness for launches, system deployments, testing, reflash events, traceability, and manufacturing solutions; manage program health, risks, issues, dependencies, escalations, and corrective actions; deliver executive-level communication on status, risks, decisions, and recommendations.
• Program Manager duties: manage plans, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and execution; coordinate teams to align on scope, timing, objectives, and deliverables; support manufacturing readiness, launches, testing, system implementations, and operational initiatives; track and report status, risks, issues, dependencies, and mitigation plans; facilitate stakeholder discussions, issue resolution, and decisions; find ways to improve execution, collaboration, and operational effectiveness; give clear, concise updates to stakeholders and leadership.

Requirements

• Senior Program Manager: 5+ years of program, project, or related management experience.
• Senior Program Manager: proven record leading complex programs, projects, or major workstreams across functions.
• Senior Program Manager: experience building and managing integrated plans, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, and issue registers.
• Senior Program Manager: strong ability to influence stakeholders and align competing priorities.
• Senior Program Manager: excellent written and verbal communication, including executive presentations and stakeholder engagement, with close attention to detail.
• Senior Program Manager: able to work independently while juggling several priorities and deliverables.
• Senior Program Manager: experience mentoring or coaching team members.
• Program Manager: experience supporting cross-functional programs, projects, or workstreams, including maintaining project plans, milestones, action registers, risks, and deliverables.
• Program Manager: ability to coordinate stakeholders and drive action across teams.
• Program Manager: strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Program Manager: ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced setting.
• Program Manager: attention to detail and follow-through.
• Program Manager: interest in growing into broader program leadership.
• Preferred: experience supporting manufacturing operations, plant readiness, vehicle launches, or implementation events.
• Preferred: experience working across manufacturing engineering, manufacturing electrical, software, IT, quality, operations, supplier, or product engineering.
• Preferred: familiarity with PMO governance, stage-gate reviews, change management, risk management, and lessons learned.
• Preferred: experience managing complex cross-functional initiatives in manufacturing.
• Preferred: bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Operations, Project Management, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• The company does not provide immigration sponsorship for this role. Do not apply if you will need company immigration sponsorship now or later, including employer-of-record filings and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other company immigration support (for example H-1B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, or J-1).

Conditions

Onsite role at the Warren Tech Center, full-time.

Travel of up to 25% domestic and international.

The level, Senior Program Manager or Program Manager, will be set by the selected candidate's qualifications, skills, and experience.

Relocation benefits are available for candidates who qualify under company policy.

Benefits

• Well-being support at work and at home, starting from day one.
• Total Rewards resources describing career and pay benefits.