Sr. Technical Program Manager – Digital

Sr. Technical Program Manager – Digital

Requirements

• A minimum of 7 years of experience program/project managing large systems development programs
• A minimum of 5 years in consumer-facing electronics development including hardware and software
• A proven track record of delivering products to production
• Experience using Agile/Scrum methodology including sprint planning, execution relative to overall program targets
• Experience bringing integrated software/hardware products from the early development phase to production
• Embedded system development experience
• Experience with best software practices for development
• Experience with development in Android and Linux environments
• Experience working directly with design/UX teams and in UX/UI development
• Experience engaging, working and managing the output of third-party suppliers

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the vehicle software program for our vehicle platforms, ensuring high-quality execution from concept to delivery, with a hands-on approach and commitment to excellence
• Work closely with company executives and engineering leaders to define and maintain digital development roadmap and rollout plan
• Create and own development and validation plans that align with internal customer needs, cross team integration points, and major company milestones
• Lead conversations through the complete lifecycle of software features – both in-house development teams and third party suppliers
• Identify and track cross team dependencies and handshake points, monitor status, help resolve issues, report, and fill the gaps
• Drive JIRA ticket issue resolution process, including triaging, root cause analysis, countermeasure identification, verification and implementation etc.
• Interact with and coordinate work between hardware and software teams, design UX teams, and other company entities requiring inputs/outputs from the software team
• Manage an overall software portfolio including dependencies between internal teams as well as on external teams
• Define main work packages and priorities for the software program and related functions
• Ensure adherence to Functional Safety requirements
• Facilitate system architecture documentation
• Communicate program status to overall software organization, other program managers and executives as required
• Plan and manage releases in conjunction with release managers and technical leads

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in developing automotive software systems
• Experience with infotainment and instrument cluster development
• Exposure to OS/systems development, backend development, mobile application development, and hybrid (cloud/embedded) development
• Experience with test and build aspects of software development
• Product management experience and a willingness to embrace portions of the product management role