Technical Program Manager, Low Volatage

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Technical program management for low voltage electronics for Advanced EV / CE1

⦁ Manage and deliver on the timeline.

⦁ Drive engineering teams towards containment and resolution of issues raised from design reviews, virtual builds, and build events to protect the program's schedule to prototype build dates, start of production, and ongoing production

⦁ Partner with teams at various levels of the organization and from different parts of the business to help define and drive a multi-year business capabilities roadmap & strategic vision.

⦁ Write detailed product requirements and end to end use cases to be used by engineering & design teams.

⦁ Act as bridge from the device owners to the controller developers. Collect technical specifications and write interface requirements to match.

⦁ Manage open issues list for internal and external projects, driving team to close items on time and at a high level of quality.

⦁ Facilitate and assist the team in creating and maintaining work products including but not limited to design analysis, component derating, functional safety, HW-SW integration.

⦁ Facilitate data-based decision making on time and with sufficient engineering background.

⦁ Effectively present information to technical or non-technical audiences ranging from team level meetings through to Executive briefs and updates.

⦁ Demonstrate functionality of completed products to internal team members and other stakeholders.

⦁ Develop metrics to assess the success of products and features and determine necessary enhancements.

⦁ Well-versed in defining roadmaps and delivering with teams that employ agile software development methodologies.

⦁ Anticipate and manage program(s) risks. Perform trade-offs and identify contingency plan(s) or alternate approaches to mitigate risks and provide strong leadership to team in circumstances where there may be uncertainty or ambiguity.

⦁ Manage and deliver on the timeline.

⦁ Drive engineering teams towards containment and resolution of issues raised from design reviews, virtual builds, and build events to protect the program's schedule to prototype build dates, start of production, and ongoing production

⦁ Partner with teams at various levels of the organization and from different parts of the business to help define and drive a multi-year business capabilities roadmap & strategic vision.

⦁ Write detailed product requirements and end to end use cases to be used by engineering & design teams.

⦁ Act as bridge from the device owners to the controller developers. Collect technical specifications and write interface requirements to match.

⦁ Manage open issues list for internal and external projects, driving team to close items on time and at a high level of quality.

⦁ Facilitate and assist the team in creating and maintaining work products including but not limited to design analysis, component derating, functional safety, HW-SW integration.

⦁ Facilitate data-based decision making on time and with sufficient engineering background.

⦁ Effectively present information to technical or non-technical audiences ranging from team level meetings through to Executive briefs and updates.

⦁ Demonstrate functionality of completed products to internal team members and other stakeholders.

⦁ Develop metrics to assess the success of products and features and determine necessary enhancements.

⦁ Well-versed in defining roadmaps and delivering with teams that employ agile software development methodologies.

⦁ Anticipate and manage program(s) risks. Perform trade-offs and identify contingency plan(s) or alternate approaches to mitigate risks and provide strong leadership to team in circumstances where there may be uncertainty or ambiguity.