Technical Program Manager, Robot Platforms

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Build and maintain integrated master schedules, key milestones, and critical paths aligned with the vehicle product development lifecycle.
• Define task dependencies, durations, and resource requirements across cross-functional teams.
• Track program progress against baselines, proactively identifying critical path bottlenecks, delays, and schedule risks.
• Develop mitigation plans for at-risk activities and escalate timing issues with actionable recommendations.
• Prepare timing status reports, executive dashboards, and timeline presentations for management gateway reviews.
• Track and report core timing KPIs, including milestone adherence, schedule slippage, and on-time delivery.
• Partner with Program Management, Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing, and Quality to ensure cross-functional timeline alignment.
• Coordinate critical milestones across functional areas, including sourcing, tooling, validation, and launch timing.

Job requirements

• 5+ years of experience in program scheduling, project planning, or timing analysis
• Experience in automotive or manufacturing program environments strongly preferred
• Knowledge of automotive product development processes (APQP, gateway/phase reviews)
• Understanding of vehicle program milestones (SOP, PPAP, launch, ramp-up)
• Familiarity with automotive development lifecycle and launch processes
• Understanding of engineering, tooling, and manufacturing timing dependencies
• Knowledge of supplier readiness and PPAP timing requirements
• Awareness of validation, testing, and homologation timing