Technical Program Manager

Position Responsibilities

• Provide software development process and project management for the Projection team within the IVI (In-Vehicle Infotainment) team.
• Identify potential risks in development, assess program impact, and work with engineering managers to mitigate risk.
• Drive cross-functional and cross-team coordination and communication to help deliver committed project outcomes. The primary objective is to support the team in achieving platform certification.
• Work closely with software engineers, system engineers, testing engineers, and product managers throughout the project lifecycle.
• Manage project schedules, identify blockers, potential issues, and inconsistencies, and clearly communicate them to stakeholders.
• Lead external vendors on timelines and deliverables and take responsibility for milestone coordination between internal and external releases.
• Drive multiple technical projects across vehicle software domains, helping to set priorities for engineering.

Basic Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
• 10+ years of experience in project, program, or product management in software.
• 5+ years of experience in software development or testing.

Preferred Qualifications

• M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
• M.B.A.
• PMP certification.
• Scrum Master certification.
• Experience using JIRA, Jama, and Confluence.
• Experience negotiating with hardware and software vendors.
• Experience in the automotive domain.
• Experience in the embedded software domain.
• Experience in the consumer electronics domain.
• Experience in the automotive infotainment domain.
• Experience with projection technologies such as Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

Skillsets & Domain Preferences

• Strong communication, bridge-building, and problem-solving skills are prioritized over deep technical expertise. 
• Experience with projection (CarPlay, Android Auto) and infotainment is preferred but not strictly limited to automotive; consumer electronics backgrounds are acceptable. 
• Candidates must have some exposure to Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, not necessarily as experts, but enough to ramp up quickly for certification and engagement with Apple/Google. 
• Comfort with JIRA is required; other tools (Smartsheet, Excel, etc.) are flexible, but Microsoft Project is not preferred.