Technical Program Manager

San Diego, CA, US • Posted 30+ days ago • Updated 30+ days ago
Full Time
No Travel Required
On-site
140000 - 160000/yr
Fitment

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Job Details

Skills

  • Automotive
  • Silicon
  • Sales
  • Customer Engagement

Summary

Job Title: Technical Program Manager (TPM) – Pre-Sales & Delivery | Automotive / Silicon

Location: San Diego, CA


Role Overview

We are seeking a Technical Program Manager (TPM) to partner closely with Sales and Engineering to support pre-sales pursuits and post-award program delivery within the automotive and silicon/semiconductor domains.

 

This role blends technical leadership, customer engagement, and program execution. The TPM will act as a technical face to customers during the sales phase, shaping solutions, driving proposals, and de-risking scope and then transition into delivery ownership once projects become billable.


Key Responsibilities

Pre-Sales & Sales Support

  • Serve as the pre-sales technical lead for automotive or silicon customer engagements
  • Partner with sales teams on customer discovery, solution scoping, and technical strategy
  • Own and contribute to RFI/RFQ/RFP responses, technical proposals, and SOW inputs
  • Define solution architecture approach, milestones, assumptions, resourcing, and effort estimates
  • Lead customer workshops, requirement discovery sessions, and technical alignment meetings
  • Coordinate demos and proof-of-concepts (POCs) with engineering SMEs
  • Identify technical risks and propose mitigation strategies to support deal closure
  • Support business case development and ROI justification

Program Delivery Transition & Execution

  • Develop structured handover plans to transition won work into delivery
  • Own program kickoff, planning, risk management, and milestone tracking
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams across engineering, product, and operations
  • Ensure on-time, high-quality execution aligned with customer expectations
  • Maintain strong customer relationships throughout delivery lifecycle

Required Experience & Skills

  • 6+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager, Solutions Engineer, or Pre-Sales Technical Lead
  • Strong domain experience in either:
    • Automotive systems (vehicle software, ADAS, infotainment, embedded platforms), or
    • Silicon / semiconductor programs (SoC, IP development, validation, bring-up, platform integration)
  • Proven experience supporting pre-sales technical pursuits, including proposals and customer discovery
  • Ability to translate business requirements into executable technical programs
  • Strong customer-facing communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Experience coordinating cross-functional engineering teams
  • Comfortable operating in fast-paced, pursuit-driven environments

 

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  • Dice Id: 10217395
  • Position Id: 32101
  • Posted 30+ days ago
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