Technical Program Senior​/Manager

Technical Program Senior/Manager, 2 positions

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Ena bling a software-defined, electrified future. Visteon is a technology company that develops and builds innovative digital cockpit and electrification products at the leading-edge of the mobility revolution. Founded in 2000, Visteon brings decades of automotive intelligence combined with Silicon Valley speed to apply global insights that help transform the software-defined vehicle of the future for many of the world’s largest OEMs.

The company employs 10,000 employees in 18 countries around the globe. To know more about us .

Mission of the Role: Visteon seeks an experienced technical manager/senior manager specializing in strategic program management, guiding complex programs from inception to successful delivery. This role brings stakeholders together, meets deadlines, and ensures customer satisfaction by setting the vision and standards for enterprise-wide customer project portfolios / programs, managing risks, and aligning resource planning with organizational goals.

Key Objectives of this Role: Visteon’s Program Managers are the primary contact for end-to-end customer program management. They proactively build and maintain strong relationships with assigned customers and lead cross-functional stakeholders and global program teams to ensure alignment with customer, regional, and market-specific requirements.

• Program Execution and Monitoring:
  Own end to end complex program execution / ECU development (from concept to SOP and beyond). Monitor progress and track delivery milestones for all engineering swim lanes (e.g., HW, SW, Systems, etc), to ensure timely delivery, cost optimization, & quality outcomes.
• Performance Metrics:
  Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure program success and make data-driven improvements. Provide leadership to project teams promoting timely and effective decision-making. Identify and pursue new opportunities for Visteon within customer programs and strategic initiatives.
• Effort Estimation & Negotiation:
  Prepare accurate engineering effort estimates and negotiate resource hours and scope with the customer to ensure alignment. Guide cross functional team in resolving complex issues, addressing launch challenges, and eliminating critical defects. Support VAVE(Value Analysis/Value Engineering) initiatives to optimize cost and enhance product competitiveness.
• Risk Management:
  
  Identify, assess, and mitigate program risks to minimize impact on project timelines, budgets, and deliverables. Manage scope changes by evaluating impacts on timelines, resources, and costs, implementing change control processes, and ensuring stakeholder alignment.
• Change Management:
  Managing program changes and scope creep by effectively evaluating and communicating the impacts of changes on timelines, resources, and costs. Partner with cross-functional teams to assess change requests, implementing change control processes, and ensuring effective change communication and stakeholder alignment.
• Continuous Improvement:
  Identifying opportunities for process optimization, standardization, and efficiency gains. Leverages lessons learned, implement best practices, and adopt industry-leading program management methodologies.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Delivery within project cost, budgets and schedules.
• Achieving program milestones within defined budget and timelines.
• Manage Program financials: EBITDA and IRR, material Margin
• Successful DV, PV & Launch:
  Timely and quality delivery of customer programs.
• Customer Scorecard: track CSAT score and number of customer escalations
• Delivery Rate, Defect Rate, Cost Variance
• On-Time Production Launch:
  Alignment of program timelines with manufacturing start dates.
• Program Benefits Realization: increased revenue, cost savings, improved efficiency, enhanced customer experience
• New projects/enhancements

Qualifications,

Experience and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a related field.
• 10+ years of proven experience leading embedded systems program management, including successful delivery of complex…