Technical Project Manager

Job Description Senior Technical Project Manager – Automotive

Location:

Michigan – Bloomfield Hills or Troy

Senior Technical Project Manager – Automotive

We are seeking an experienced Senior Technical Project Manager to join our Automotive Engineering Project Management organization. In this role, you will lead complex, cross-functional engineering programs and strategic initiatives spanning software, hardware, systems engineering, validation, suppliers, finance, purchasing, and global engineering teams. You will operate at the intersection of technology, business, and execution—creating clarity around priorities, driving accountability, proactively managing risks, and ensuring teams deliver against technical, schedule, financial, and customer commitments.

This is more than a project tracking role. We are looking for a leader who can understand complex technical environments, challenge assumptions, influence decisions, and continuously improve how our engineering organization executes.

Lead Complex Technical Programs

Lead complex automotive engineering programs from ideation and concept exploration through development, driving execution in alignment with defined product development lifecycle phases, technical milestones, and gate requirements.

Develop and manage integrated project plans encompassing scope, schedule, technical deliverables, resources, budget, risks, dependencies, and milestones.

Partner closely with Engineering teams to understand technical architecture, requirements, dependencies, validation strategies, and implementation risks.

Drive execution across software, hardware, systems, validation, product, purchasing, finance, and other cross-functional organizations.

Establish clear ownership and accountability for project deliverables.

Drive timely resolution of technical and program-level issues affecting project commitments.

Drive Project Governance & Execution Excellence

Establish effective project governance, operating cadence, decision-making processes, and escalation mechanisms.

Define and monitor meaningful project KPIs and provide objective visibility into project health.

Lead program reviews, milestone reviews, risk reviews, and executive-level discussions.

Identify execution gaps and bottlenecks and establish actionable recovery plans.

Drive consistent project management standards and best practices across programs.

Champion continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to simplify processes, improve transparency, and increase engineering execution efficiency.

Manage Financial & Resource Performance

Manage project financial performance including budget, forecast, actuals, resource demand, external engineering spend, and financial risks.

Partner with Finance and Engineering leadership to maintain accurate forecasts and clear visibility into financial performance.

Monitor resource demand versus availability and identify capacity constraints that could impact project commitments.

Support annual operating planning, quarterly business reviews and ongoing forecast activities.

Drive financial discipline around project changes, external engineering expenditures, purchase orders, and supplier commitments.

Understand the connection between technical decisions, project execution, and financial outcomes.

Proactively Manage Risk & Change

Establish disciplined management of project risks, issues, actions, decisions, and dependencies.

Identify risks early and ensure appropriate mitigation plans, owners, and timelines are established.

Escalate critical issues with a clear understanding of technical impact, business impact, options, and recommended actions.

Lead cross-functional resolution of issues affecting cost, schedule, quality, technical performance, or customer…