Senior Technical Program Manager, In-House Design
Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the Technical Innovation Center in Warren (MI) or Mountain View (CA) three times per week, at minimum. This position can be located at either of these 2 locations.
The Role
As a Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) in the Software and Services (S&S) Program Management org, you will be responsible for overseeing the timing, status, and readiness of new in-house design/design-first components. This role involves close collaboration with Engineering and Product Management. You will be pivotal in coordinating hardware engineering efforts, identifying key challenges, and partnering with systems and software teams to facilitate the production of design-first components.
What You’ll Do
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Work closely with company leaders and hardware/software Engineers to create and own program milestones, cross-team integration points, overall schedule and execution plans.
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Coordinate hardware design, development and validation efforts in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary, engineering environment.
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Develop hardware validation plans that align with internal customer needs and major company milestones.
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Proactively resolve issues and drive course corrections as needed - be directly involved in helping teams foresee and overcome barriers or blockers.
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Help manage and drive complex, fast-evolving hardware systems and components both in-house and by third-party vendor partners.
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Capture and track inter-team dependencies and handoffs; monitor and help resolve issues.
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Ensure that all business deliverables are identified and accounted for in the project plan with responsibility and due dates.
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Facilitate decision making among GM representatives to develop project scope of work documents and project plans based upon requirements, changes, variances and contingencies that arise during the implementation. Facilitate amicable solutions with the appropriate customer(s) and project sponsor/owner.
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Define program deliverables, metrics and KPIs, set up mechanisms to track/report.
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Communicate progress effectively across program teams, including third parties and lead meetings to present hardware engineering work to leadership.
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Conduct periodic retrospectives; continuously assess and improve processes and tools.
