Product Development Program Manager

Position Description:

• This role for Product Development Program Manager carries broad ownership across a single vehicle program, encompassing program planning, control, studio, prototype, and launch phases. It operates as an individual contributor requiring cross-functional alignment to drive issue closure and critical decisions.
• Responsibilities include managing milestones, decisions, and deliverables to support future launches & on-going production while supporting business plan targets, launch readiness, and vehicle quality.
• Client Racing programs operate with leaner structures than standard programs, requiring direct collaboration with Engineering, Studio, Marketing, Manufacturing, New Model Programs, Finance, Purchasing, Logistics, Capacity Planning, and Launch teams to execute program milestones.
• Split of the Job: 30% change control, 30% supplier coordination, 10% BOM management, 30% program management / meeting leadership
• Biggest Pain Point Today: The biggest pain point is the lack of ability to systematize our program, requiring unique problem solving and ownership. We use the common Client processes, but often deviate from them because our production volume is so low.

• Manage and track Change Request (CR) approvals.
• Generate CR reporting decks and track program activities. Maintain Cost Detail Document (CDD) trackers.
• Create CDDs, verify cost capture against the Finance Bill of Materials (BOM), and route for formal approval. Execute Engineering Change Management (ECM).
• Review base vehicle Engineering Change Notice (ECN) distributions, identify impacts to program-specific content, communicate switchover timing to assembly facilities, and track inventory to mitigate obsolescence.
• Process initial and change control releases for unique supplier-owned service parts. Communicate release data to the CAD team for Teamcenter 3D model updates.
• Lead and facilitate cross-functional meetings, including Design & Function (DF), Change Control (CC), Software Change Control, and ongoing Service touchpoints. Drive Total Value Management (TVM) savings initiatives.
• Coordinate with suppliers to identify action items and enter savings into the tracking system (CRID). Execute general program management and ongoing production support activities.

• 3-5 years in automotive program management, product development, or engineering release.
• Experience managing engineering change notifications (ECNs) and change requests (CRs).
• Experience aligning financial data with engineering BOMs.
• Demonstrated tracking of production inventory to minimize obsolescence during switchovers.
• Experience leading technical and operational meetings with cross-functional teams and external suppliers. They need Client experience, if they were at a supplier working with Client that could be acceptable.

• Prior experience with low-volume, performance vehicle production.
• Background involving performance vehicles and Client Racing products.
• Previous Design & Release or technical engineering experience

• Bachelor's Degree
• Preferred: Certification Program, Master's Degree

• Work Status - Hybrid (4 days per week in the office)

We offer attractive, competitive compensation and benefits including, medical, dental, 401k, short-term disability, AD&D, tuition reimbursement, and more. If you take pride in your work and are committed to personal and professional success, let's talk. Please visit www.zobility.com to learn more.

Zobility is RGBSI's workforce management and staffing division. RGBSI is a multi-national corporation headquartered in Troy, MI with branches throughout the USA, Canada, Germany, and India.