Program Manager - Product Development

Introduction

This role 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 & ongoing production while supporting business plan targets, launch readiness, and vehicle quality. 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.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Program Management, Change control, Cost engineering.
• Mandatory Ford Systems Needed as of Day One: WERS
• 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.
• Prior work experience at client or in client's Industry

Applicants must be able to work directly for Artech on W2

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

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

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 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.

For immediate consideration please click APPLY to begin the screening process with Alex.