Program Manager (Automotive Industry Experience)
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Overview
Job Description
Role: Program Manager (Automotive industry experience)
Location: Newark, CA (Onsite - 5 Days/Week)
Duration: 6+ Months
Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Program Manager to lead and deliver large-scale enterprise technology programs. The ideal candidate will be responsible for planning, executing, and managing complex initiatives while overseeing budgets, schedules, risks, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to ensure successful business outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end delivery of complex IT programs from initiation through closure.
- Define program scope, objectives, milestones, budgets, and resource requirements.
- Develop and maintain integrated program plans and roadmaps.
- Manage multiple project workstreams, dependencies, risks, issues, and change requests.
- Drive governance, executive reporting, and stakeholder communications.
- Collaborate with business leaders, product owners, architects, engineering teams, and vendors.
- Ensure alignment between business goals and technology solutions.
- Facilitate stakeholder meetings, steering committees, and program reviews.
- Monitor program performance against scope, schedule, budget, and quality targets.
- Lead geographically distributed and cross-functional teams.
- Drive organizational transformation, modernization, and process improvement initiatives.
- Implement Agile, Scrum, SAFe, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies.
Required Skills
Program Management
- Program & Project Management
- Program Planning & Execution
- Portfolio Management
- Budget & Financial Management
- Resource Planning
- Risk & Issue Management
- Change Management
- Vendor Management
- Governance & Compliance
Technical Skills
- SDLC & Software Delivery Lifecycle
- Agile, Scrum, SAFe Frameworks
- Cloud Platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)
- DevOps & CI/CD Concepts
- Enterprise Applications & Integrations
- Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, MS Project
- IT Infrastructure & Digital Transformation Programs
Leadership Skills
- Stakeholder Management
- Executive Communication
- Strategic Thinking
- Negotiation & Conflict Resolution
- Team Leadership
- Decision Making
- Problem Solving
- Influencing Without Authority
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
- MBA or master's degree preferred.
- PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2, Scrum Master, SAFe Agilist, or equivalent certifications preferred.
- Proven experience managing multi-million-dollar technology programs.
- Demonstrated success delivering enterprise-wide transformation initiatives.
- Experience working with geographically distributed teams.
Mandatory Skills : Account Management & Mining, Benefits Management, Project Governance, Risk/Crisis Management, Stakeholder Management
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Background Check : No
Drug Screen : No
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