Project Management Analyst Lead PMA
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Overview
Job Description
Project Management Analyst Lead (PMA)
Location: Allen Park, MISchedule: Monday-Friday | 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Hybrid - 4 Days Onsite, Monday-Thursday)Type: W2 Contract | Local Candidates OnlyPay Rate:$34.00-$36.00/hourDuration: 12+ Months (Open-ended)
Summary
We are seeking an experienced Project Management Analyst Lead (PMA) to support electrical engineering and product development programs within a fast-paced automotive environment. This role will be responsible for coordinating engineering deliverables, managing change control activities, supporting program milestones, and driving cross-functional collaboration to ensure successful product launches. The ideal candidate will have experience supporting automotive product development programs, engineering releases, and managing complex project activities across multiple teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead cross-functional coordination of engineering change requests and design changes, ensuring timely approvals and stakeholder alignment.
- Support program management activities throughout the product development lifecycle, tracking deliverables against critical milestones and launch targets.
- Monitor engineering development status, design maturity, testing progress, supplier readiness, and build timing requirements.
- Drive on-time release of electrical components, wire harnesses, modules, and related engineering documentation.
- Facilitate communication between engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, suppliers, and program leadership to resolve issues and mitigate risks.
- Review and manage change control processes, ensuring proper sign-offs and documentation are completed.
- Track engineering concerns, alerts, release status, and open actions through applicable engineering systems and databases.
- Support vehicle launch activities, production readiness reviews, and issue resolution efforts for program execution.
- Coordinate quality, testing, validation, and compliance deliverables to support program milestones.
- Lead meetings focused on open issues, release readiness, part shortages, engineering sign-offs, and project deliverables.
- Support supplier sourcing activities and cross-functional project planning efforts.
- Develop reports, dashboards, and status updates for management and program stakeholders.
- Provide guidance to project support teams and collaborate with leadership in a matrixed organization.
- Identify project risks, timing concerns, and execution challenges, developing mitigation plans to support launch success.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
- 5+ years of automotive industry experience supporting product development, program management, engineering operations, or project management activities.
- Experience supporting new vehicle launches and cross-functional automotive programs.
- Strong understanding of automotive product development processes and milestone-based program execution.
- Experience managing multiple projects, competing priorities, and compressed program timelines.
- Ability to work effectively with engineering teams, suppliers, manufacturing organizations, and leadership.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
- Experience coordinating engineering changes, release activities, and project deliverables.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting electrical engineering, vehicle electronics, wiring harnesses, ECUs, or electrical systems programs.
- Knowledge of automotive engineering tools and processes related to BOM management, change control, engineering sign-off, validation, and launch execution.
- Familiarity with systems such as Teamcenter, WERS, AIMS, FEDE BOM, DVP, GPIRs, DFMEA, FMA, and Six Sigma methodologies.
- Experience supporting compliance, validation, and quality tracking activities.
- Previous experience leading project management analysts or coordinating PMO support functions.
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