Program Manager

Your Contribution

As a Program Manager reporting to the Head of Project Management AC, you will be responsible for the successful execution of programs in order to achieve the project objectives concerning profitability, costs, quality and timing. Responsible for driving programs from acquisition to launch. Responsible for the development, coordination, and implementation of project plan. Initiate all necessary support activities for the rest of the Product Life Cycle.

The role provides:

• Functional leadership of the project team (motivate and convince team members in order to meet overall target of the project)
• Ensuring simultaneous engineering as well as effective opportunity and risk management
• Coordination of project team members, customers, internal and external development partners, suppliers, and production facilities
• Team staffing to ensure right and sufficient resources
• Planning and assigning work packages to the team while monitoring and controlling the progress (project structure; project phases, schedule and milestones; project organization, etc)
• Ensure successful launch
• Management of all project stakeholders’ interests (including reporting, escalation or compromise if necessary)
• Overall responsibility and management of released project budget

• Project reporting and presentation to management committees
• Create and maintain transparency and traceability within the project
• Coordination and management of project changes and deviations considering the effects on the project objectives
• Ensure requirements management

Your Experience and Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business or equivalent degree from a four-year college or university required
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant Account Management experience and/or Application Engineering or equivalent role, preferably in the automotive industry; preferably 5 or more years
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation delivery, with demonstrated experience with account/customer relationships, in-depth knowledge of contract negotiations and product development
• Demonstrated ability to manage a minimum of one account/customer; experience with managing multiple simultaneous accounts/customers preferred
• In-depth knowledge of contract negotiations and product development preferred
• Strong time and project management, problem solving and continuous improvement skills

Our Offer

We will provide a collaborative environment working on exciting assignments, along with ongoing personal & career development opportunities.

We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!

After receiving your online application, the interview process will typically be a screening call followed by Personal Interview(s)

#DiversityMatters with our inclusive culture, we welcome applications from all social, religious & ethnical backgrounds, disabilities both mental and physical, identities (gender) and neurodivergent people.

MAHLE is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment-based non-immigrant and immigrant visas. However, as a global company, MAHLE offers many job opportunities outside of USA which can be found through our employment website www.jobs.mahle.com

Compensation Range $100,000 - $125,000