What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Program Manager, Application Engineering position at Tesla Motors, Inc.?
The Applications Engineering team at Tesla aims to lead an enterprise-wide approach to identify, prioritize, and successfully execute a technology portfolio of initiatives/projects that drive innovation, growth, and alignment with Tesla's strategic goals. We are looking for a Technical Program Manager who can lead and is willing to undertake an insane challenge of building out organization level strategy to prioritize and lead critical engineering programs within the Applications Engineering domain. At Tesla we look to engineer everything in-house; so come help us scale our homegrown Tesla OS platform and deliver experiences that delight our customers and internal employees. Finance, Invoicing, payments, accounting experience is helpful, but more importantly, someone with a strong bias for action, technical background and great stakeholder management skills.
What You'll Do
- Work on introducing software engineering products/features into order to cash flow, finance, accounting and service/ownership flow at a large scale
- Work with business stakeholders and Application Engineering team(s) to develop elegant, efficient solutions and product capabilities that can support 10X growth
- Work from inception to launch of new products and in-house platforms
- Consistent record of system streamlining, cost reduction, project management and engineering design required
- Tackle complex and ambiguous problems that span numerous systems and organizations
- Drive engineering initiatives with product, engineers, and designers
- Integrate analytics, data science and research into your methodology
- Ruthlessly prioritize and maximize productivity in a constantly changing environment of shifting priorities
- Influence without reporting structure & operate without guidance
- Resolve conflict productively across teams
What You'll Bring
- 5 years of Technical Program or Technical Product Management experience working with multiple cross functional teams
- 7 years of experience in technology industry
- 2 years of public accounting experience preferred
- Degree in Computer Science is a huge plus
- Experience managing end-to-end product deployment from concept, development, and successful launch
- Experience leading programs with full customer journey impact covering program planning, risk assessment, cost, and delivery
- Proven ability to own the product roadmap and schedules with a track record of delivering projects on-time
- Demonstrated communication and influencing skills at all levels of the organization and across technical and non-technical teams
Compensation and Benefits
Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:
- Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical plan options with $0 payroll deduction
- Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
- Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
- Company Paid (Health Savings Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna medical plan with HSA
- Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
- Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions), and Paid Holidays
- Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
- Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
- Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
- Tesla Babies program
- Commuter benefits
- Employee discounts and perks program
Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
Tesla is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
Salary : $80,000 - $186,000