Program Manager (Automotive industry experience)

• 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