Technical Program Manager - Hardware

Job description

Client is helping an on-demand, autonomous ride-hailing company hire an experienced Technical Program Manager to support its hardware development effort.

In this role, you will work cross-functionally with the engineering leaders across software, hardware, vehicle engineering, and product to help achieve the strategic and tactical milestones.

As a Technical Program Manager - Hardware, you'll:

• Work with cross-functional teams to translate the top-down corporate strategy and milestones into detailed product roadmaps, timelines, and deliverables.
• Work with engineers and finance teams to define and track resource requirements, including headcount and budget.
• Ensure every team understands what they need to deliver at all times.
• Establish standard reports to provide concise and effective communications to key stakeholders on program status, issues/risks, and accomplishments.
• Ensure problems are transparent and risks are identified, and proactively ensure that risk-mitigating actions are ongoing within relevant engineering teams.
• Set an agenda for key decisions to be made at each meeting to eliminate bottlenecks and minimize risks.
• Support key decisions by working cross-functionally across engineering, finance, and strategy to reach the right conclusions.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience in engineering, program management, or management consulting
• Experience with hardware development and manufacturing processes
• Prior experience working with contract manufacturers (CMs)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong track record in managing complex, cross-functional projects
• Proficient in tools required to manage complex projects (i.e., Gantt charts)
• Strong references that highlight your ability to build strong working relationships with senior leaders and engineers across functions and departments
• An ability to keep the big picture in focus and to provide clear, well-structured, and concise communications tailored to each appropriate audience
• Ability to manage confidential information

Comments

HCO: 1
This is an exclusive requisition with SP-only support meaning our internal team will not be sourcing for this role.
We're relying on your team to provide 2-3 strong candidates.

Ops check questions

• Can you walk me through a complex hardware development project you managed? How did you coordinate across engineering, product, and manufacturing teams to stay on track?
• How do you typically track and communicate project status, risks, and milestones to cross-functional stakeholders and senior leadership? What tools or reporting structures have you found most effective?
• Give me an example of how you identified a major program risk early on. How did you bring it forward, and what actions did you or the team take to mitigate it?
• When balancing strategic goals with daily engineering execution, how do you ensure that both high-level milestones and tactical deliverables stay aligned?
• Please confirm all details for Pay, Location, Schedule, etc.