Customer Program Manager, Europe (SDV & Vehicle Compute)

NXP Semiconductors NV; München; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

NXP Semiconductors NV in Europe is seeking a Customer Program Manager within the Automotive Processing & Systems organisation to lead strategic programmes with major European automotive customers, coordinating cross-functional teams to ensure successful adoption of NXP solutions.

You will manage design wins, roadmap discussions, and escalations, traveling across Europe to build long-term partnerships with OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering or related technical discipline.
• Experience in automotive programme management, customer engineering, system engineering or product management.
• Experience with automotive OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and semiconductor products.
• Ability to communicate complex topics to engineering and management audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic customer programmes across major European automotive customers.
• Drive adoption of NXP SDV, vehicle compute, networking and processor solutions from concept through production.
• Develop trusted relationships with customer engineering, programme, purchasing and management stakeholders.
• Coordinate global cross-functional teams to deliver customer commitments.
• Lead programme reviews, risk management, issue resolution and escalation activities.
• Drive closure of technical, quality and commercial issues through structured action plans.
• Support portfolio and roadmap discussions with customers.
• Manage high-priority customer escalations and ensure corrective actions.
• Provide programme leadership for key design wins and strategic growth opportunities.
• Support regular customer visits, executive reviews and business planning activities.

Skills

Programme management

Customer engagement

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Risk management

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Engineering

Job description

This role provides the opportunity to work directly with some of Europe’s leading automotive customers, influence next-generation vehicle platforms and play a key role in NXP’s automotive growth strategy while building long-term customer partnerships and future business opportunities.

As a Customer Program Manager within the Automotive Processing & Systems organisation, you will drive strategic customer engagements across leading European OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers. Automotive is a core growth business for NXP, enabling the transition to Software Defined Vehicles (SDV), zonal architectures, vehicle compute and next-generation automotive software platforms.

This is a customer-facing role requiring strong programme leadership, technical credibility and the ability to coordinate global cross-functional teams to ensure successful customer adoption of NXP solutions.

Your Responsibilities

• Lead strategic customer programmes across major European automotive customers, acting as the primary programme management interface between the customer and NXP.
• Drive successful customer adoption and deployment of NXP SDV, vehicle compute, networking and processor solutions from concept through production.
• Develop trusted relationships with customer engineering, programme, purchasing and management stakeholders.
• Coordinate global cross-functional teams including engineering, applications, product management, quality, sales and business line organisations to deliver customer commitments.
• Lead programme reviews, risk management, issue resolution and escalation activities to maintain customer satisfaction and programme execution.
• Drive closure of technical, quality and commercial issues through structured action plans and executive follow-up.
• Support portfolio and roadmap discussions with customers, ensuring alignment between customer requirements and NXP strategy.
• Manage high-priority customer escalations and ensure corrective actions are effectively implemented.
• Provide programme leadership for key design wins and strategic growth opportunities.
• Support regular customer visits, executive reviews and business planning activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Electronics, or a related technical discipline.
• Solid experience in automotive programme management, customer engineering, system engineering or product management.
• Experience working with automotive OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and semiconductor products.
• Proven ability to communicate complex technical topics to both engineering and management audiences.
• Excellent customer-facing, presentation, and communication skills.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing capabilities across global organisations.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex programmes simultaneously.
• Experience driving issue resolution across cross-functional teams.
• Strong organisational, planning and risk management skills.
• Willingness to travel within Europe and internationally as required.

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