Global Automotive Program Manager Interior Sensing

Smart Eye; Göteborgs kommun; On-site; SEK 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Smart Eye AB, headquartered in Gothenburg, seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead advanced Interior Sensing software programs for global OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers. You will be the primary interface between customers and internal teams, aligning commitments with capabilities and business priorities.

The role requires strong organizational and communication skills, experience with automotive software development, and a track record of delivering complex programs across regions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Technical Management, or a related field.
• 5+ years of automotive project/program management, including customer-facing software development.
• Proven experience working with OEM and Tier-1 customers and managing multiple complex projects.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary program management contact for assigned OEM and Tier-1 customers, leading meetings, reviews, milestones, and issue resolution.
• Build trusted customer relationships and manage expectations while balancing internal resources and business priorities.
• Ensure clear alignment between customer requirements, commitments, and internal execution.
• Develop and manage program plans, schedules, deliverables, risks, budgets, and customer commitments.
• Coordinate cross-functional execution across Engineering, Product Owners, Validation, Data Management, and Customer Support.
• Proactively identify execution risks and resource conflicts, driving mitigation and timely delivery of releases, demos, and evaluations.
• Proactively identify, communicate, and manage program risks, dependencies, and roadblocks.
• Lead customer escalations and drive timely, solution-oriented resolution of issues.
• Facilitate decision-making and ensure closure of critical actions.
• Coordinate customer requirements, feature requests, and change requests together with Product and Sales.
• Assess impact on scope, schedule, and resources, ensuring commitments and changes are documented and communicated.
• Support configuration management and release planning.
• Provide clear and concise program status updates to customers and internal leadership.
• Translate complex technical topics into business-oriented communication.
• Maintain executive-level reporting and program documentation covering status, risks, opportunities, and key decisions.

Skills

Automotive project management

Customer-facing software

Jira

Azure DevOps

MS Project

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/Technical Management

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

MS Project

Job description

Smart Eye AB, headquartered in Gothenburg, seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead advanced Interior Sensing software programs for global OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers. You will be the primary interface between customers and internal teams, aligning commitments with capabilities and business priorities.

The role requires strong organizational and communication skills, experience with automotive software development, and a track record of delivering complex programs across regions.