Senior Project Manager

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 is the global leader in Human Insight AI, technology that understands, supports and predicts human behavior in complex environments. Together with our subsidiaries Affectiva and iMotions, we are bridging the gap between humans and machines for a safe and sustainable future.

Today, our technology is embedded in next-generation vehicles, leading the way towards human-centric mobility through Driver Monitoring Systems and Interior Sensing solutions. Our Research Instruments offer unparalleled insights into automotive, aviation, assistive technology, behavioral science and many more fields.

Our subsidiary Affectiva is humanizing technology by pioneering Emotion AI, helping companies gain a deeper understanding of how consumers engage with their content, products and services, in automotive, media & entertainment, market research and beyond.

Our subsidiary iMotions provides the world’s leading biosensor software platform, that synchronizes data streams in real time from multiple sensors.

Smart Eye was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Sweden with offices in the US, UK, Germany, Denmark, Egypt, Japan and China. A publicly traded company since 2016, our customers include NASA, Nissan, Boeing, Honeywell, Volvo, GM, BMW, Geely, Harvard University, over 1,300 research organizations around the world, 70% of the world’s largest advertisers and 28% of the Fortune Global 500 companies.

Visit www.smarteye.ai for more information.

Smart Eye is leading the global market for Driver Monitoring Systems, which has become a standard component in every car. Monitoring the driver behavior is safety critical both for normal driving as well as for autonomous driving. We are constantly growing and are now looking for a Senior Project Managers who want to join our team.

Smart Eye provides a high-tech work environment in an exciting and expanding business. Depending on your skills and interest, your role can be more technical or more business oriented.

You will be given very good opportunities for personal development, challenges and great fun. You will also be working with highly talented people and be a part of our open, inclusive and creative culture. We believe in true teamwork, where everyone is important.

You can find our modern office at Järntorget, in the city-center of Gothenburg, with great access by bus, bike, tram, boat and car. On top of that, our espresso machine makes the best coffee in Gothenburg!

Your Role

We are seeking an experienced and customer-focused Project Manager to lead the successful delivery of advanced Interior Sensing software programs for global automotive OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers. This role serves as the primary interface between customers and internal cross-functional teams, ensuring customer commitments are met while maintaining alignment with company priorities, technical capabilities, and business objectives. You bring structure and clarity to complex automotive software programs while helping teams navigate uncertainty and change.

You will be leading one or more of our developer teams, communicating with the customers and other internal stakeholders as well as setting the priorities for the team.

The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced technical automotive environment, excels at managing ambiguity and customer-driven change, and can effectively navigate complex technical and organizational challenges. This individual must be highly organized, an excellent communicator, and a proactive problem solver with a strong understanding of automotive software development and a background in technology.

Previous experience managing global automotive customers is essential. The successful candidate will have demonstrated success working directly with international OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers, coordinating activities across multiple regions, and leading programs involving globally distributed teams.

You will have an active impact of the processes and projects and will work in close cooperation with our other talented team members. Your contribution to how we can meet our customers needs with tomorrow's technology will be of crucial importance.

Reporting to:

Chief Technology Officer

Location:

Smart Eye AB, Headquarters (Gothenburg)

Key Responsibilities

Customer Program Leadership

• 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.

Program Planning & 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.

Risk & Issue Management

• 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.

Requirements & Change Management

• 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.

Communication & Reporting

• 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.

Your Qualifications

• At least 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 programs.
• Proven experience working with OEM and Tier-1 customers and managing multiple complex projects.
• Strong understanding of automotive development processes and product lifecycle management.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to perform effectively in fast-paced customer environments and proficiency with project management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, MS Project, or similar.

Good-to-have-skills

• Experience with DMS, OMS, ADAS, computer vision, AI/ML, mathematics or related automotive safety technologies.
• Technical background in software, systems engineering, embedded systems, or automotive electronics.
• Familiarity with automotive standards and processes such as ASPICE, ISO 26262, software release management, change management, and requirements traceability.
• PMP or equivalent project management certification.

Your Profile

We welcome all types of personalities and believe in a true mix of people to create a dynamic work environment.

• Ability to work independently in an environment that changes rapidly.
• A positive, enthusiastic, open, entrepreneurial attitude and a willingness to work closely with customers as well as other functions within Smart Eye to achieve growth.
• Strong analytical and creative skills. Independent, Self-driven, Thorough, Curious and with a strong interest in new technologies.
• Communication skills with fluency in both Swedish and English. Other languages are a merit.

Since we are working on a global market there will be opportunities to travel and meet with customers.

Interviews are held on a continuous basis, so we highly recommend that you submit your application at your earliest convenience. Welcome with your application.