EV/AV Technical Program Manager – Cross-Functional Delivery

Motion Recruitment; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based bonus

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Life and AD&D Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan with Company 
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Paid Vacation and Sick Time

Holiday Pay

Job summary

Motion Recruitment in Irvine, CA is seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager to lead complex customer-facing programs and technical projects. This full-time role requires coordinating across customers, engineering, supply chain, production, and operations.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in program management, strong scheduling, budgeting, risk management, and advanced Excel skills, with a background in automotive or mobility sectors.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of project or program management experience.
• Experience in automotive, EV, AV, mobility, or related industry preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent technical experience.
• Experience managing complex technical, engineering, design-build, or EPC projects.
• Strong understanding of project controls, scheduling, budgeting, resource planning, and risk management.
• Experience developing and maintaining project schedules using Gantt charts and similar tools.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Demonstrated experience managing customer-facing programs and external stakeholder relationships.
• Ability to coordinate across engineering, supply chain, procurement, production, operations, finance, and commercial teams.
• Strong analytical, planning, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple customer programs through the project lifecycle from planning to delivery.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, deliverables, resource plans, and responsibilities.
• Track project performance against scope, schedule, budget, and quality requirements.
• Identify risks and constraints; coordinate solutions to keep projects moving forward.
• Maintain project documentation, schedules, reporting, and performance metrics.
• Serve as a key point of coordination between customers and internal teams.
• Communicate milestones, risks, changes, and priorities to stakeholders.
• Coordinate across engineering, procurement, supply chain, production, operations, and commercial teams.
• Drive resolution of technical and operational issues affecting execution.

Skills

PM Experience

Stakeholder mgmt

Cross-functional leadership

Scheduling & budgeting

Excel skills

Customer-facing programs

Engineering coordination

Risk management

Communication skills

Multi-program management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Motion Recruitment in Irvine, CA is seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager to lead complex customer-facing programs and technical projects. This full-time role requires coordinating across customers, engineering, supply chain, production, and operations.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in program management, strong scheduling, budgeting, risk management, and advanced Excel skills, with a background in automotive or mobility sectors.