EV Thermal Program Manager — Lead Cross-Functional Delivery

Insight Global; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global seeks a seasoned Technical Program Manager to lead a thermal management program for EV vehicle systems, spanning coolant, refrigeration, and HVAC architectures from concept to launch.

You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage schedules and budgets, and drive readiness with suppliers, design and release, and manufacturing, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery while escalating risks and presenting clear trade-offs to leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 4+ years in technical program management within automotive or complex engineering environments.
• Experience leading cross-functional engineering programs from concept to production launch.
• Strong understanding of product development lifecycles, release processes, and project management methodologies.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and dependencies.
• Excellent communication, leadership, negotiation, and organizational skills.
• Master's degree or MBA preferred and PMP certification advantageous.
• Experience with vehicle thermal management systems (EV cooling, refrigeration, HVAC).

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, execution, and delivery of thermal management programs across coolant, refrigeration, and HVAC subsystems.
• Develop and maintain integrated program plans aligned with vehicle program timing.
• Track critical-path deliverables and escalate timing risks to stakeholders.
• Coordinate with suppliers, D&R, and sourcing to manage prototypes, tooling, and industrialization.
• Drive build and test readiness aligning prototype vehicles and validation activities.
• Manage budgets, resource plans, and schedule performance to ensure on-time, on-budget execution.
• Identify risks and mitigation plans; drive issues to closure.
• Prepare status updates and leadership decision materials.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Program management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Negotiation

Organizational skills

Budget management

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Master's degree (Engineering or MBA)

PMP certification

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Microsoft Project

Job description

Insight Global seeks a seasoned Technical Program Manager to lead a thermal management program for EV vehicle systems, spanning coolant, refrigeration, and HVAC architectures from concept to launch.

You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage schedules and budgets, and drive readiness with suppliers, design and release, and manufacturing, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery while escalating risks and presenting clear trade-offs to leadership.