Global Accessories Vehicle Personalization Program Manager

Jobtailor; Missouri; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a seasoned portfolio leader to drive accessory development across all stages, ensuring profitable growth and strategic alignment with customer needs and market requirements. The role leads cross-functional execution, shapes business cases, and collaborates with engineering, marketing, and design to deliver launch-ready plans while optimizing cost, schedule, and value.

A strong background in automotive or related sectors and the ability to operate in a matrixed environment

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business, Marketing, Supply Chain, or a related field.
• Minimum five years of experience across automotive or related business functions such as planning, engineering, purchasing, design, program management, or product development.
• Strong business sense and demonstrated ability to evaluate financial performance, trade-offs, and return on investment.
• Experience leading cross-functional workstreams and making decisions in a matrixed environment.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to align regional and global stakeholders.
• Ability to prioritize multiple assignments, manage competing deadlines, and operate effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• High level of self-motivation, sound judgment, and problem-solving ability.
• This position requires the legal ability to operate a motor vehicle daily.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation, planning, and development of accessory portfolios through all phases of the development process, with a focus on profitable growth, contribution margin, and return on investment.
• Define portfolio direction for assigned programs by integrating customer needs, market requirements, and regional inputs into clear recommendations and executable plans.
• Lead the Accessory Program Execution Team and create alignment across partners on scope, priorities, timing, risks, and investment trade-offs.
• Develop, manage, and refine business cases for individual accessory initiatives and broader portfolio decisions to support prioritization and financial performance.
• Partner with Program Teams, Marketing, and other stakeholders to translate strategy into product program content and launch-ready execution plans.
• Work with Engineering and Design to evaluate technical feasibility, vehicle enablers, development complexity, feature content, cost, and timing implications for proposed accessories.
• Maintain accurate accessory content for supported programs and identify opportunities to reuse components or bills of materials where it creates value and efficiency.
• Support capital and investment planning tied to accessory portfolio execution, including vendor tooling capital considerations where applicable.
• Lead timeline development activities and help ensure portfolio readiness through strong risk visibility, cross-functional coordination, and discipline follow-through.
• Help improve VPPM processes, tools, and team operating cadence in support of stronger portfolio planning and execution across the Accessories organization.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Financial evaluation

Communication skills

Prioritization & multitasking

Problem solving

Self-motivation

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, marketing, supply chain or related field

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation, planning, and development of accessory portfolios through all phases of the development process, with a focus on profitable growth, contribution margin, and return on investment.
• Define portfolio direction for assigned programs by integrating customer needs, market requirements, and regional inputs into clear recommendations and executable plans.
• Lead the Accessory Program Execution Team and create alignment across partners on scope, priorities, timing, risks, and investment trade-offs.
• Develop, manage, and refine business cases for individual accessory initiatives and broader portfolio decisions to support prioritization and financial performance.
• Partner with Program Teams, Marketing, and other stakeholders to translate strategy into product program content and launch-ready execution plans.
• Work with Engineering and Design to evaluate technical feasibility, vehicle enablers, development complexity, feature content, cost, and timing implications for proposed accessories.
• Maintain accurate accessory content for supported programs and identify opportunities to reuse components or bills of material where it creates value and efficiency.
• Support capital and investment planning tied to accessory portfolio execution, including vendor tooling capital considerations where applicable.
• Lead timeline development activities and help ensure portfolio readiness through strong risk visibility, cross-functional coordination, and discipline follow-through.
• Help improve VPPM processes, tools, and team operating cadence in support of stronger portfolio planning and execution across the Accessories organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business, Marketing, Supply Chain, or a related field.
• Minimum five years of experience across automotive or related business functions such as planning, engineering, purchasing, design, program management, or product development.
• Strong business sense and demonstrated ability to evaluate financial performance, trade-offs, and return on investment.
• Experience leading cross-functional workstreams and making decisions in a matrixed environment.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to align regional and global stakeholders.
• Ability to prioritize multiple assignments, manage competing deadlines, and operate effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• High level of self-motivation, sound judgment, and problem-solving ability.
• This position requires the legal ability to operate a motor vehicle daily.