Global Automotive Program Manager - Cross-Functional Lead

Socket.dev; Plymouth (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Mobis North America is seeking a Local Program Manager to lead cross-functional teams across Product Engineering, Sales, Manufacturing, Quality, and Purchasing to develop and launch automotive programs for North America, Mexico, and Korea.

You will manage milestones, stakeholder communications, risk assessments, and quality control to ensure on-time, on-spec delivery from award through 90 days post-SOP. Strong collaboration with customers and global teams is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, or Business or equivalent industry specific experience.
• +3 years of project/program management experience is preferred.
• +7 years of automotive project development experience is highly preferred.
• Global Automotive OEM experience is preferred and prior experience with Mobis products is helpful.
• Experience with APQP is a plus.
• PMP Certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Interface with required functional disciplines and departments for program support.
• Ensure customer requirements / procedures are identified and understood by project teams.
• Ensure completion of local deliverables within all phase and gate objectives.
• Facilitate interaction between project cross functional team and customer to ensure alignment and status to project deliverables.
• Initiate action to prevent nonconformities and document changes.
• Lead implementation of changes and follow documentation processes.
• Collaborate with leadership to drive a forward-thinking, winning culture.
• Travel: occasional international and frequent local travel as needed.

Skills

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Customer interaction

Problem-solving

Cross-functional leadership

Risk management

Process improvement

MS Project & Office tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Science/Business

+3 years of project management experience

+7 years automotive project development experience

APQP knowledge

PMP Certification preferred

Korean language a plus

Tools

MS Project

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

SharePoint

Job description

Mobis North America is seeking a Local Program Manager to lead cross-functional teams across Product Engineering, Sales, Manufacturing, Quality, and Purchasing to develop and launch automotive programs for North America, Mexico, and Korea.

You will manage milestones, stakeholder communications, risk assessments, and quality control to ensure on-time, on-spec delivery from award through 90 days post-SOP. Strong collaboration with customers and global teams is required.