Senior Technical Project Manager - Automotive

Bose Corporation, U.S.A; Michigan; Vor Ort; USD 110.000 - 160.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Bose Corporation, a privately owned leader in sound innovation, seeks a Senior Technical Project Manager for its Automotive Engineering PMO in Michigan (Bloomfield Hills or Troy). You will drive crossfunctional programs spanning software, hardware, and systems engineering, guiding teams to meet technical, schedule, and budget commitments.

You will partner with engineering, purchasing, and finance to optimize programs, manage risk, and deliver on ambitious product development milestones.

Aufgaben

• Lead complex automotive engineering programs from ideation through development, ensuring alignment with product lifecycle phases and gate requirements.
• Develop and manage integrated project plans covering scope, schedule, deliverables, resources, budget, risks, dependencies, and milestones.
• Collaborate with Engineering to understand architecture, requirements, dependencies, validation strategies, and implementation risks.
• Drive execution across software, hardware, systems, validation, product, purchasing, finance, and other cross-functional teams.
• Establish clear ownership and accountability for project deliverables.
• Ensure timely resolution of technical and program-level issues affecting commitments.
• Establish governance, cadence, decision-making processes, and escalation mechanisms.
• Define and monitor meaningful KPIs and provide visibility into project health.
• Lead program reviews, milestone reviews, risk reviews, and executive discussions.
• Identify gaps and bottlenecks and implement actionable recovery plans.
• Promote consistent project management standards and best practices across programs.
• Champion continuous improvement to simplify processes, increase transparency, and improve execution efficiency.
• Manage project financial performance including budgets, forecasts, actuals, and external spend.
• Coordinate with Finance and Engineering to maintain accurate forecasts and financial visibility.
• Monitor resource demand vs availability and address capacity constraints.
• Support operating planning and quarterly reviews, and forecast activities.
• Ensure changes in scope are evaluated for downstream impact on cost, schedule, and technical outcomes.
• Coordinate with suppliers and external partners for software and hardware development.

Jobbeschreibung

At Bose Corporation, we believe sound is the most powerful force on earth - and for over 60 years, we have been a company built on innovation, excellence, and independence. Privately owned, fiercely customer-focused, and driven by our values, we continue to lead industries and transform lives through sound.

Job Description

Senior Technical Project Manager - Automotive

Location: Michigan - Bloomfield Hills or Troy

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Technical Project Manager to join our Automotive Engineering Project Management organization. In this role, you will lead complex, cross-functional engineering programs and strategic initiatives spanning software, hardware, systems engineering, validation, suppliers, finance, purchasing, and global engineering teams. You will operate at the intersection of technology, business, and execution-creating clarity around priorities, driving accountability, proactively managing risks, and ensuring teams deliver against technical, schedule, financial, and customer commitments. This is more than a project tracking role. We are looking for a leader who can understand complex technical environments, challenge assumptions, influence decisions, and continuously improve how our engineering organization executes.

What You'll Do

Lead Complex Technical Programs

Lead complex automotive engineering programs from ideation and concept exploration through development, driving execution in alignment with defined product development lifecycle phases, technical milestones, and gate requirements.

Develop and manage integrated project plans encompassing scope, schedule, technical deliverables, resources, budget, risks, dependencies, and milestones.

Partner closely with Engineering teams to understand technical architecture, requirements, dependencies, validation strategies, and implementation risks.

Drive execution across software, hardware, systems, validation, product, purchasing, finance, and other cross-functional organizations.

Establish clear ownership and accountability for project deliverables.

Drive timely resolution of technical and program-level issues affecting project commitments.

Drive Project Governance & Execution Excellence

Establish effective project governance, operating cadence, decision-making processes, and escalation mechanisms.

Define and monitor meaningful project KPIs and provide objective visibility into project health.

Lead program reviews, milestone reviews, risk reviews, and executive-level discussions.

Identify execution gaps and bottlenecks and establish actionable recovery plans.

Drive consistent project management standards and best practices across programs.

Champion continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to simplify processes, improve transparency, and increase engineering execution efficiency.

Manage Financial & Resource Performance

Manage project financial performance including budget, forecast, actuals, resource demand, external engineering spend, and financial risks.

Partner with Finance and Engineering leadership to maintain accurate forecasts and clear visibility into financial performance.

Monitor resource demand versus availability and identify capacity constraints that could impact project commitments.

Support annual operating planning, quarterly business reviews and ongoing forecast activities.

Drive financial discipline around project changes, external engineering expenditures, purchase orders, and supplier commitments.

Understand the connection between technical decisions, project execution, and financial outcomes.

Proactively Manage Risk & Change

Establish disciplined management of project risks, issues, actions, decisions, and dependencies.

Identify risks early and ensure appropriate mitigation plans, owners, and timelines are established.

Escalate critical issues with a clear understanding of technical impact, business impact, options, and recommended actions.

Lead cross-functional resolution of issues affecting cost, schedule, quality, technical performance, or customer commitments.

Ensure changes in project scope or requirements are evaluated for their downstream technical, resource, schedule, and financial impacts.

Lead Supplier & External Partner Execution

Coordinate execution with engineering suppliers and external service providers supporting software and hardware development.

Partner with Engineering and Purchasing to establish clear Statements of Work, deliverables, milestones, acceptance criteria, and supplier commitments.

Monitor supplier performance against technical, schedule, quality, and cost expectations.

Identify supplier-related risks and drive appropriate recovery and escalation plans.

Support effective management of external engineeri