Technical Program Manager (Draft)

Insight Global; Long Beach (CA); Presencial; USD 120.000 - 160.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

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.

Formación

• 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).

Responsabilidades

• 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.

Conocimientos

Cross-functional leadership

Program management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Negotiation

Organizational skills

Budget management

Risk management

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Master's degree (Engineering or MBA)

PMP certification

Herramientas

Jira

Azure DevOps

Microsoft Project

Descripción del empleo

Job Description

Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of the thermal management program across coolant, refrigeration, and HVAC/climate subsystems from concept through vehicle launch.Develop and maintain integrated program plans, ensuring thermal engineering activities remain aligned with overall vehicle program timing and milestones.Track critical-path deliverables, monitor key program gateways, and proactively escalated timing risks to stakeholders and leadership.Serve as the primary liaison between Thermal Engineering and cross-functional teams including vehicle program management, product development, manufacturing, purchasing, and supply chain.Coordinate with suppliers, Design & Release Engineers, and sourcing teams to manage prototype timing, quotations, tooling, industrialization efforts, and hardware readiness.Drive build and test readiness by aligning prototype vehicles, validation activities, test facilities, and thermal engineering resources with program schedules.Manage project budgets, resource plans, and schedule performance to ensure on-time and on-budget execution.Identify technical, schedule, supplier, and resource risks, developing mitigation plans and driving issues to closure.Prepare and deliver program status updates, leadership reviews, decision materials, and cross-functional communications.Facilitate technical and strategic decision-making by ensuring engineering teams present clear options, tradeoffs, and recommendations.Champion program management best practices and support continuous improvement initiatives across the thermal engineering organization.

Skills and Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.4+ years of experience in technical program management within automotive, aerospace, or other complex engineering product development environments.Proven experience leading cross-functional engineering programs from concept through production launch.Strong understanding of product development lifecycles, engineering release processes, and project management methodologies.Demonstrated ability to manage multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and cross-functional dependencies.Excellent communication, leadership, negotiation, and organizational skills.Experience managing schedules, budgets, risks, and critical-path deliverables within technical development programs.Master's degree in Engineering, Business Administration (MBA), or a related field.PMP certification or equivalent project management credential.Experience with vehicle thermal management systems, particularly EV cooling, refrigeration, heat pump, and HVAC architectures.Track record of managing suppliers through prototype, validation, industrialization, and production launch phases.Proficiency with project management and workflow platforms such as Jira, Azure DevOps, and Microsoft Project.Experience supporting complex hardware development programs involving mechanical, electrical, controls, software, and validation teams.Ability to bridge technical engineering discussions with business, program, and executive-level decision making.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [e-mail].