Technical Program Manager – Vehicle OS Programs (Hybrid)

Decisive Point; Sunnyvale (CA); In loco; USD 150.000 - 230.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Applied Intuition is seeking a Customer Technical Program Manager to own customer-facing program management for a flagship software program with a major automotive OEM. You will translate ambiguous requests into executable work, coordinate across engineering teams, and serve as the primary contact for schedule, risks, and dependencies.

This builder role involves establishing a new team, defining governance cadences, and partnering with onsite teams to integrate Applied's product into the

Competenze

• 5+ years in technical program management within the automotive industry, ideally with hands-on experience at an OEM or Tier-1 supplier.
• Strong customer-facing presence at director level; comfortable representing Applied Intuition independently with OEM program leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Proven ability to coordinate delivery across multiple engineering teams, managing through prioritization frameworks and clear escalation discipline.
• Technical depth sufficient to assess feasibility, interpret requirements, and engage engineers credibly across all software vehicle and integration domains.
• Builder mindset: able to set up program structure from scratch on a newly formed team.

Mansioni

• Own the customer-facing program, define and maintain the program baseline including milestones, scope boundaries, risk register, and dependency map in alignment with the Statement of Work.
• Ensure program commitments are tracked with rigor and deviations are surfaced proactively.
• Drive delivery coordination across Applied's engineering organization through Engineering TPMs, managing cross-team dependencies and competing priorities across concurrent programs.
• Serve as the primary interface to the customer's program leadership and counterpart TPMs on all matters related to schedule, risk, and technical dependencies.
• Build and maintain trusted working relationships at the program level.
• Own and operate the full program governance cadence across all recurring touchpoints with the customer and internal teams.
• Define, own, and report program-side KPIs to the Customer Program Lead and internal stakeholders.
• Maintain a clear and accurate picture of program health at all times.
• Own resolution of program-level issues and decisions through structured escalation management, triaging issues by impact and urgency, driving resolution at the appropriate level.
• Partner with onsite teams to ensure seamless integration of Applied's product into the customer's vehicle program.

Conoscenze

Technical program management

Customer-facing

Cross-functional coordination

Technical depth

Builder mindset

Descrizione del lavoro

Applied Intuition is seeking a Customer Technical Program Manager to own customer-facing program management for a flagship software program with a major automotive OEM. You will translate ambiguous requests into executable work, coordinate across engineering teams, and serve as the primary contact for schedule, risks, and dependencies.

This builder role involves establishing a new team, defining governance cadences, and partnering with onsite teams to integrate Applied's product into the