Vehicle Launch Program Manager: Change & Cross-Functional Leader

HTC Global Services; Allen Park (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group Health (Medical, Dental, and Vis

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

401(k) matching

Group Life and Disability insurance

Professional Development opportunities

Wellness programs

Other perks

Job summary

HTC Global Services in Michigan is seeking a Product Development Program Manager to lead a single vehicle program from planning through launch. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration across Engineering, Manufacturing, Marketing, Finance, and suppliers to meet milestones, manage changes, and ensure quality and launch readiness.

You will drive issue resolution, coordinate ECM/ECN activity, maintain cost-tracking documentation, and support production with timely engineering changes.

Responsibilities

• Manage program milestones, decisions, and deliverables across a single vehicle program.
• Coordinate cross-functional activities with Engineering, Studio, Marketing, Manufacturing, New Model Programs, Finance, Purchasing, Logistics, Capacity Planning, Launch teams, and suppliers.
• Manage and track Change Request (CR) approvals.
• Generate CR reporting decks and track overall program activities.
• Maintain Cost Detail Document (CDD) trackers.
• Create CDDs, verify cost capture against the Finance BOM, and route documents for approval.
• Execute Engineering Change Management (ECM).
• Review ECN distributions, assess impacts, communicate timing to assembly facilities, and track inventory to minimize obsolescence.
• Process initial and change control releases for supplier-owned service parts.
• Communicate release data to the CAD team for Teamcenter 3D model updates.
• Lead cross-functional meetings, including DF, CC, Software Change Control, and Service meetings.
• Coordinate supplier activities, identify action items, and track TVM savings in CRID.
• Execute general program management and ongoing production support activities.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Program management

Change control

Supply chain coordination

Engineering changes

Team leadership

Tools

Teamcenter

Job description

HTC Global Services in Michigan is seeking a Product Development Program Manager to lead a single vehicle program from planning through launch. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration across Engineering, Manufacturing, Marketing, Finance, and suppliers to meet milestones, manage changes, and ensure quality and launch readiness.

You will drive issue resolution, coordinate ECM/ECN activity, maintain cost-tracking documentation, and support production with timely engineering changes.