Vehicle Programs Manager - Drive Cross-Functional Innovation

Gokenamerica; Northern, Foster City (KY, CA); Hybrid; USD 62,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Goken seeks a Project Manager, Vehicle Operations to coordinate cross‑functional activities across the product lifecycle, driving schedules, deliverables, communications, and issue resolution.

You will manage vehicle development programs from concept through production, maintain milestones, align objectives across engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain, and report metrics to leadership in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of project or program management experience within automotive, vehicle, or hardware development environments.
• Experience managing schedules, deliverables, risks, and cross-functional initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience managing products through the hardware life cycle (concept, design, validation, production, end of life) and applying structured change management (ECR/ECO processes, PLM systems).
• Strong organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Familiarity with project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Google Workspace or similar platforms.

Responsibilities

• Support and manage vehicle development programs from concept through production and end-of-life activities.
• Develop and maintain program schedules, milestones, deliverables, and dependencies.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on program objectives and execution plans.
• Track program risks, issues, and open actions, and drive timely resolution.
• Facilitate program reviews, status meetings, and readiness assessments.
• Support engineering change management and implementation activities.
• Maintain program documentation, metrics, and reporting to provide visibility to stakeholders and leadership.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, communication, and operational efficiency across programs.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Jira

Confluence

Google Workspace

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Google Workspace

Job description

Goken seeks a Project Manager, Vehicle Operations to coordinate cross‑functional activities across the product lifecycle, driving schedules, deliverables, communications, and issue resolution.

You will manage vehicle development programs from concept through production, maintain milestones, align objectives across engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain, and report metrics to leadership in a fast-paced environment.