Project Manager

Role Summary

The Project Manager leads cross-functional project execution from business award through end-of-life, ensuring milestones, financial targets, and customer commitments are achieved. The role drives project planning, risk mitigation, stakeholder alignment, and customer communication while coordinating Engineering, Quality, Sales, SCM, and Manufacturing teams.

Your Role:
• Support project execution through the proactive management of deliverable performance from business award through end-of-life.
• Champion Overall Project Plan and Reviews
• Proven ability to work effectively under remote supervision, demonstrating strong communication, accountability, and self-management skills
• Risk Management through cross-functional problem solving and mitigation strategy development
• Champion cross-functional team discussions to ensure cooperation with the relevant technical experts (Engineering Project Leader, Quality, Sales, SCM, Manufacturing, etc..) is achieved to drive expected progress of product development and achieve overall project milestones
• Assess critical path and project risks/issues while aligning with stakeholders to deliver flawless execution
• Develop relationship with customer and engage with regularly for all Project activity
• Effectively manage customer and ensure communication alignment between stakeholders
• Prepare status reports for assigned project activities (Executive Reports, open issues/key actions, critical path, issues/risk, progress vs. KPI’s, etc.)
• Escalate risks/issues as needed to protect project commitments
• Ensure proper staffing is in alignment with key areas - resource planning/projects goals
• Meet investment spending and financial statistics from Project Award through CAPEX planning and tracking and spend contribution
• Lead by example to develop a “one team” mindset and environment
• Provide feedback into processes as lessons learned to improve future project and organizational performance.
• Provide input into Customer Sales Lead / Product org on key features to incorporate into the product roadmap
• Support the Customer Sales Lead in their pursuits by providing input on feasibility and cost associated with programs
• Work with Customer Sales Lead to support maintenance post-launch collaborating with Product, Service orgs, and Regional Mfg., SCM, and Quality Lead
• Work across regions to coordinate workforce planning to deliver programs for OEMs not headquartered in region

• Provide project forecast to feed into budgeting and financial planning, and align project priorities to top-down financial targets

Your Background:  

• 3-5 years of project management / program development experience within automotive electronics 
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, finance or equivalent relevant experience 
• Experience working with OEMs and understanding of their product development and program execution ecosystem (Ideally, Stellantis)
• Strong knowledge of Industrialization Operating Systems, with experience supporting manufacturing readiness, program launches, and cross-functional execution.

• Strong customer interface skills
• Proficient in MS excel, PowerPoint, MS project, and MS word 

• Strong organization, planning and follow up skills 

• Strong presentation skills 

• Excellent team player and ability to work effectively with others 

• Ability to demonstrate and communicate a methodical and analytical approach to problem solving   

Your Benefits:

• Private health care effective day 1 of employment
• Life and accident insurance
• Paid Time Off (Holidays, Vacation, Designated time off, Parental leave)
• Relocation assistance may be available
• Learning and development opportunities
• Discount programs with various manufacturers and retailers
• Recognition for innovation and excellence
• Opportunities to give back to the community
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Adoption Assistance
• Fertility Coverage

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One of the strengths of humanity is our drive to progress, to improve, to achieve more tomorrow than we did yesterday. People need solutions they can trust when it matters most. At Aptiv, you are building those solutions every day.

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We ensure you have the resources and support you need to take care of your family, your physical health, and your mental health with a competitive benefits package.

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Progress is never static. It is about reaching further, exploring new possibilities, and enabling mobility. Aptiv empowers customers to create solutions people rely on—advancing safety and autonomy in Automotive and Commercial Vehicles, enabling mission-critical performance in Aerospace & Defense, and powering intelligent systems across Energy, Enterprise, and Telecommunications. We also drive precision and efficiency in Industrials & Robotics and support life-critical innovation in Medical technologies.

Guided by our winning culture and values to Think & Act Like Owners, as One Team, and Play to Win, we turn commitment into results and achieve more together.

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