The Stellantis Product Design Office (PDO) is seeking a highly motivated UX Design Operations Project Manager to lead planning, coordination, and execution across User Experience design programs.
This role operates at the intersection of design, engineering, software, and fabrication, translating UX concepts into structured execution plans and ensuring delivery through high-quality physical and digital prototypes. This includes early-stage design assets, bench-top models, BUCs, and integrated cockpit experiences.
The ideal candidate brings strong operational rigor, the ability to synthesize inputs across diverse cross-functional teams, and a passion for enabling clinic-able User Experience design.
Key Responsibilities:
Program & Planning Management
- Translate enterprise-level plans (LRP) into actionable team-level roadmaps
- Build and maintain integrated program timelines, milestones, and deliverables
- Develop macro-level project plans across vehicle programs
- Define milestone expectations in partnership with Design Managers and stakeholders
UX Prototyping & Model Coordination
- Plan and coordinate development of UX prototypes across both physical and digital (software) domains, including BUCs, bench-top models, and interactive HMI experiences
- Align resources, schedules, and internal/external stakeholders to deliver end-to-end prototype builds, from concept through validation
- Enable integration of software (HMI/UI) and hardware components into cohesive experiences
Stakeholder & Communication Management
- Serve as the central coordination point between Design, Engineering, and Fabrication teams
- Structure and maintain clear program communications, reporting, and documentation
- Align stakeholders on priorities, risks, and program status
- Support Design Leadership with planning and execution
Operations & Process Optimization
- Identify and implement improvements to UX workflows, prototyping processes, and cross-functional alignment
- Drive continuous improvement across planning, resourcing, and prototype delivery
Support scalable, repeatable processes for physical and digital build execution
Preferred QualificationsBasic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Marketing, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in program management, product development, design operations, or related roles
- Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional projects in a fast-paced environment
- Strong organizational, prioritization, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, including executive-level storytelling
Preferred Qualifications:
- MBA and/or advanced degree
- Experience in automotive, industrial design, or fabrication environments
- Familiarity with physical and digital prototyping (BUCs, model builds, digital assets)
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Marketing, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in program management or related roles
- Proven ability to lead complex projects in a fast-paced environment
- Strong organizational, prioritization, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- MBA and/or advanced degree
- Experience in automotive, industrial design, or fabrication environments
- Familiarity with physical and digital prototyping
Stellantis Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Stellantis and has not been reviewed or approved by Stellantis.
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Pay Growth & Progression — Contract-driven increases lifted hourly wages roughly 25% over 4.5 years and restored cost-of-living adjustments, pushing top rates near $42 per hour by the end of the agreement. Union hourly positions appear to have benefited most since the 2023 deal.
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Affordable Benefits — UAW-represented hourly workers pay no premiums and about 3% of total healthcare costs while receiving comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and wellness coverage. This creates materially lower out-of-pocket costs for represented hourly roles.
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Retirement Support — Post-2007 hourly hires receive a 10% employer 401(k) contribution and legacy workers saw defined-benefit improvements with retiree bonuses. Salaried roles also cite a 401(k) with employer match and contribution up to a maximum of 8%.
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What We Do
Our storied and iconic brands embody the passion of their visionary founders and today’s customers in their innovative products and services: they include Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, DS Automobiles, Fiat, Jeep®, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Ram, Vauxhall and mobility brands Free2move and Leasys. Powered by our diversity, we lead the way the world moves – aspiring to become the greatest sustainable mobility tech company, not the biggest, while creating added value for all stakeholders as well as the communities in which we operate.
