Foundry Development Program Manager

Lear Corporation•Southfield, MI

12d

About The Position

Lear is seeking a highly experienced Foundry Development Program Manager to lead enterprise-scale digital transformation initiatives powered by Foundry. The role spans business transformation, data, technology, and program execution, partnering with Business Process Owners, Forward Deployed Engineers, Data Architects, and global delivery teams to achieve measurable business outcomes. It is responsible for coordinating complex programs across business functions, technical teams, external partners, and global stakeholders, ensuring solutions are delivered on time, at quality, and ready for enterprise deployment.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, Supply Chain, Business, Data Analytics, or a related discipline.
10+ years leading large-scale digital transformation, enterprise technology, software delivery, or business transformation programs.
Proven success managing complex, multi-year initiatives involving internal and external delivery organizations.
Experience working across business teams, IT organizations, software vendors, consulting partners, and data teams.
Strong understanding of software development lifecycles, release management, program governance, and deployment methodologies.
Experience with enterprise data platforms, analytics environments, integrations, or digital manufacturing solutions.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree preferred.
Manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, or operations experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end execution of large-scale Foundry programs from initiation through deployment and stabilization.
Establish governance structures, executive reviews, operating cadences, and steering committees.
Develop and maintain integrated program plans across business, technical, data, and partner workstreams.
Provide executive visibility into program status, risks, dependencies, milestones, and resource needs.
Ensure stakeholder alignment, accountability, and successful delivery execution.
Coordinate delivery across Lear Digital Operations, IT, Data & Analytics, Palantir, system integrators, and third-party partners.
Coordinate application development, data products, integrations, infrastructure, testing, deployment, and support transitions.
Manage cross-functional dependencies and execution risks, and align commitments, resource plans, release schedules, and deployment readiness.
Work with Business Process Owners to translate priorities into executable delivery roadmaps.
Partner with Forward Deployed Engineers on release planning, technical dependencies, and delivery strategy.
Collaborate with Data Architects on data readiness, integration planning, governance, and implementation sequencing.
Support user acceptance testing, deployment planning, and operational readiness activities.
Remove organizational barriers that impact delivery success.
Manage scope, schedule, quality, risks, dependencies, and resource requirements.
Lead release planning, testing, cutover, hypercare, and production transition activities.
Ensure compliance with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, and supportability standards.
Establish governance controls and performance metrics to monitor program health.
Drive issue resolution and escalation management across workstreams.
Oversee performance across Palantir resources, consulting partners, system integrators, and development providers.
Establish accountability for partner deliverables, timelines, quality standards, and deployment readiness.
Monitor delivery performance and contractual commitments; resolve partner-related issues and improve delivery processes and governance models.