Sr. Specialist, Product Management – Complete Vehicle and Pre-Series

Scout Motors • Charlotte, MI

13d • Onsite

About The Position

Scout Motors is hiring a Sr. Specialist, Product Management to lead Complete Vehicle integration and Pre-Series readiness for an assigned scope. The role reports to the Director of Whole Vehicle Product Management and provides cross-functional leadership across Product, Engineering, Production, and other functions. The position owns vehicle-level product positioning and makes recommendations on trade-offs involving customer value, vehicle attributes, architecture, content, cost, timing, quality, and risk.

The role also leads the Pre-Series and launch-cost program, including build strategy, scope, timing, budget, vehicle availability, readiness, and issue resolution. It establishes integrated plans, KPIs, and review cadences, aligns internal teams and external partners on requirements and commitments, translates customer, market, regulatory, and competitive inputs into vehicle priorities, and presents decision-ready proposals and status updates to senior management and governance committees.

This position is based at Scout Motors’ Novi, Michigan or Charlotte, North Carolina location and requires 4–5 days per week in the office, with regular in-person meetings and occasional travel. It is a full-time, exempt role with an annual base salary range of $110,000–$135,000 and eligibility for an annual performance bonus.

Requirements

• 8–12 years of automotive experience in Complete Vehicle product management, vehicle integration, Pre-Series, or vehicle program management.
• Proven leadership of complex vehicle programs, including priorities, governance, integrated plans, risk management, and executive reporting.
• Strong Complete Vehicle integration expertise across customer requirements, attributes, features, architecture, validation, manufacturing feasibility, and commercial targets.
• Hands-on Pre-Series and launch experience, including build planning, vehicle availability, parts maturity, readiness, issue resolution, and cost control.
• Business ownership across content, scope, cost, timing, and quality, with disciplined budget, milestone, and KPI management.
• Strong judgment and problem-solving in ambiguous, high-impact situations involving competing vehicle and program priorities.
• Cross-functional leadership and influence across Product, Engineering, Production, Quality, Purchasing, Logistics, Finance, partners, and suppliers.
• Ability to align contributors, clarify accountability, close ownership gaps, and maintain delivery focus without formal reporting authority.
• Executive communication skills and ability to frame trade-offs, present recommendations, and facilitate decisions in senior forums.
• Broad understanding of vehicle architecture, attributes, E/E, software-enabled features, validation, and production processes.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or a related field.
• Experience with vehicle program, requirements, issue, and lifecycle-management tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
• Integrity, curiosity, resourcefulness, a positive attitude, and a growth mindset; comfort with change and a collaborative approach in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree.
• Leadership of a Complete Vehicle, vehicle integration, or Pre-Series program through validation, build events, launch, and early-series stabilization.
• Electric or software-defined vehicle experience, including Complete Vehicle-level cross-system integration.
• Ownership of vehicle-level budgets, Pre-Series or launch costs, build quantities, vehicle availability, or resource plans.
• Experience delivering in global, matrixed automotive organizations with external partners and suppliers.
• Demonstrated success leading complex programs or cross-functional teams through influence, subject-matter expertise, and structured governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead Product Management activities for assigned Complete Vehicle integration and Pre-Series readiness scope.
• Provide cross-functional leadership for the Complete Vehicle Main System Team, aligning objectives, priorities, governance, integrated work plans, and decision paths.
• Own vehicle-level product position and recommend trade-offs across customer value, attributes, architecture, content, cost, timing, quality, and risk.
• Drive cross-functional delivery, resolve ownership and target gaps, identify resource needs, and escalate material risks with recommendations.
• Prepare and present vehicle proposals and status updates to senior management and governance committees.
• Lead the Pre-Series and launch-cost program, including build strategy, scope, timing, budget, vehicle availability, readiness, and issue resolution.
• Establish integrated plans, KPIs, and review cadences and ensure adherence to approved scope, schedule, quality, and budget.
• Align internal teams, external partners, and suppliers on requirements, deliverables, dependencies, and commitments.
• Translate customer, market, regulatory, and competitive inputs into vehicle priorities and continuous program improvements.
• Advise contributors on complex vehicle and program matters, clarify ownership, and coordinate activities needed to deliver approved objectives.
• Select and adapt Product Management and program methods based on vehicle maturity, program risk, and Pre-Series conditions.

Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, vision, and income protection insurance plans.
• 401(k) program with employer match and immediate vesting.
• 20 days of planned PTO, as accrued.
• 40 hours of unplanned PTO annually.
• 14 company or floating holidays annually.
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents of all genders.
• Paid leave for bereavement, jury duty, voting time, or military leave.
• Annual performance bonus program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior