Technical Program Manager

Aptiv•Troy, MI

About The Position

Aptiv is seeking a Technical Program Manager to define the breakdown structure of product features into modules for assignment to product engineering teams. This role involves defining project goals, facilitating strategic and technical discussions for ADAS algorithm development, and assisting development teams in task prioritization. The Technical Program Manager will develop product work plans by estimating time and resources, determining inter-dependencies, and aligning with the product roadmap and customer milestones. They will refine or update the technical product roadmap during development based on resource changes and assign modules to teams, optimizing engineering resource utilization. This role requires collaboration with various teams, including VP, System, Product, Vehicle Architecture, and Product Managers, to ensure product engineering work aligns with GP architecture guidelines. Responsibilities include documenting SOWs and change requests, supporting product design feasibility evaluations, managing ADAS projects, and monitoring project milestones using JIRA dashboards. Establishing meeting structures, communicating scope change impacts, identifying cross-team dependencies, and monitoring sprint metrics are also key aspects. The role involves developing reports for senior management and stakeholders, representing the company as a key POC for feature/function performance, and collaborating with software architects, engineers, system engineers, developers, and product teams. Overseeing product deployment and integration, identifying root causes of issues, developing corrective action plans, and providing technical insights for new ADAS features are crucial. Formalizing communication plans and tracking action items are also part of the role. The Technical Program Manager will design and develop technical product roadmaps, collaborate with Product Managers, provide inputs on technical feasibility, and support engineering resource staffing.

Requirements

Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
8+ years of experience in program management, engineering, or related field.
Proven track record of managing complex technical programs and projects.
Excellent communication, leadership, and collaboration skills.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Agile development methodologies and version control systems.
Familiarity with industry-specific regulations and standards (e.g., automotive, aerospace).
Certification in program management (e.g., PMP, Agile Certified Practitioner).

Responsibilities

Define breakdown structure of product features into modules, for assignment to product engineering teams for development etc.
Define project goals, facilitate strategic and technical discussions for ADAS algorithm development, and assist development teams in task prioritization.
Develop product workplan by estimating time and resources required, along with determining inter-dependency among modules and aligning with overall product roadmap and customer milestones.
Refine or update technical product roadmap during the product development phase, based on changes to available resources.
Assigning modules of technical product roadmap to team, optimally leveraging available engineering resources.
Work with VP, System, Product and Vehicle Architecture team and Product Managers to ensure all product engineering work is consistent with GP architecture guidelines.
Recording proper documentation of SOWs and change requests.
Support evaluation of product design feasibility, development cost, maintenance, requirements, manufacturability, and performance.
Manage/develop automotive advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) projects implement ADAS product technologies.
Monitoring the project milestones by creating and maintain JIRA dashboards to track progress, feature readiness and timely closure of issue tickets along with other key engineering milestones.
Establish and execute meeting structures on various development topics including cadence, agenda and tracking/closure of open action items.
Communicate impact of critical scope changes to stakeholders with regard to deliverables, timing, and quality.
Proactively identifying cross-team dependencies and thereby incorporate them into the program planning process.
Monitor Sprint metrics (e.g., Sprint velocity, defect rate etc.) to ensure high quality engineering output delivered to end customer.
Develop reports/updates to communicate the progression on ongoing issues, risks etc. to senior managers, product managers, and cross-functional stakeholders.
Representing as key POC; in publishing/presenting data both internally and externally for feature/function performance relative to key performance indicators.
Collaborate with multiple teams, including software architects, software engineers, system engineers, developers, and product teams for timely completion of assigned deliverables.
Overseeing the product deployment process and assist in the integration process, if necessary.
Own and ensure high-quality, at-cost, and on-time delivery of the assigned product.
Identify root cause of issues, failure modes, develop corrective action plans, and lead team for execution of effective resolutions.
Provide technical insights and assess feasibility for new ADAS feature requests, ensuring clear requirements, architectural alignment, and development readiness.
Formalizing the communication plans, cadence and defining agendas for meetings/reviews.
Tracking closure of open action items across the teams.
Design and develop technical product roadmap to ensure delivery to product roadmap.
Collaborate with Product Manager to refine product roadmap.
Provide inputs on technical feasibility, resource requirement, timeline, etc.
Support engineering resource staffing onto product engineering team by coordinating among Lead, Technical Program Managers, and with competency managers.