Technical Delivery Manager

Seeking a highly capable and technically skilled Technical Delivery Manager to lead and deliver complex programs with a strong emphasis on infotainment and invehicle electronics. The ideal candidate brings deep automotive technical knowledge, the ability to engage confidently in technical discussions, and the communication skills to translate detail into meaningful insights for stakeholders at all levels of management.

Key Responsibilities:

Program Leadership & Delivery

• Develop and maintain detailed end-to-end program plans and execution roadmaps aligned with vehicle program milestones.
• Ensure all quality metrics and validation requirements are achieved, driving engineering and supplier teams toward robust issue resolution.
• Ensure program timing supports all vehicle program gates and milestones, proactively identifying risks and removing roadblocks to maintain schedule integrity.
• Drive cross-functional coordination, change management, risk mitigation, and dependency tracking across global teams.
• Provide clear, concise, and data-driven updates to senior leadership, summarizing status, risks, mitigations, and decisions required.
• Collaborate closely with software, hardware, system engineering, and validation teams to ensure feature readiness and system performance.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards, interface specifications, and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate execution across engineering, product management, purchasing, quality, manufacturing, and supplier management teams.
• Drive alignment between technical teams and business objectives, ensuring program priorities support organizational goals.
• Serve as the primary interface for technical matters across engineering, system architecture, validation, and suppliers.
• Lead or participate in technical reviews, design discussions, triage activities, and issue resolution sessions.
• Translate complex technical details-software, hardware, networks, interfaces-into clear insights understandable by both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical, Computer, Mechanical, or related).
• A minimum of 8 years of experience in related field
• Proven experience leading complex, concurrent automotive programs, preferably within infotainment or invehicle electronics.
• Strong technical understanding of embedded systems, software/hardware integration, automotive electrical architectures, and development processes.
• Ability to engage deeply in technical topics and guide engineering teams through decision-making and problem-solving.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to brief senior executives clearly and confidently.
• Demonstrated success managing cross-functional teams in fast-paced, highly dynamic environments.

• Experience with OEM and Tier 1 automotive development cycles and release processes.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies, automotive SPICE, and standard automotive program management frameworks.
• PMP certification (preferred but not required).
• Working knowledge of CAN/LIN/Ethernet, AUTOSAR, Hypervisor, diagnostics, infotainment middleware, and connectivity protocols.