Senior Program Manager

Together We Saves Lives!

The keys to success are yours at Joyson Safety Systems! We are a global leader in design, development and manufacturing of safety-critical systems and components for automotive and non-automotive markets. We are committed to bringing life-saving technology to customers worldwide. Joyson Safety Systems leverages the power of collaboration and innovation to provide quality and service excellence for our customers worldwide. Our company is headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA, with a global network of more than 50,000 employees in 25 countries.

Our team is passionate about the automotive industry, focused on delivering quality and innovation for the future. We encourage lifelong learning and provide the resources to help our team members build the foundation for a strong future with us. We strive to promote from within, offering excellent opportunities for career growth and advancement.

Position Summary

The Senior Program Manager SB leads the development and execution of program plans program development activities for specific customer platforms within a customer business unit. The Program Manager SB must be an active leader with excellent communication, presentation and team building skills. The Program Manager SB must proactively manage available resources to achieve the program timing and profitability goals. The Program Manager SB helps identify and resolve inter-team and intra-team conflict and barriers in cooperation with the functional managers. The Program Manager SB is the lead customer facing contact for the program representing the JSS development team

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The duties and responsibilities outlined in the job description are to be used as a guideline and are not meant to be all-inclusive of the essential functions of the position. Other duties may be assigned, as necessary.

• Develop, monitor, control and update the Program Plan, Milestone Schedule, and Action Item Register to support awarded business in compliance with customer expectations and internal program tracking systems.
• Function as Team Leader responsible to coordinate and manage the core cross functional team’s activities to ensure that ALL milestones are met. This may include elevating program conflicts or issues to JSS management for resolution.
• Support Product Engineering in the development and maintenance of the Component Design Specification. Support the development of the performance characteristics of the product proposed for the assigned programs. Understand the effects of location and the environment on performance. Be knowledgeable with all specifications pertaining to the product and participate in Product Design Reviews.
• Insure JSS’s assembly plant is capable of producing the product as designed.
• Insure timely delivery of prototype parts.
• Support DV and PV builds through team meetings to ensure that projects the product and process is production ready. Ensure engineering is leading the review all test plans and obtaining customer approval. Follow-up for timely completion and issue resolution, review of test results and submission to the customer for approval.
• Interface and maintain a professional relationship with the customer to continuously improve JSS’s competitive position. Assist Account Manager to gather information regarding competitors, new customer expectations, requirements or technologies.
• Develop and be accountable for the program budget. Forecast and track capital and tooling expenditures.
• Resolve supplier in-house engineering and manufacturing concerns.
• Provide support for all pre-production builds and S.O.P. Assure any required training for customer assembly plants.
• Lead Early Supplier Team meetings

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty

• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Team player
• Ability to work with minimal direction.
• Ability to interface with all levels of JSS, its suppliers and customer organization.
• Ability to manage conflict and problem resolution.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business or related field required.
• MBA preferred.

Joyson Safety Systems does not provide immigration related sponsorship for this role. Please do not apply for this role if you will need JSS immigration sponsorship (e.g. H-1B, TN, OPT, etc.) now or in the future.

We are an Affirmative Action/EEO employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetics, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.