SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER

Job Description

Job Description

Ready to take on meaningful challenges and shape the next generation of mobility?

Joining OPmobility means stepping into a global group with a purpose to keep people and goods moving safely, smarter, and sustainably everywhere.

Title: Senior Program Manager

Location: Anderson, SC

 

Activities

• Dedication to safety and works according to HSE requirments
• Ensures the OPTIMAP Project plan and total development budget is in accordance with the agreed Customer Statement of Work and validated project scope.
• Leads the core team member’s OPTIMAP work packages and their agreed development budgets, in agreement with the project objectives and the project scope
• Establishes and manages the master project timing plan and consolidates negotiated planning of each core team member ensuring it conforms to the customer and OPTIMAP timing plans 
• Responsible for the profitability of the project and sets the core team members’ targets to work towards in line with the project objectives. (Development hours, PRU, investments, cash flow, Costs of Non-Quality).
• Follows and applies the direction of the division cascaded by the Program director.
• At the end of the project assesses the status against the original project objectives and feeds back lessons learned.
• In line with the OPTIMAP Project Plan, consolidates the global project status and ensures that the core teams are accountable for their status for the deliverables completion in the division Information Systems.
• Manages and identifies deviations from the planned Project Plan and validates the actions proposed by the core team members to realign.
• Responsible for organizing project meetings, project reviews and end of phase reviews with all core team members to review project status and project action plan follow-up.
• Prepares and presents the gateway reports to the OPTIMAP committee and, in anticipation of the gate event, issues the gate validation report.
• Consolidates the threats and opportunities of each department, prioritizes and manages the action plan to respond to the risks throughout the project phases.
• Responsible for the financial control / reporting of the project budget using the standard BG tools to consolidate and reporting cash flow and profitability to program reviews. 
• Split of the project development budget by department and delegation to the core team members for their financial control / reporting (excluding payment/expenditure authorization).
• Manages the scope change (internal / external) process and ensures the project budget is updated (hours, investment and production costs).
• Manages project development expenditure versus the planned budget, identifies any deviation (hours, investments and production costs), and takes appropriate actions to realign. 
• Manages the project cash flow, including tooling and other costs. Only project team members can authorize payment to suppliers respecting OPs procedures and terms.
• Responsible for ensuring the contribution and actions of all project team members to achieve a non-event launch.
• Challenges that the optimum technical and manufacturing solutions / choices are made by the project team to meet the design to cost project objectives.
• Provides periodic reporting to the program director, plant director, department managers and sales director highlighting the key project progress and risks through the program review process.
• Follows the project reporting of each core team member to manage the escalation process of issues and risks and the achievement of their project actions.
• Ensures the coordination of the project team, communication management, project meeting organization, conflict resolution and building an effective team.
• Ensures the project team applies the methodology of development - OPTIMAP through adequate division Information Systems
• In line with the project development budget identifies the resource needs, skills and locations to meet the project objectives. 
• Contributes to the annual assessment process of the core team members.
• Responsible to ensure the project team apply company standards and best practices as defined by each department to maximise the productivity of the development budget.
• Ensures the health and safety of the project team and the respect of the environment
• Applies and respects the procedures of the engineering and plant sites and the responsibility for control or destruction of project parts and waste.
• Is OP’s accountable representative of the project for the customer 
• With the support of the PQL ensures the actions of the customer APQP process and final customer validation files (PPAP, PSW...) are cascaded and managed through the project team.
• Responsible for the coordination / management of all the project team members’ communications to the customer and ensure the core team members take their responsibility in front of the customer.
• Is responsible for ensuring that all the customer deliverables (customer approval, APQP, build deliveries etc.) are managed and delivered by the project team and reports the progress to the customer in line with the agreed Statement Of Work.
• Identifies to the Commercial Project Manager and the customer, customer scope changes to the agreed Customer Statement of Work in accordance to the budget of development (hours, travel costs, costs / hour) and the OPTIMAP project plan.
• Supports the Commercial Project Manager in the negotiation of customer scope changes.

 

Missions

• Manages and delivers the project (OP and Customer) objectives and deliverables. 
• Responsible for the project profitability 
• Manages the complete development budget and cash flow for the entire project. 
• Delivers a non-event launch of the project into production
• Represents OP at the customer and represents the customer in OP 
• Promote EHS and quality requirements internally and externally

Behavioral Competencies

• Team playing, leadership, communication skills and rigor. Ability to federate teams, define and actively lead a cross departmental plan to achieve results. 

Qualifications

• University Engineering or business degree 
• Good capacity in spoken and written English

Key Technical Competencies

• Automotive global requirements
• IATF16949 & Customer specific requirements. Completion of at least 2 projects (level 2 category) achieving their objectives 

Previous Experience

• 10 years’ experience in Automotive industry and 5 years min as a Program Manager 

At OPmobility, people truly matter. We are committed to building inclusive teams, promoting diversity and equality, and ensuring that every application is considered fairly - because the future of mobility is built by diverse perspectives, bold ideas, and people who dare to move forward.

Innovation is therefore not a buzzword, but a natural part of everyday work. You’ll grow in an international environment where cutting-edge technologies, industrial excellence, and real-world impact come together to tackle the challenges of tomorrow’s automotive industry.

Founded in 1946 by Pierre Burelle, OPmobility, known until 2024 as Plastic Omnium, has transformed itself into a player in sustainable and connected mobility. Today, OPmobility develops technological solutions across four areas of expertise: exterior and lighting systems, the integration of complex modules, technologies related to energy storage, hydrogen and electrification, and a division dedicated to the development of embedded software and digital solutions.

With €11.5 billion in revenue in 2025, 152 factories, 40 R&D centers, and nearly 38,100 employees across 28 countries, OPmobility combines global scale with local impact. All driven by a shared ambition to accelerate the automotive energy transition.