Product Development Program Manager

Bartech Staffing is a leading engineering, technical and professional staffing firm, and our clients include some of the nation's biggest companies. We are powered by Impellam Group, a connected group providing global workforce and specialist recruitment solutions. Our client has engaged us to assist them in hiring a contract Product Development Program Manager. If you are interested in an opportunity to get your foot in the door with leading company, we want to talk with you!

Position: Product Development Program Manager
Work Status: Hybrid - 4 days/week in office
Location: Allen Park, MI
Pay: $46.05
Position Overview
This role carries broad ownership across a single vehicle program, spanning program planning, control, studio, prototype, and launch phases. It's an individual contributor position requiring strong cross-functional alignment to drive issue closure and critical decisions. The role supports milestone/deliverable management for future launches and ongoing production, while helping meet business plan targets, launch readiness, and vehicle quality goals.

Time Allocation

• 30% - Change control
• 30% - Supplier coordination
• 30% - Program management / meeting leadership
• 10% - BOM management

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and track Change Request (CR) approvals; generate CR reporting decks and track program activity
• Maintain Cost Detail Document (CDD) trackers - create CDDs, verify cost capture against Finance BOM, and route for formal approval
• Execute Engineering Change Management (ECM): review base vehicle ECN distributions, identify program-specific content impacts, communicate switchover timing to assembly plants, and track inventory to minimize obsolescence
• Process initial and change control releases for unique supplier-owned service parts
• Communicate release data to CAD team for Teamcenter 3D model updates
• Lead/facilitate cross-functional meetings: Design & Function (DF), Change Control (CC), Software Change Control, and ongoing Service touchpoints
• Drive Total Value Management (TVM) savings initiatives; coordinate with suppliers on action items and log savings in CRID tracking system
• General program management and production support

Required Skills & Systems

• Program management, change control, cost engineering
• WERS (mandatory Ford system, day one)

Preferred Skills

• Manufacturing BOM
• Billing

Required Experience

• 3-5 years in automotive program management, product development, or engineering release
• Hands-on ECN/ECM and BOM reconciliation experience
• Experience aligning financial data with engineering BOMs
• Demonstrated inventory tracking to minimize obsolescence during switchovers
• Experience leading technical/operational meetings with cross-functional teams and external suppliers

Preferred Experience

• Low-volume, performance vehicle production background
• Experience with performance vehicles / Ford Racing products
• Prior Design & Release or technical engineering experience

Education

• Required: Bachelor's degree
• Preferred: Certification program or Master's degree

Benefits

As a Product Development Program Manager with Bartech Staffing, you will be working through an established and respected staffing organization with over 40 years of serving as a trusted partner to our client companies. We provide our talent with personal, responsive attention, and will assign an employee care representative to answer any questions or concerns that you might have. Depending upon the client, the assignment, and your performance, you can find potential opportunities for direct employment.

At Impellam Group, we offer a competitive compensation package with benefits including:

· Medical, dental, and vision

· 401(k) plan with employee contribution opportunities

· Paid time off, including holidays

· 529 college savings program

Make the most of your experience!

Apply now!

For this opportunity, the successful candidate will be directly employed by Bartech Staffing as a W2 employee while providing services to our client, who is looking for people who are eligible to work in the US and can start immediately.

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