Sr. Technical Program Manager, Diagnostics

The role

You will serve as the technical program manager for the Diagnostics Organization. You will align individual team planning with broader organizational goals and manage technical vectors of diagnostic system development.

What you will do

• Serve as the technical program manager for the Diagnostics Organization.
• Work with teams to understand technical disciplines and facilitate holistic planning.
• Stay on top of program goals, priorities, objectives, and timing.
• Define goals and map out detailed quarterly plans.
• Develop quarterly plans with detailed milestone schedules and manage inter-team dependencies.
• Lead quarterly and release-cycle planning for diagnostics initiatives.
• Maintain program plans, Jira work tracking, and milestone schedules.
• Develop dashboards and tracking tools for metric-based project updates.
• Track diagnostic deliverables against software, factory, field, and OTA release milestones.
• Facilitate prioritization and scope decisions when conflicts arise.

Required qualifications

• BS in Engineering or a similar technical discipline
• 5+ years experience serving in a technical program manager capacity
• Experience in the fields of OBD and Diagnostics
• Demonstrated experience leading technical program planning and delivery across multiple engineering or software teams
• Experience translating technical and business priorities into milestones, deliverables, owners, dependencies, and release plans
• Strong issue, risk, and dependency management skills
• Ability to engage with technical teams and communicate schedule, scope, and program impacts
• Knowledge of Agile and Waterfall development processes using program management tools
• High proficiency in issue management tools such as Jira
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to drive projects across diverse teams and communication preferences
• Demonstrated ability to deliver on complex technical projects within time and resource constraints

Nice to have

• Experience working at an automotive company and/or in a fast paced start-up-type environment

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Annual company performance bonus program
• Equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• Health coverage
• Retirement savings
• Time off
• Family planning programs

About the company

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders addressing the challenges of electric vehicles through technology.