Senior/Staff Technical Program Manager, Change Governance

The role

You will own the full path of product changes, from tentative engineering approval through cross-functional review to implementation on the production line. You will track approvals and readiness across engineering, manufacturing, quality, purchasing, supply chain and logistics, including multi-tier supplier dependencies.

What you will do

• Be the single point of accountability for a change from tentative Engineering approval to production-line implementation
• Assess how a change cascades through multi-tier supply chain dependencies and coordinate supplier qualification and launch readiness
• Plan and confirm implementation readiness with production-line teams and supplier change management: timing, resourcing, build sequencing, documentation and training
• Maintain accurate, audit-ready records of change status, approvals and decisions in change management, ERP and PLM systems
• Build and maintain dashboards on change pipeline health using scripts or AI tools across Excel, Google Sheets and Jira
• Own and improve the governance framework and checklist of approvals, documentation and gate criteria

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline
• 10+ years of program management experience with a core background in physical/hardware product development
• Experience managing BOMs, component qualification, hardware validation cycles, manufacturing and physical supply chains
• Multi-tier automotive supply chain fluency: direct experience managing or escalating through OEM, Tier 1 and Tier 2/3 dependencies
• Cross-functional program ownership without direct authority across engineering, purchasing, supply chain and manufacturing
• Automotive program lifecycle experience with gate-driven development (APQP, PPAP, SOP milestones)
• Advanced proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets (pivot tables, complex formulas, data reconciliation)
• Comfort writing scripts to automate data retrieval and reporting
• Experience with at least one change management, PLM or ERP tool (e.g., SAP, Windchill, or similar)

Nice to have

• Advanced degree (M.S./MBA) in Engineering or a related technical field
• ISO 9001 or IATF 16949 certification (highly desired)
• Experience with PLM or CAD tools (highly favorable, not mandatory)
• Supplier nomination and re-sourcing experience, including dual-sourcing strategy and supplier development
• Manufacturing launch exposure: line readiness, build sequencing, launch risk management, run-at-rate verification

Before you apply

• You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply
• Accommodations are available during the application and interview process by contacting accommodations@zoox.com or your recruiter

About the company

Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem to bring it to market. It works at the intersection of robotics, machine learning and design to provide mobility-as-a-service in urban environments.