Program/Platform Manager

As a member of the Seating Program Management team, you will be responsible for ensuring the overall success of a program launch through strong leadership, excellent organizational skills and clear communication with internal and external disciplines. Responsibilities

• Manage program timelines by directing, coordinating, and communicating to all functional groups assigned to the program as well as customer functional groups and platform teams
• Conduct planning activities to ensure programs launch on-time and meet deliverables
• Monitor timing, quality, scope, technical and financial risks and issues on assigned program, resolving risks where possible
• Managing engineering changes for profit and loss of your program
• Work with functional managers to communicate resource requirements and expectations
• Remain flexible to changing responsibilities and workload adjustments

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering or related field
• Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint proficiency
• Must be highly organized and display excellent leadership skills
• Willing to travel domestically up to one week per month
• 10 years automotive experience
• 5 years of project or program management experience

Bonus If You Have

• Siemens PLM Team Center system knowledge for Program and/or Sales functions.
• German and/or Spanish language skills
• German Automotive experience
• Automotive Seating experience

Lear For You

We work hard for the people who work for us. We champion our teams and foster collaboration, inclusion, respect and excellence. Because we want to be more for you.

A path to a better career. A better future.

Our teams have invented groundbreaking technologies, manufactured millions of products and earned a long list of awards. Year after year, we’re named one of the World’s Most Admired Companies.

They’re the secret to our success-empowered, inventive and inclusive. Passionate about their craft. Driven to succeed. Because we win together.

Are you ready for a better career? A better future?