Sr. Technical Program Manager, Diagnostics at rivianvw.tech · LumiJobs

Responsibilities

Serve as the technical program manager for Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies’ Diagnostics Organization, which includes the Onboard Diagnostic System Development, Enhanced Diagnostic System Development, Diagnostic System Test and Integration, Diagnostic Software, Diagnostic Calibration, and Diagnostic Automation teams. In this, work with each team to properly understand their technical discipline as well as their needs, to facilitate holistic team planning.
Stay on top of the program goals, priorities, objectives, and timing across all the ongoing programs and projects to convey and apply this information back to the team.
Work with the team to define goals and map out detailed plans to obtain those on a quarterly basis.
Specifically, work with all relevant external teams, in alignment with Diagnostics team leadership, to develop quarterly plans with detailed milestone schedules, mediate scope, participate in transforming requirements and specifications into achievable plans, manage inter-team dependencies in this planning, and identify and mitigate program risks.
Lead quarterly and release-cycle planning for diagnostics initiatives across Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies programs. Translate program priorities and diagnostic maturity goals into scoped plans, milestones, deliverables, owners, and dependencies.
Maintain program plans, Jira work tracking, milestone schedules, and diagnostic release/readout materials so teams and leadership have a clear view of planned work, progress, upcoming decisions, and delivery risks.
Develop dashboards, plans, and other tracking and reporting tools to clearly represent the teams’ tasks and progress in a simple, concise format. Use these to provide regular, metric-based project updates to management on state of diagnostics across the vehicle domains.
Support smooth execution of programs, team efficiency, and effectiveness through the application of appropriate process and execution monitoring.
Track diagnostic deliverables against software, factory, field, and OTA release milestones. Identify schedule or integration risks early, coordinate recovery plans with accountable owners, and communicate impacts to affected teams.
Facilitate prioritization and scope decisions when program needs, team capacity, dependencies, or timing conflict. Ensure decisions and resulting plan changes are documented and communicated.
Convert input from programs, service, vehicle domains, and internal stakeholders into prioritized diagnostic needs, clear work items, owners, and appropriate cross-team handoffs.
Surface and drive resolution of blockers affecting diagnostic delivery, including coordinating technical owners and partner teams, documenting the decision or support required, and escalating when commitments or milestones are at risk.

Sr. Technical Program Manager, Diagnostics

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rivianvw.tech

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