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Senior/Staff Technical Program Manager, Change Governance

Foster City, CA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-14 → 2026-09-26

Core

Own end-to-end orchestration of product changes from engineering approval through cross-functional review to production-line implementation, ensuring governance and traceability.

Role type

Senior/Staff Technical Program Manager (Change Governance)

Builds

Physical/hardware automotive products

Domain

Automotive manufacturing and supply chain

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Program management, multi-tier supply chain management, cross-functional coordination, change management, data automation, ERP/PLM systems proficiency

Preferred skills

Advanced degree (M.S./MBA), ISO 9001/IATF 16949 certification, supplier nomination and re-sourcing, manufacturing launch exposure

Technologies

SAP, Windchill, Python, Apps Script, VBA, Excel, Google Sheets, Jira

Responsibilities

Serve as single point of accountability for change governance across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Purchasing, Supply Chain, and Logistics; Assess and manage change cascades through multi-tier supply chain dependencies; Partner with production-line teams to plan and confirm implementation readiness; Maintain audit-ready records of change status in ERP and PLM systems; Build and maintain reporting dashboards on change pipeline health; Own and continuously improve the governance framework and checklist

Seniority

Senior/Staff, hands-on IC

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