Customer Technical Program Manager (Vehicle OS)

Join Applied Intuition as a Customer Technical Program Manager for a flagship software program with a major global automotive OEM. In this builder role, you will translate customer requests into executable work, coordinate delivery across engineering teams, and serve as the primary point of contact for the customer. You will own the customer-facing program, drive delivery coordination, and maintain program governance. The position offers a range of benefits, including health insurance, a fitness stipend, a 401(k) match, a learning stipend, and parental leave.

• Assumer la responsabilité de la gestion de programme orientée client, y compris la définition et le maintien de la base de programme, la gestion des engagements et la surveillance des déviations.
• Coordonner la livraison à travers l'organisation d'ingénierie d'Applied, en gérant les dépendances inter-équipes et les priorités concurrentes.
• Servir d'interface principale avec la direction du programme du client et les TPMs correspondants sur toutes les questions liées au calendrier, aux risques et aux dépendances techniques.

• Builder mindset: able to set up program structure from scratch on a newly formed team
• Technical depth sufficient to assess feasibility, interpret requirements, and engage engineers credibly across all software vehicle and integration domains
• Strong customer-facing presence at director level; comfortable representing Applied Intuition independently with OEM program leadership and executive stakeholders
• Proven ability to coordinate delivery across multiple engineering teams, managing through prioritization frameworks and clear escalation discipline
• 5+ years in technical program management within the automotive industry, ideally with hands-on experience at an OEM or Tier-1 supplier
• Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway
• Prior experience in a startup or high-growth environment
• Familiarity with automotive development standards (ASPICE, ISO 26262, AUTOSAR)
• Experience with defect management at scale and severity-based SLA tracking
• Background in series production programs or Vehicle OS / IVI / ADAS platform delivery
• Experience managing the requirements lifecycle (decomposition, traceability, change control) on a customer-facing program