Automotive Program Manager – Interiors (Luxury / Sports Cars)

• *Automotive Program Manager – Interiors (Luxury / Sports Cars)**

Position Details

Position: Program Manager – Interiors

Experience: 15\+ years

Location: Onsite – United Kingdom

Employment Type: Full\-time

No. of position: 2**About the Role**

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• We are looking for an experienced Automotive Program Manager to lead interior workstreams for a premium sports\-car program based onsite in the UK.
• The ideal candidate will have strong cross\-functional leadership skills and experience coordinating interior product development from requirements and design maturity through validation, release, and production readiness.

• *Key Responsibilities**
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• Lead end\-to\-end program delivery for automotive interior systems, ensuring milestones, deliverables, timelines, quality, and cost targets are met.
• Coordinate interior workstreams covering areas such as instrument panel, central console, door trims, cockpit, seating interfaces, headliner, carpets, and other cabin systems, as applicable to the program.
• Demonstrate expert proficiency in CATIA V5, with exposure to NX and other PLM tools.
• Manage program plans, gateways, deliverables, risks, dependencies, change requests, and issue\-resolution activities.
• Coordinate cross\-functional teams, including design, engineering, styling, packaging, CAE, validation, manufacturing, purchasing, quality, and suppliers.
• Track design maturity, engineering changes, bill\-of\-material status, validation activities, and readiness for design reviews and releases.
• Lead customer and stakeholder reviews, communicate program status and escalations, and drive closure of open actions.
• Manage supplier deliverables and support the resolution of technical, timing, quality, and manufacturing issues.
• Ensure interior development activities align with program requirements, applicable safety and regulatory requirements, and OEM processes.

• *Required Skills \& Qualifications**
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• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 15\+ years of extensive experience in automotive interior systems, along with 2–3 years of proven experience in Program Management.
• Proven automotive program management experience in interior systems for premium, luxury, or sports\-car programs.
• Experience working on Ferrari Amalfi, Aston Martin DB12, or McLaren vehicle programs will be considered an added advantage.
• Strong understanding of automotive interior development, packaging, design release, validation, and production\-readiness processes.
• Strong understanding of styling\-to\-engineering handover, fit\-and\-finish, gap\-and\-flush, validation, and production\-readiness processes.
• Experience managing schedules, risks, issues, engineering changes, milestones, and cross\-functional dependencies.
• Excellent customer\-facing communication, stakeholder management, reporting, and escalation skills.
• Must be willing to travel and work onsite in the UK as per project/customer needs and continue supporting the program from India upon return.

• *Preferred Qualifications**
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• Experience with European premium OEMs and Tier\-1 suppliers.
• Familiarity with automotive PLM systems, BOM/change management, and program tracking tools.
• Experience managing suppliers and multi\-disciplinary engineering teams.

• *Why Join Us?**
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• Opportunity to contribute to a premium European automotive program.
• Work onsite with international customer and engineering teams.
• Collaborate across vehicle development functions on a high\-profile sports\-car program.