JOB OVERVIEW
The Vehicle UX EE Program Manager serves as the operational backbone for delivering the Vehicle UX vision.
While the
Vehicle UX Manager defines strategy and experience direction, and UX Leads create the UX requirements, the Program Manager ensures that:
- These requirements are correctly added into Jira tickets or other tracking methods
- They are tracked throughout development
- Cross-functional teams stay aligned and accountable
- Issues or deviations are escalated early
- Demos, validation gates, and alignment rituals actually happen
- There are no surprises in the final vehicle experience
The role is essential in closing current execution gaps and establishing robust, scalable workflows for how UX collaborates with EE/SW teams.
JOB DESCRIPTION
1. Protect and Track the UX Vision
- Maintain complete visibility over all UX requirements, decisions, and related engineering work.
- Ensure the intended experience is followed by downstream engineering teams through continuous monitoring and follow-up.
- Highlight any drift from UX intent early, before it becomes costly or irreversible.
2. Requirement Intake & Jira Ticket Management
- Ensure all UX requirements provided by UX Leads are properly created as Jira tickets or other tracking methods
- Check that tickets have clear owners, deadlines, and linkage to engineering tasks.
- Maintain traceability from requirement Jira item implementation integration UX validation.
3. Continuous Tracking & Follow-Up
- Conduct regular follow-up with EE, SW, HMI, Features, Integration, and Validation teams.
- Track progress on all UX-related items features, behaviors, animations, interactions, lighting, audio cues, etc.
- Identify blockers early and drive them toward resolution.
- Clearly surface risks and gaps to the Vehicle UX Manager and Program Office.
4. Issue Escalation & Convergence Support
- Raise misalignments or stalled items into convergence meetings for discussion and decisions.
- Prepare topics with context, data, and required input.
- Ensure decisions made in convergence are recorded and followed by downstream teams.
5. Establish & Run a UX Demo Culture
- Create a recurring demo cadence to review in-progress experiences.
- Coordinate builds, recordings, or vehicle access for UX and stakeholders.
- Capture issues found during demos and ensure they are tracked in Jira and resolved.
- Support UX sign-off and approval gates by preparing materials and organizing stakeholders.
6. Drive Alignment & Collaboration Forums
- Organize and facilitate cross-functional alignment meetings between UX, EE, SW, HMI, Integration, and Program Management.
- Set agendas, document outcomes, track actions, and follow through rigorously.
- Ensure all teams have a consistent understanding of UX intent and development status.
7. Support Process Improvement (Design & DevOps for UX)
A critical part of the role is to support the Vehicle UX Manager in improving how UX collaborates with engineering.
This includes:
- Helping define better requirements management processes
- Closing current workflow gaps (handover, tracking, communication, demo, validation, sign-off)
- Supporting initiatives to improve design development integration flow
- Driving adoption of more consistent Jira usage for UX tracking
- Helping introduce new tools, ways of working, and DevOps-style practices to ensure long-term scalability
This person must not only track today's work but also help build the future system.
8. Reporting & Documentation
- Prepare weekly reports on UX requirements coverage, progress, blockers, and risks.
- Maintain decision logs, open issue lists, and experience validation trackers.
- Provide clear and concise updates to the Vehicle UX Manager and Program stakeholders.
Requirements
- 37+ years in PMO, Program/Project Management, UX Engineering, Systems Engineering, or similar roles.
- Strong familiarity with automotive EE/SW development.
- Experience with Jira and requirement/ticket management processes.
- Excellent cross-functional coordination and communication skills.
- Highly disciplined in tracking details and following through.
- Able to drive accountability without direct authority.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in vehicle UX, HMI, cockpit systems, infotainment, or related domains.
- Strong understanding of multi-domain development (UX, EE, UI, software, integration, testing).
- Experience building new processes or enabling organizational change.
- Comfort facilitating complex meetings with diverse stakeholders.
Traits for Success
- Proactive and persistent nothing escapes tracking.
- Comfortable pushing for clarity, follow-up, and alignment.
- Detail-oriented but able to zoom out to identify system-level issues.
- Skilled at early escalation and risk communication.
- A builder: helps establish new processes and raise the maturity of UX delivery.
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