Technology and Project Manager

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Technology & Project Manager to drive the successful development and delivery of innovative technology solutions. This role acts as a critical link between customers, engineering teams, and business stakeholders, ensuring that market needs, emerging technologies, and business objectives are translated into successful product development initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong relationships with OEM and Tier-1 customers.
• Understand customer challenges and translate requirements into actionable technical and business inputs.
• Support product definition, prioritization, and technology promotion efforts.
• Identify and develop co-development opportunities that drive future business growth.
• Monitor industry, market, and technology trends to identify opportunities and emerging disruptions.
• Analyze competitive products, pricing trends, and commercial intelligence.
• Recommend future product opportunities by identifying portfolio gaps and defining unique value propositions (USPs).
• Influence long-term technology and product roadmap discussions.
• Lead cross-functional development programs from concept through launch.
• Establish and maintain effective program governance, risk management, and milestone tracking processes.
• Ensure projects are delivered on schedule while proactively resolving issues and mitigating risks.
• Drive alignment and decision-making across engineering, product management, and business teams.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure product readiness for customer demonstrations and launch activities.
• Develop presentations, product samples, demonstrations, and marketing assets to support product promotion.
• Represent the organization at customer events, industry exhibitions, technical showcases, and international conferences.
• Support innovation and new product development initiatives by evaluating market opportunities, business fit, and cost targets.
• Ensure smooth transition of successful developments to Sales and business teams.
• Facilitate product awards and remove organizational barriers that may impact business growth or customer success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in the automotive industry within a technical customer-facing role.
• Strong knowledge of mechatronic technologies and product development processes.
• Demonstrated commercial acumen and ability to recognize emerging and disruptive technologies.
• Ability to understand customer needs and translate them into effective technical and commercial solutions.
• Excellent relationship-building, communication, influencing, and presentation skills.
• Global mindset with the ability to work effectively across international teams and cultures.

Preferred

• Master of Business Administration (MBA).