Project Manager

Role Overview

Coordinate vehicle development and product projects as the project interface between the French research institute, the R&D center, marketing, aftersales, and quality teams. Drive implementation of French market requirements, rapid market response, and issue resolution through closure, ensuring on-time delivery against agreed product and quality requirements.

Key Responsibilities

1. French Market Requirements Work with marketing, aftersales, and quality teams to capture French customer needs, vehicle usage scenarios, competitor insights, and user feedback. Maintain a prioritized product requirements list and track changes.

2. R&D Coordination and Implementation Act as the project interface between the French research institute and the R&D center. Coordinate requirements clarification, feasibility assessments, and resources; translate agreed market needs into development tasks, acceptance criteria, and project plans, and track implementation.

3. Vehicle and Product Project Delivery Coordinate vehicle development, product introduction, and product improvement projects. Define and track milestones, deliverables, and responsibilities, manage cross-functional dependencies, and drive on-time delivery.

4. Rapid Market Response Respond promptly to product inquiries, changing requirements, and urgent requests from marketing, dealers, and partners. Prioritize by customer impact and urgency, assign owners, agree response deadlines and action plans, and provide regular updates.

5. Aftersales and Quality Collaboration Maintain regular coordination with aftersales and quality teams. Consolidate customer complaints, field failures, and recurring issues; coordinate the collection of vehicle information, symptoms, and diagnostic data; and engage R&D in analysis and improvement.

6. Issue Resolution and Closure Maintain a consolidated issue log with owners, target dates, and acceptance criteria. Facilitate cross-functional root cause analysis, drive containment actions and permanent corrective solutions, verify effectiveness, and confirm closure to prevent recurrence.

7. Critical Issue Escalation Identify critical issues and risks affecting safety, quality, customer experience, and project delivery. Escalate promptly to the appropriate owners, coordinate resources and decisions, and track corrective actions and their impact on project plans.

8. Change and Delivery Management Coordinate assessments of requirement, design, and software release changes across schedule, cost, quality, and market impact. Drive approval, validation, and implementation, aligning R&D, marketing, aftersales, and quality teams on delivery scope and timing.

9. Communication and Continuous Improvement Lead project reviews and issue-resolution meetings, reporting progress, risks, and pending decisions. Coordinate support from administrative teams and external partners, and use lessons learned to improve market responsiveness and issue-resolution efficiency.

Profile

• Education: Master’s degree or above in Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Project Management, or a related field.
• Professional Experience: 5+ years of experience in project management within the automotive industry, preferably with an automotive OEM, R&D center, or automotive research institute.
• Automotive Expertise: Solid understanding of vehicle development processes, product lifecycle management, and automotive quality management. Experience in vehicle development, product introduction, or product improvement projects is highly desirable.
• Project Management Skills: Proven ability to manage complex cross-functional projects, coordinate multiple stakeholders, track milestones and deliverables, and drive issues to resolution within agreed timelines.
• Market Understanding: Good understanding of the French automotive market, customer expectations, vehicle usage scenarios, and local regulatory and quality requirements.
• Cross-functional Coordination: Demonstrated ability to work effectively with R&D, marketing, aftersales, and quality teams, translating market needs into actionable technical requirements and implementation plans.
• Problem-solving and Communication: Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to prioritize urgent issues, facilitate root cause analysis, manage risks, and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Languages: Fluency in French and English is required.

Application

Please send your CV and cover letter to: [email protected]

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