Engine Program Manager

For over 110 years Aston Martin has made the most exquisitely addictive performance sports cars.
But no one builds an Aston Martin on their own. Behind these legends and landmarks are hundreds of dreamers, darers and doers who make extraordinary happen, every single day. That's why the name of everyone who has ever worn our famous wings is inscribed on the wall of our factory.
As we embark on an exciting new era for the business, we need the very best people to write their own chapter on our journey to become the world's most desirable ultra–luxury British performance brand.
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Job Purpose:
To be the figurehead of your Engine Program, leading the Powertrain Engineering, Purchasing, Finance, Manufacturing, Quality and Supplier Partner teams in the delivery the Engineering, Sourcing and Assembly planning of a new high performance V8 engine
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
Be the figurehead of your PT Program, ensuring on–cost, on–time and on–budget delivery of all Engine Attributes, Systems and Commodities, leading interaction with PT seniors and the Vehicle teamMaintenance of PT content definition of the program, including commodity carryover v's new planningCascade of program rationale and targets into the wider Engine organisationEnsure Lessons learned from previous projects are being appropriately appliedTrack commodity development (including definition, design, test and release) ensuring robust delivery from the respective teamsLead the Engine Programme meeting cadence and reporting both internally to PT and outwardly to Vehicle team customers and the highest levels of Aston Martin ManagementRun the Engine Program plan, delivering robust gateway process, reporting to Head of PT Programmes & Director of PT HardwareSupport receiving vehicle gateways with required information, ensuring timely and robust delivery and supporting vehicle timing plansTrack Purchasing activity to ensure support of Engine delivery both in terms of timing and costsBuild and Manage the Engine Program budget (alongside finance team) covering tooling, material costs, engineering and manufacturing, ensuring that financial status is always clear and on trackIssue resolution and arbitration within Engine Engineering teams and across wider Powertrain and Vehicle application Qualification & Experience:
Previous experience of delivering technical Engine programsExperience of leading a cross functional team, including complex issue resolution ability, risk evaluation and decision makingKnowledge of Product Development Processes including scoping, requirements, sourcing, design verification, system integration, tooling, releasing and production part approvalGood Engineering background and solid knowledge engineering principles, ideally with a good background in AutomotiveKnowledge of automotive quality processes (as a minimum 8D, and ideally APQP or similar)Supplier management experienceHigh performance Powertrain application, especially Hybrid & Electrified PTCost reduction program experienceInternational working experienceEngine Assembly and Test experienceEngineering Degree or equivalentExperience of Program ManagementAPM/Prince2/PMi Behaviours:
Excellent communication and influencing skills at all levelsAbility to take large amounts of information/data and clarify down to a clear and simple messageStrong teamwork and collaboration skills, self–motivated, eager to take responsibility and deliver results in autonomyStrong sense of ownership and responsibility with an ability to see bigger pictureHighly organized person who is process driven and can work autonomouslyAble to arbitrate conflicts and facilitate the decision makingAbility to bring people together and generate aligned solutions Belong at Aston Martin
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