Associate Technical Project Manager

The Company:

Faraday Future (FF) is a California-based mobility company, leveraging the latest technologies and world’s best talent to realize exciting new possibilities in mobility. We’re producing user-centric, technology-first vehicles to establish new paradigms in human-vehicle interaction. We’re not just seeking to change how our cars work – we’re seeking to change the way we drive. At FF, we’re creating something new, something connected, and something with a true global impact.

Faraday X (FX) is Faraday Future's initiative to promote advanced intelligent electric vehicles (AIEVs) in the U.S. market through strategic partnerships, an open-source approach, and a commitment to making luxury EVs accessible to the mass market. This initiative embraces an "Open-Source, Open-Platform, User-Definition, Co-Creation, and Sharing" philosophy, aiming to develop high-performance vehicles that seamlessly blend luxury with affordability. By leveraging FF's existing technology and expertise, Faraday X fosters close collaboration within the global supply chain to create cost-effective B-AIEV and RE-AIEV products.

Your Role: 

As a Associate Technical Project Manager, you'll be working with some of the industry's brightest minds, using Microsoft and Jira to build tools and manage the processes needed to bring a vehicle to market. Basically, you'll ensure that people understand what they're supposed to do and when they're supposed to do it.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate program activities and ensure alignment with project timelines and milestones.
• Frequent communication with Mandarin-speaking colleagues and partners in China. This is essential for successful collaboration and ensuring the effectiveness of project delivery.
• Track progress of projects, ensuring key milestones and deadlines are met.
• Maintain and update program documentation, including schedules, progress reports, and risks assessments.
• Prepare regular status reports for stakeholders, highlighting key achievements, risks, and issues.
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, and resource allocation.
• Lead effective daily stand-up meetings.
• Prepare dashboards and other status monitoring tools for management to help drive data-based, strategic decisions
• Proactively find new and better ways to leverage our tools to continually improve our process.
• Work with stakeholders to ensure changes are understood and approved

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business, or a similar discipline
• Proficiency in Mandarin (spoken and written) is required
• Understanding project management principles and tools.
• Background in software development or automotive industry
• Experience interacting and communicating with a diverse set of technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience meeting critical delivery commitments while maintaining overall project scope and objectives
• Hands-on experience developing and executing complex project plans
• Familiar with Jira workflows, permissions schemes, notification schemes, screen schemes, etc.
• Ability to communicate with executives and demonstrate your strong problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable working with mission-critical systems, with a sense of urgency
• Not above taking meeting notes
• Must be extremely organized

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven experience as a Project Manager
• PMP Certification is a Plus

Annual Salary Range:

($70K - $80K DOE), plus benefits and incentive plans

Perks + Benefits

• Healthcare + dental + vision benefits (Free for you/discounted for family)
• 401(k) options
• Casual dress code + relaxed work environment
• Culturally diverse, progressive atmosphere

Faraday Future is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.