Program Manager
About the job
- A bachelor's degree or higher in an engineering curriculum or technical field.
- Four to nine years of experience.
- Proven skills with Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
- Ability to travel up to 25% during peak launch cycle.
- Willingness and physical capability to work in the manufacturing environment for extended periods as needed, supporting pre- and post-production build and launch activities, and to do the same at the customer's location if requested.
- Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds.
- Skilled direct customer and supplier experience.
- Skilled new product launch experience.
- Skilled gated launch experience.
- Skilled automotive original equipment manufacturer experience.
- Skilled negotiation and public speaking experience.
- Skilled financial acumen.
- Project Management Professional certification, or be in the process of training to take the test within the first year of employment.
- Ability to specify and deliver quality products.
- Strong experience in project management, risk mitigation, and negotiation.
- Strong organizational, presentation, and customer service skills.
- Project management and communication skills to effectively manage cross-functional teams.
- Ability to lead and work collaboratively.
- Ability to work through ambiguity.
- Ability to observe safety and security procedures and use equipment and materials properly.
- Ability to communicate information and ideas clearly in writing and speaking.
- Ability to listen intently, understand points being made, ask questions when appropriate, and allow others to speak without interrupting.
- High ethics and values; ability to act ethically in line with core values and beliefs and inspire loyalty and trust.
- Ability to obtain consensus from stakeholders and project sponsors.
- Proficiency in presenting project updates to stakeholders and leadership locally and at the corporate level.
- English proficiency with strong verbal and written communication skills, including writing complex correspondence clearly, reading and comprehending information in varied forms, and presenting effectively to customers, clients, and coworkers.
- Work with the Sales team to assess projects using available information, lessons learned, and stakeholder meetings to support feasibility evaluations for new products or services within stated assumptions and constraints.
- Establish project deliverables and record detailed customer requirements, constraints, high-level risks, and assumptions with stakeholders using requirements-gathering techniques such as historical data and brainstorming.
- Develop a communication plan by identifying key project team members and defining roles and responsibilities to create the project organization structure.
- Develop key process plans using the Product Delivery Process and traX, including scope, cost, schedule, human resources, communication, procurement, quality, change management, safety, and risk plans, engaging functional swim-lane leaders.
- Define and track detailed plans in a project schedule with resources from all required areas, agree on schedule content and commitments, and obtain leadership approval for baseline milestones.
- Conduct a project kick-off meeting with key stakeholders to announce the project, review the overall plan, and gain consensus.
- Develop a stakeholder management plan to communicate project status throughout its lifecycle.
- Ensure plans meet divisional and corporate safety standards and comply with safety policies.
- Acquire and manage project resources to execute the project plan through mission-based team assignments.
- Manage task execution according to the project plan to achieve project goals.
- Implement the quality management plan to meet required quality standards.
- Implement approved changes and corrective actions under the change management plan to meet or exceed project requirements.
- Implement approved risk-management actions to minimize risk and take advantage of opportunities to reduce overall cost and management-reserve impact.
- Build mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
- Develop the project team and improve team performance through team-building, leadership, mentoring, training, and motivation.
- Manage overall project deliverables against baseline timing commitments, financial and performance measures, and key performance indicators.
- Manage changes to project scope, schedule, and costs using appropriate verification techniques to keep the project plan accurate and updated with authorized changes and facilitate customer acceptance.
- Measure project performance, monitor progress, identify and quantify variances, take corrective actions, and communicate with stakeholders.
- Capture, analyze, and manage lessons learned to enable continuous improvement.
- Monitor procurement and manufacturing activities for compliance with project deliverables, timely execution, quality standards, and the management plan.
- Communicate project issues professionally to the Leadership Team for escalation and resolution.
- Assure completion of all required launch process deliverables.
- Gain final acceptance from stakeholders and confirm that project scope and deliverables were achieved.
- Conduct a final lessons-learned event and transfer the information to the Magna knowledge base for team reference.
- Coordinate with the Manufacturing team to train and transfer the product to Plant control.
- Archive project documents and materials for future reference and audit.
About the company
Magna is a global mobility technology company and one of the world’s largest automotive suppliers. It designs, manufactures, and integrates a wide range of automotive components and systems, including body exteriors and structures, power and vision technologies, seating, and complete vehicle solutions. It differentiates itself by offering integrated end-to-end capabilities—from parts production to full vehicle engineering and contract manufacturing—across a vast global network of 338 plants in 28 countries, with the ability to develop multiple powertrain options in one facility. Its goal is to be a trusted one-stop partner for automakers, helping them move from concept to finished vehicle and accelerate electrification and advanced mobility through global manufacturing and engineering services.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Aurora, Canada
Founded
1957
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- July 31, 2026 Q2 sales rose 3% to $11.0 billion despite a 2% market decline.
- September 2026 Magna deepened Yuma Energy ownership with another $35 million battery-swapping investment.
- September 2026 EcoSphere seating materials and foam products strengthen Magna’s sustainability-led content wins.
What critics are saying
- April 9, 2026 divestitures sell Lighting and Rooftop Systems, shrinking Magna’s product breadth.
- Q1 and Q2 2026 restructuring charges show Europe closures, consolidations, and rightsizing pressure.
- OEM concentration and cyclical production swings can crush volume; Magna’s 2026 profits still track light-vehicle demand.
What makes Magna unique
- Magna spans components, assemblies, and complete vehicles across North America, Europe, China.
- July 28, 2026 Chery awarded Magna an 800-volt eDrive program in China.
- Magna’s Graz plant keeps winning outsourced assembly, including XPeng and GAC programs in 2026.
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