Vehicle functional manager

• Ensure vehicle functional convergence by consolidating inputs from multiple System Teams.
• Maintain alignment between functional validation plans and project objectives (homologation, captive fleets, etc.).
• Participate in project governance meetings, PI planning sessions and prioritization activities.
• Build, maintain and communicate project functional maturity scorecards and KPIs.
• Identify functional risks and propose convergence or recovery action plans.
• Negotiate timing adjustments when required to ensure project convergence.
• Support prioritization of activities according to project constraints and resource availability.
• Ensure consistency and execution of vehicle functional and dysfunctional validation plans.
• Monitor software maturity and validate alignment between software deliveries and validation activities.
• Track execution status of validation plans and proactively report deviations.
• Coordinate with vehicle technical experts to support issue resolution and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Consolidate functional synthesis for project milestone assessments.
• Review functional assessments and contribute to cross-functional resource convergence.
• Build Quality-Cost-Time-Performance (QCTP) analyses when functional arbitrations are required. Consolidate functional maturity status from different stakeholders and disciplines.
• Work closely with Product Safety Managers (PSM) to ensure robustness of safety deliverables and support safety assessments.
• Track software deliveries and associated KPIs to ensure project readiness.

Hard skills

• Master’s degree (Bac +5) in Engineering
• Minimum 5 years of experience
• Excellent knowledge of vehicle functions
• Mastery of functional requirements
• Knowledge of safety procedures
• Mastery of vehicle function standards
• Proficiency in the following tools: Word, Excel, PLM, Sirius

Soft skills

• Good communication level (French/English)
• Transversal management
• Organized
• Good stress handling
• Team mindset
• Negotiation
• Leadership
• Coordination