CONTRACT: Contract Steering Program Manager - Autonomous Driving

Brief Role Description

The Contract Steering Program Manager - Autonomous Driving role sits within the MOIA America Commercialization department and serves as the business-side lead for steering and managing complex commercial and intercompany contracts that make U.S. operations possible.

 

This role is all about turning business intent into executed agreements. Acting as the primary project manager for contracts, the role ensures vehicle supply, importer, dealer, and intercompany agreements are clearly defined, well-coordinated, and delivered on time. Working closely with Legal, Finance, Operations, Business Development, and external partners, the role keeps contract workstreams moving, aligns inputs, untangles open topics, and helps teams get to “signature-ready” efficiently.

 

The position also serves as the primary business account interface for Volkswagen Group of America (VWGoA) on contract-related and importer coordination topics, helping bring clarity and alignment across MOIA America, MOIA SE, VWGoA, dealer partners, and fleet customers.

 

Success in this role means clear, well-structured contracts, strong delivery discipline, and agreements built to scale—supporting SOP today and enabling smooth expansion to multi-city commercial rollout tomorrow, without late-stage surprises.

Role Responsiblities

Role Responsibilities:

Contract Steering & Program Management – 40%

• Serve as the business-side lead and project manager for vehicle supply, sales, aftersales, importer, and dealer-related contracts
• Translate commercial and operational objectives into clear contract requirements, scopes, and success criteria
• Own contract timelines, milestones, dependencies, and decision paths to ensure agreements progress efficiently from kickoff through execution
• Coordinate inputs across legal, finance, operations, business development, and external partners to drive contracts to completion
• Identify risks, open items, and misalignment early; escalate and resolve in partnership with Legal and business leadership

 

Intercompany & Importer Agreement Coordination – 25%

• Lead the business coordination and steering of intercompany agreements covering warranty responsibility, accrual logic, services, and financial flows
• Act as the primary business interface for importer partner agreements, including coordination with VWGoA and other relevant entities
• Ensure cross-border and intercompany agreement structures reflect operational reality and agreed business intent
• Align intercompany and importer contracts with downstream dealer, fleet, and customer agreements to avoid gaps or overlap

 

Dealer & Commercial Framework Enablement – 20%

• Coordinate and maintain Dealer Framework Agreements (MFA) from a business and operational perspective, including

o Sales administration

o PDI responsibilities

o Leasing and financing support

o Service and warranty execution

• Ensure dealer frameworks are aligned with fleet and autonomous mobility operating models
• Support consistency and clarity across dealer, importer, and fleet customer contractual arrangements

 

Account Management & Importer Service Enablement – 15%

• Act as primary business account manager for MOIA America on contract-related and importer coordination topics
• Coordinate importer service scope and execution readiness for functions such as

o Port operations

o Vehicle logistics

o Warranty auditing

o Parts fulfillment

o Recall and campaign execution

o IT and systems interfaces

Proactively surface operational or contractual gaps related to importer services and drive resolution with appropriate stakeholders

Qualification requirements

Years of Relevant Experience:

• 8+ years of experience in a business, commercial, or operational role within an OEM, importer, distributor, fleet, or c