Systems Engineering Program Manager

About Us

With electric vehicles expected to be nearly 30% of new vehicle sales by 2025 and more than 50% by 2040, electric mobility is becoming a reality. ChargePoint (NYSE: CHPT) is at the center of this revolution, powering one of the world’s leading EV charging networks and a comprehensive set of hardware, software and mobile solutions for every charging need across North America and Europe. We bring together drivers, businesses, automakers, policymakers, utilities and other stakeholders to make e-mobility a global reality.

Since our founding in 2007, ChargePoint has focused solely on making the transition to electric easy for businesses, fleets and drivers. ChargePoint offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create an all-electric future and a trillion-dollar market. 

Join the team that is building the EV charging industry and make your mark on how people and goods will get everywhere they need to go, in any context, for generations to come.

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ChargePoint is seeking a Systems Engineering Program Manager to lead initiatives related to our EV charging hardware products. You will engage with cross-functional teams to drive planning and execution of engineering activities including scheduling, deliverables, tooling / fabs, testing and validation.

In this role you will work with Program Management, Product Management, Manufacturing Operations, Hardware Engineering, Reliability, and Regulatory teams to ensure product deliverables are met on-time and on budget with the planned requirements. The Program Manager will be responsible for the coordination and planning of all HW engineering milestones, development builds, and change requests, ensuring timely release of assemblies, components and systems to procurement. The Program Manager will also coordinate the delivery of software features.  

The ideal Program Manager is an enthusiastic problem solver who can identify issues before they become problems, and is able to build and implement effective processes where they are lacking.

What You Will Bring to ChargePoint

• The Program Manager is responsible for the daily management through the life cycle of the program. Must be able to define product life cycle steps and drive projects thru design and development as well as manufacturing execution
• Plan the overall program and monitor progress to make sure that milestones are being met across the various projects and programs
• Program Managers will work with Product Management to drive the closure of product requirements via a PRD
• Develop a program schedule with identified key dependencies and get cross functional agreement to drive the schedule from concept to OK2 ship
  Manage the risks and issues that might and do arise over the course of the program life cycle, as well as take measures to correct them when they occur
• Coordinate the projects and their interdependencies between the various tasks of the projects
• Drive deliverables and align across projects in the program
• Drive all project design and manufacturing issues via JIRA
• EPMs manage the program budget and help drive project budget at project launch
• Manage and use resources across the various projects to support the program
• EPMs communicate program status to the stakeholders on a regular basis

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent work experience
• 8 + years’ experience leading complex hardware technology projects with aggressive schedules
• Experience leading the introduction of new technologies with a proven understanding of product development lifecycles
• Ability to quickly pick up new technologies and industry trends
• Outstanding critical thinking and passion for conquering what may seem to be impossible
• Excellent leadership and social skills
• Strong experience as a project manager of a large and complex project and have a broad knowledge of project and program management methodologies
• Strong leadership and managerial skills with appropriate experience as well as knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation procedures
• Must be able to  understand the wider objectives of the program, such as business and strategic goals
• Must have an ability to work with a wide range of individuals
• Fluency in using Confluence and JIRA
• Demonstrate skills to manage cross functional teams by leading core teams, technical teams and contract manufacturers
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (ability to influence without the authority)
• Problem solving skills in design and manufacturing aspect of the product