Technical Group Leader - Zonal Integration

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A leading premium automotive business and leading to move towards electric autonomous vehicles.

WHAT TO EXPECT

You'll be a Technical Group Leader driving the development of new and existing vehicle architectures within Jaguar Land Rover, leading either Cockpit, Closures and Exterior or Cabin Zone within a vehicle program. You will be responsible for driving and leading the integration of new technologies within that zone into new and existing vehicle architectures. Drive functional and attribute target delivery, acting as the voice of the customer to lead any arbitration required.

You'll also develop vehicle-level end-to-end technical delivery plans for key systems, identifying inter-dependencies and maturation versus customer requirements, throughout virtual and physical test phases. Leading the Technical Problem Resolution Cross-Squad / cross-Zone including escalation as required.

WHAT YOU'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

Accountable as the leader and final technical arbitrator, integrating and delivering the engineering for the given zone whilst ensuring compatibility with GRID, the commodity/system strategies and functional targets

Lead Group functional integration within the given zone, to drive out complexity and deliver the most efficient technical solutions

Work closely with the Vehicle Attribute Robustness team to drive delivery of embedded design quality, service and manufacturing requirements

Drive Zonal Group coordinated technical data progression (VEPS, DV, commodity freezing & releasing) with squads & interfacing with chapter team leads

Oversee alignment on, and subsequent delivery of, Minimum Viable Product into both virtual and physical verification and validation through the life of the Programme

Drive Zonal cross-squad obstacle resolution, ensuring timely escalation to nameplate and / or Architecture VEM as required

Ensure prompt escalation of Zonal technical blockers/incompatibilities to Vehicle/Chapter/Enterprise leadership via the Obstacle process

Support study & Agile spike activities to solve complex engineering problems

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

Essential - 

Automotive technical knowledge and extensive experience in complex interactions, including technical analysis and decision-making

Excellent written and verbal technical communication, influencing and negotiation skills

Experience in leading teams of people to solve complex technical issues using a structured approach e.g 8D and/or Six Sigma

Project Management experience of delivery against a complex set of Programme technical deliverables

Desirable - 

An individual with a customer-first mindset who is easy to do business with and makes people feel special, driven to deliver experiences that are personalised, transparent and dependable

Progressive-thinking individual who takes a keen interest in new ideas and key industry developments

Ability to embrace the Agile model and work effectively as a champion of Agile principles in practice

A resilient individual who has strong influencing and engagement skills is comfortable challenging all stakeholders and can build credibility and trust through experience and personal style

An individual who can demonstrate exceptional capability in leadership and management skills, who can motivate, develop and lead cross-functional and functional teams