Tata Technologies
Program Lead
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Role description
At Tata Technologies we make product development dreams a reality by designing, engineering and validating the products of tomorrow for the world’s leading manufacturers. Due to our continued growth we are now recruiting for Program Lead to be based at our customer's office in Gaydon.
Our Engineering Research and Development department (ER&D) is a fast-growing function within Tata Technologies Limited that is assembled to work on exciting projects globally for multiple customers. It comprises highly specialized engineers across Automotive, Aerospace, and Industrial Heavy Machinery.
Scope of Role
Lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of complex automotive engineering programmes across multiple technical domains. The role requires strong programme governance, customer engagement, and delivery leadership, with responsibility for maintaining alignment between engineering teams, suppliers, and business objectives.
Area of Responsibility
- Develop and maintain integrated programme plans, milestones, deliverables, and resource forecasts.
- Coordinate customers, suppliers, and cross-functional engineering teams across global locations.
- Monitor programme performance against quality, cost, timing, and scope commitments.
- Manage risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, and escalation actions.
- Lead customer reviews, governance forums, status reporting, and decision tracking.
- Support mobilisation, recruitment planning, and workload balancing.
- Coordinate engineering changes and assess programme impacts.
- Maintain KPIs, dashboards, action trackers, and management reports.
- Drive recovery plans where delivery is at risk and follow actions through to closure.
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Knowledge / Experience
Essential:
- Degree or equivalent experience in engineering, programme management, or a related discipline.
- Automotive engineering or programme delivery experience.
- Experience managing cross-functional programmes in an OEM, Tier 1, or engineering services environment.
- Strong planning, risk management, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
- Good understanding of automotive development, validation, and release lifecycles.
Desirable:
- Experience with E/E, systems, integration, or software programmes.
- Awareness of ASPICE, ISO 26262, or ISO 21434.
- Global delivery and supplier management experience.
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In return for bringing your expertise to our business, we offer a competitive salary along with excellent benefits including:
- Pension Scheme – We match employee contribution up to 5% of salary
- 25 Days’ Holiday
- Private Health Care
- Tata Jaguar Land Rover Privilege Scheme – up to 20% off new JLR vehicles
- Group Income Protection
- Health Assured – Employee Assistance Program
- Group Life Assurance
- Health Shield – Private Health Cash Plan
If you are passionate about bringing innovation to the projects you work on and want to join a global company, then this is the place for you.
Tata Technologies: Engineering a better world.
Tata Technologies would like to thank all applicants for their interest, each application will be reviewed against the set criteria for the role. We would like to advise that only candidates under consideration will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within 10 working days following the closing date, it will mean that unfortunately your application has not been successful. We will, however, retain your details for any suitable future opportunities.
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