At NVIDIA, our employees are passionate about parallel and visual computing which is becoming the backbone or recent Artificial Intelligence revolution. Our technology is at the heart of the state-of-the-art innovation in A.I, video games, cloud and enterprise computing and embedded fields. NVIDIA’s solutions power the digital cockpits, infotainment systems and autonomous driving platforms of some of the world’s most creative and established car makers. And we've only scratched the surface of what we can accomplish when we apply our technology to it. We need passionate, hardworking, and creative people to help us seek some of these rare opportunities.

We are searching a Customer Program Manager for the Japan market to lead the autonomous driving and centralized car computer programs with Tier-1 system provides and car OEMs. As a key member of the Customer Program Management Team for NVIDIA's Automotive business unit, this role requires an expert in Program Management with solid engineering background who will be responsible for the managing of program execution as well as customer relations.

What you'll be doing:

• Define program schedules, achievements and work based on the customer roadmap and requirements

• Manage the progress of the defined program landmarks and define the countermeasures to keep them in case of deviations

• Translate customer requirements into specific tasks for all functional areas and actively collect, track and drive all issues to closure

• Communicate the issue status to the customer and internal teams located on different geographical zones

• Identify and accurately represent the priority of issues and raise them appropriately

• Work closely with the engineering, quality, logistics and the Sales team to resolve technical and logistic issues

• Regularly communicate the program status and key issues to customer and NVIDIA management

• Drive and manage on time execution of the programs

• Develop a close working relationship with the customers’ development teams and be the first point of contact for major program issues

What we need to see:

• A strong 6+ years of technical background working on electrical/electronic or software products

• Have 5+ years of experience in project/program management in the Automotive or Embedded Industry

• Experience in handling global projects with multinational program members

• BS/MS in Electrical/Electronics Engineering or Computer Science, MBA with prior technical background

• Good presentation skills

Ways to stand out from the crowd

• Track record in managing complex hardware and software product development preferably in automotive industry

• Prior experience in ADAS, Autonomous Driving, Mapping or Data Collection projects

• Leadership in coordination of different functional teams towards the same target

• Good communication, negotiation, and organization skills.

• Dedicated and able to work with a minimum of supervision

With highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking, innovative, and hardworking in the world planet working for us and, due to outstanding growth, our world-class engineering teams are growing fast. If you're a capable leader, good communicator, and a creative problem solver with a sincere passion for technology, we want to hear from you.