Job Description

POSITION: Programme Domain Tech Centre Lead

POSTING END DATE: 20/09/2023

LOCATION: Gaydon, Warwickshire (UK)

SALARY: Competitive

Jaguar Land Rover is evolving into "JLR", a "House of Brands" comprising of four distinct British brands - Range Rover, Jaguar, Defender and Discovery.

Our purpose is to \'Live the Exceptional with Soul\' by being the proud creators of modern luxury and being guided by a set of behaviours we call our Creators\' Code: Customer Love; Unity; Integrity; Growth; Impact.

WHAT TO EXPECT

This Programme Domain Tech Lead holds overall responsibility for the delivery of all Body/Chassis Engineering elements that relate to programme delivery on the programme the team represents.

THE ROLE

Key Responsibilities

• Accountability for determining the resource demand together with the Chapters for individual model-year programme.
• Responsible for ensuring staffing to that model with appropriate headcount and skills - both in Agile and non-Agile environments.
• Responsible to deliver NURBS strategy across all relevant nameplates in accordance with aligned pre- position. Further responsible to ensure appropriate technology impact is presented to Vehicle organisation if NURBS strategy is challenged.
• Responsible to ensure that vehicle attributes owned by Body/Chassis Engineering are target-set in accordance with vehicle PALS strategy and are traded accordingly if appropriate.
• Provide support for Programme Gateway deliverables across all Body/Chassis Engineering commodities.
• Responsible for providing appropriate technology options to resolve technical and/or cost issues and to support decision-making process within Vehicle Organisation.
• Responsible for making appropriate technical recommendations to ensure AI/SI/GI requirements are met within constraints of Chapter Bills of Design, Standards and Engineering Specifications.
• Responsible for demonstrating that should-cost for Body/Chassis Engineering commodities are aligned to target as agreed at , for material cost, vendor/in-house tooling and D&D.
• Responsible for ensuring programme targets for VB off-tool and PSW are met including aligning with stakeholders the impact of engineering change upon status.
• Budget and resource model both for Agile and non-Agile Programmes.
• Technology deployment and adherence to Bill of Design.
• Integration of engineering solutions into a consistent, coherent vehicle programme.
• Alignment of Body/Chassis Engineering owned attributes within wider Programme model.
• Quality and Function for all commodities being released by Body/Chassis Engineering.
• Key stakeholder management and interaction including regular reporting up to Board level.
• Issue resolution, both internally and cross-functionally.
• Programme gateway support with delivery of appropriate KPI\'s.
• Commodity-plan and Delivery support of all Body/Chassis Engineering commodities from to PSW.
• Adherence of Body/Chassis engineering and delivery teams to Product Development process, whether in Agile or non-Agile environments.

Key Performance Indicators

• Resource demand for all nameplates and Model-Years across architecture
• Overall team skills versus requirement matrix for Body Programmes team
• NURBS (re-use) metric
• Attribute panel chart R/Y/G status for all Body/Chassis Engineering owned Attributes
• All Programme Gateway metrics for Body Chassis as defined by PCDS schedule
• Support delivery of should-cost versus target for material cost, tooling, D&D and engineering
• Engineering AIMS throughput (non-Agile programmes)/adherence to planned backlog burn-down rate (Agile programmes)
• Off-Production tool status versus target for VB
• Phase I PSW at TT versus target

Key Interactions

• Programme Teams (V Organisation) - Vehicle Line Directors and Programme Chiefs
• Other Product Engineering leaders, especially ACPE
• Design - both creation and realisation teams
• Purchasing - programme and commodity
• Manufacturing - AME, NML and CME
• Finance including Cost Engineering

WHAT YOU\'LL NEED

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience of programme delivery gained at a senior CoC level.
• Broad technical knowledge across a wide range of Body and Chassis commodities and the ability to talk with some authority about them.
• Some experience of vehicle-level attributes, how they relate to customer experience and the boundaries within which they can be traded.
• Knowledge of the entire \'system V\' including how customer requirements are cascaded down the LHS of the V to component level, and then validated up to vehicle level on the RHS.
• Significant experience of working within the PCDS environment - knowledge of gateway cadence and required deliverables at each event.
• Broad network within the Body and/or Chassis technical community, plus some network across other functions including Vehicle, Purchase, Manufacturing, Design and Finance.
• Ability to conceptualise and communicate complex topics to senior stakeholders in a clear and understandable manner.
• Extensive knowledge of engineering and problem-solving tools, and the ability to guide teams in their use.
• Experience of Plant-based vehicle launch.
• Good knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation.
• Degree qualified or equivalent experience preferred.

Desirable

• E xperience of leading cross-functional teams through complex and time-bound issues.

• Experience of interfacing with Enterprise Leaders and up to Board level.
• Good network both within Body/Chassis Engineering and cross-functionally.

Personal Profile

• Demonstrates our Creators\' Code behaviours of Customer Love, Unity, Integrity, Growth and Impact.
• Continually working hard to deliver a modern luxury experience to earn and keep our customers\' trust and loyalty.
• Embracing differences, being empathetic, welcoming challenges together empowering each other to deliver.
• An individual who is able to lead complex, multi-disciplinary teams through short and long-term projects reinforcing positive behaviours to ensure success.
• An individual who prioritises resources to deliver the Jaguar Land Rover\'s Strategy provide clarity and urgency to complex issues, establishing cross-functional alignment and collaboration to support tough decision making.
• 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.
• A sophisticated communicator who is able to communicate clearly, directly and openly.
• An individual who is able to build strong relationships both within and outside of their function in order to generate positive outcomes for both parties from any interaction.
• An individual who consistently demonstrates high levels of emotional intelligence and integrity building creditability, confidence and trust through experience and personal style.

At Jaguar Land Rover, we are passionate about our people. They are at the heart of our business. We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive culture that is representative of our global customers and the society in which we live; a culture in which every one of our employees can bring their authentic self to work and reach their full potential.

You will find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, access to select two of our luxury premium vehicles to lease at an extremely favourable cost compared to traditional company car lease schemes, membership of a competitive pension plan, private medical cover (which includes travel insurance) and performance related bonus scheme. All this and more makes Jaguar Land Rover the perfect place to continue your journey.

Please be aware that we may close this vacancy for applications before the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of interest. We strongly advise you to submit your application as early as possible.

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