Remote Automotive Program Manager Jobs in California

Job Category:

Research and Development

QMS Impact Category: Direct

Position Summary

ASP is looking for a Senior Program Manager who thrives on complexity and impact. In this role, reporting to the PMO Director, you will be accountable for leading multiple crossfunctional teams and driving execution across highvisibility, complex programs with minimal oversight. You will lead critical medical device development programs across sterilization, washing and disinfection, and consumables translating innovative ideas into compliant, marketready solutions that protect patients and advance healthcare.
Location:  US Remote position (preferred in PST or MST) to support development team in CA time zone

What Success Looks Like:

• Complex programs delivered predictably through major development and commercialization milestones 
• Crossfunctional teams aligned, risks surfaced early, and decisions made with clarity and speed 
• Strong trust and credibility with functional and senior leaders

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead Complex Medical Device Programs: Lead highimpact medical device development programs across hardware, systems, and consumables from concept through commercialization, ensuring delivery against business, customer, and regulatory expectations.
• Drive CrossFunctional Execution: Align and lead crossfunctional teams across Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, Operations, Marketing, and external partners to deliver integrated program outcomes on time and to standard.
• Strengthen Planning & Execution Rigor: Develop and continuously refine integrated program plans, proactively managing scope, schedule, resources, dependencies, and critical path to improve predictability and accelerate key milestones.
• Own Program Risk & Issue Management: Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate program risks, prioritizing actions based on business impact and ensuring timely escalation and resolution to protect delivery, quality, and compliance.
• Enable Effective DecisionMaking: Facilitate structured, datadriven problem solving for complex technical and organizational challenges, enabling timely decisions and rapid course correction while preventing recurrence.
• Ensure Strategic & Regulatory Alignment: Own alignment of programs with evolving business priorities, customer needs, and applicable medical device regulatory and quality system requirements throughout the product lifecycle.
• Drive Stakeholder Alignment & Executive Communication: Own executivelevel communication, influence crossfunctional alignment, resolve tradeoffs, and maintain momentum across complex, multiteam programs.
• Foster Collaboration & Continuous Improvement: Promote a collaborative, highperformance environment that encourages innovation, continuous improvement, and shared accountability across program teams.
• Mentor & Model Senior Program Leadership: Serve as a role model for program management excellence by sharing best practices, mentoring peers, and raising execution standards across the organization.

Other Duties:

N/A

Performs other duties assigned as needed

Qualifications

Education:

 High School or Equivalent

 Associate's Degree

 Bachelor's Degree

 Master's Degree

 PhD Degree

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related technical discipline required.

Preferred Advanced degree (Master's Degree)

Years of Related Experience:

• 6+ years of program management experience leading end-to-end product development and commercialization of regulated products.
• 4+ years in the Medical Device industry, including hands-on experience leading programs that resulted in FDA 510(k) clearance, with working knowledge of 21 CFR 820 and ISO 13485.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large, global, and interdependent programs in technical domains, managing scope, risk, and stakeholder alignment. 
• Hands-on experience with process improvement and metrics, including use of tools like Jira, Confluence, and Fortive Business Systems (FBS). 
• Track record of mentoring and developing high-performing project teams, fostering innovation, accountability, and breakthrough thinking
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing program or project managers, directly or through influence 
• Proven ability to coach, mentor, and elevate team performance in a PMO or cross-functional environment 

• Aspiration and readiness to take on formal people leadership within a PMO

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Certifications/Licenses, and Affiliations: 

(Include any required computer skills, regulatory knowledge, certifications, licenses, languages, cognitive and behavioral abilities etc.)

• Exceptional program and project management skills, with a proven ability to lead cross-functional teams through complex, high-impact initiatives. 
• Agile leadership with familiarity with SAFe, and Lean practices. 
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement, with the ability to influence and present effectively to senior executives and global teams. 
• Strategic thinking and business acumen, aligning program goals with broader organizational objectives and market opportunities. 
• Results-driven mindset, focused on delivering high-quality with measurable impact. 
• Advanced problem-solving and decision-making skills, navigating ambiguity and driving clarity in fast-paced environments. 
• High accountability and performance orientation, setting and raising standards, and holding teams to commitments. 
• Inclusive leadership, fostering psychological safety, encouraging diverse perspectives, and promoting innovation. 
• Metric-driven approach, leveraging KPIs and dashboards to track progress and drive continuous improvement. 
• Experience using structured program management, planning, risk management, and continuous improvement tools; specific systems experience may include Microsoft Project, Jira, or equivalent platforms.
• Certification preferred: PMP, PgMP, or equivalent.

Responsibility for Others and Internal Interactions  N/A

• This role will report to the Director of PMO 
• Potential internal interface activities that the position may encounter include:
  • R&D Directors, Quality, Operations, Marketing, Regulatory Affairs, Service and Support on project planning/execution
  • R&D managers and individual contributors
• Managers and individual contributors from cross-functional groups planning and executing projects

External Interactions     N/A

• Visit external partners, customer sites or market research facilities, occasionally  
• Regular communication with development partners (e.g., product design companies)

Physical & Work Environment Requirements  Physical Requirements:   The physical demands identified are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions of this job. While performing the responsibilities of this job, the employee may be required to talk and hear. Work Environment (mark all that apply)   Travel on the Job: Choose an item.  Domestic International  (Travel as needed, estimated at 15%)

Scheduled Work Hours

Shift Work

On Call (Call in for Work) Approximate Position Requirements  

Standing:  0% 

Kneeling:  0%

Sitting:  Up to 90%

Walking:   0-10%

Additional Work Environment Requirements    N/A Location:  Remote position (PST or MST)           Environmental, Health and Safety

All managers and employees shall proactively support ASP's Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Policy by providing the necessary resources and giving equal emphasis with other functions such as production and quality.  It is the duty of every manager and employee to:

Ensure implementation of safety and environmental procedures, guidelines and standards.

Evaluate employee compliance and enforce established safety and environmental procedures and rules.

Create a safe work area environment, recognize safe activities, and reward good safety performance.

Provide training to employees when:

• Hired
• Transferred
• New substances, processes, procedures or equipment are introduced to the workplace and represent a new hazard

Measure safety performance and hold persons accountable for activities and results.

Ensure that incidents are investigated to determine root cause, and that corrective actions are taken.

Ensure employees wear required protective equipment.

Ensure EHS inspections are conducted monthly and corrective actions are implemented.

Occupational Hazards Ergonomic Risk:  Low Reproductive Health Risk:  No Concern

Machine Operation                

Electrical Hazards

Laser Hazards           

Excessive Noise (>85 dB)      

Heights (> 6ft) 

Hazardous Chemicals/Fumes

Excessive Dust

Bloodborne Pathogen            

Biohazards (BBP and parts of LAH)

Extreme Heat/Cold

Other Hazards: Click or tap here to enter text. Powered Industrial Vehicles (PIV) Operation

N/A

Forklift

Motorized Pallet Jack 

Company Vehicle 

Lifting Requirement

N/A

Choose an item.

Ground to knees

Ground to Waist        

Ground to Shoulders  

Ground to Overhead  

Waist to Shoulders

Waist to Overhead

Repetitive Hand Motions N/A

Twisting Motion         

Computer Entry

Simple Grasp            

Fine Manipulation

Additional Environmental, Health and Safety N/A        

 

Compliance

All employees have a duty to comply with applicable laws, regulations, standards, ASP policies and procedures. 

This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of this position and it is not intended to be an exhaustive list of skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and perform job-related duties as may be reasonably assigned by his/her supervisor.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties of the job.