Customer Program Manager, Europe (SDV & Vehicle Compute)

What You'll Do

• Lead strategic customer programmes across major European automotive customers, acting as the primary programme management interface between the customer and NXP.
• Drive successful customer adoption and deployment of NXP SDV, vehicle compute, networking and processor solutions from concept through production.
• Develop trusted relationships with customer engineering, programme, purchasing and management stakeholders.
• Coordinate global cross-functional teams including engineering, applications, product management, quality, sales and business line organisations to deliver customer commitments.
• Lead programme reviews, risk management, issue resolution and escalation activities to maintain customer satisfaction and programme execution.
• Drive closure of technical, quality and commercial issues through structured action plans and executive follow-up.
• Support portfolio and roadmap discussions with customers, ensuring alignment between customer requirements and NXP strategy.
• Manage high-priority customer escalations and ensure corrective actions are effectively implemented.
• Provide programme leadership for key design wins and strategic growth opportunities.
• Support regular customer visits, executive reviews and business planning activities.
• Requirements Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Electronics, or a related technical discipline.
• Solid experience in automotive programme management, customer engineering, system engineering or product management.
• Experience working with automotive OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and semiconductor products.
• Proven ability to communicate complex technical topics to both engineering and management audiences.
• Excellent customer-facing, presentation, and communication skills.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing capabilities across global organisations.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex programmes simultaneously.
• Experience driving issue resolution across cross-functional teams.
• Strong organisational, planning and risk management skills.
• Willingness to travel within Europe and internationally as required.
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