Goken America

Project Manager - Vehicle Operations

Goken America  •  Foster City, CA (Onsite)  •  1 day ago
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Job Description

Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio (USA) with Engineering Centers in Pune, India and Yokohama, Japan, Goken is a global Engineering Services and Product Development company founded in 2004. We partner with OEMs and suppliers across the mobility space, as well as clients in non-mobility industries, to deliver innovative solutions and accelerate product development.

At Goken, we embrace our motto of “Time to Innovate” by pushing boundaries, cultivating entrepreneurial thinking, and empowering individuals who thrive on tackling challenges, embrace fresh ideas, and are driven to create solutions that shape the future. This mindset fuels our mission and empowers our teams to solve complex problems, deliver measurable value, and move our clients and industries forward.

Our Vision is to empower associates to drive innovation and lead meaningful change wherever it’s needed, ensuring we stay ahead of the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow. Our Mission is to build trust that fosters greatness in our people, excellence in our clients, and positive impact in the communities we serve.

Goken offers a competitive compensation structure and benefits that support professional growth and personal well-being. We also foster a culture built on high performance, collaboration, continuous improvement, and ongoing professional development.

The Project Manager, Vehicle Operations is responsible for coordinating and driving vehicle program activities across cross-functional teams throughout the product lifecycle. This role supports program execution by managing schedules, tracking deliverables, facilitating communication, driving issue resolution, and ensuring alignment across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and operations stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

  • Support and manage vehicle development programs from concept through production and end-of-life activities.
  • Develop and maintain program schedules, milestones, deliverables, and dependencies.
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on program objectives and execution plans.
  • Track program risks, issues, and open actions, and drive timely resolution.
  • Facilitate program reviews, status meetings, and readiness assessments.
  • Support engineering change management and implementation activities.
  • Maintain program documentation, metrics, and reporting to provide visibility to stakeholders and leadership.
  • Identify opportunities to improve processes, communication, and operational efficiency across programs.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Automotive, or a related engineering discipline), or equivalent experience.
  • 3+ years of project or program management experience within automotive, vehicle, or hardware development environments.
  • Experience managing schedules, deliverables, risks, and cross-functional initiatives.
  • Demonstrated experience managing products through the hardware life cycle (concept, design, validation, production, end of life) and applying structured change management (ECR/ECO processes, PLM systems).
  • Strong organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Familiarity with project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Google Workspace or similar platforms.
  • Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and drive projects to completion in a dynamic environment.
  • Knowledge of vehicle development milestones/processes, engineering change management, or product lifecycle management is a plus.

The pay range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base pay only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations.

California Pay Range
$45$52 USD

Goken is committed to fostering a respectful, inclusive, and engaging workplace across all global locations. We value diversity and provide equal opportunities for career growth and professional development, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Goken America

About Goken America

Goken America is an engineering & technology services company that works collaboratively to make a notable difference for its clients, team members, and the communities in which its employees live and work. Goken understands that to achieve real change, its associates must be empowered. They must have the tools to explore and build, and the passion to share empathy and understanding.

The key to Goken’s singular business model is the company’s relentless drive to be more than a technical services company. This means that Goken leaders must place uncommon trust and value in the teams and the talent who facilitate the organization’s fearless approach to problem-solving and client engagement.

To uncover the root causes of workforce issues, faltering production cycles, and other challenges, empowered Goken associates take the time to immerse themselves in client cultural underpinnings.

Then, Goken adds competitive value with a multi-dimensional approach that requires more than simply adding human capital. Instead, striking the perfect balance between a customer’s wants and needs, Goken infuses change techniques with technology; skills training with organizational development; and staffing projects with managed services.

Rather than a blueprint of static deliverables, Goken is a nimble provider of engineering and technology solutions that, because they are sustainable and repeatable, accelerate product development and deliver clients the advantage of time.

Time to get ahead of the competition.

Time to focus on business development.

Time to innovate and shape trends.

Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Goken has been making a difference for clients in the automotive, medical device, and aerospace industries since 2004.

Learn more at www.goken-global.com

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Industry
Architecture & Engineering
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Dublin, OH
Year Founded
2004
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