Technical Project Manager, Closures Structures

Lucid is the new generation of EV. Our relentless focus on innovation, luxury, and sustainability drives us into a reality where you no longer have to choose between doing great things, doing the right thing, and doing everything with the highest regard for efficiency and design. There were luxury cars, then EVs, now there’s Lucid.  

At Lucid, we set out to introduce the most captivating, luxury electric vehicles that elevate the human experience and transcend the perceived limitations of space, performance, and intelligence. Vehicles that are intuitive, liberating, and designed for the future of mobility.

 

We plan to lead in this new era of luxury electric by returning to the fundamentals of great design – where every decision we make is in service of the individual and environment. Because when you are no longer bound by convention, you are free to define your own experience.

 

Come work alongside some of the most accomplished minds in the industry. Beyond providing competitive salaries, we’re providing a community for innovators who want to make an immediate and significant impact. If you are driven to create a better, more sustainable future, then this is the right place for you.

Lucid’s closures engineering team is looking for a Technical Project Manager to drive deliverables within aggressive timelines. You must be able to lead projects by creating effective project management strategies to achieve ambitious objectives while demonstrating superior relationship building, communication skills, and a positive attitude.

Our ideal candidate exhibits a can-do attitude and approaches his or her work with vigor and determination. Candidates should have demonstrated the ability to learn quickly and work effectively in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment and be excellent at multi-tasking.

Responsibilities:

· Lead and execute diverse projects for the closures engineering team to create a unique product or result and drive positive change & business value creation.

· Represent our closures team in program meetings and build events.

· Gather high-level information and elaborate into detailed plans for our team.

· Chair disciplined project meetings to communicate detailed plans, understand critical path, follow-up on assigned tasks, and monitor progress on project objectives such as design deliverables that go into build events.

· Work cross-functionally with engineering, supply chain, new product introduction, manufacturing, and quality teams.

· Be responsible for driving and tracking all program and product change management activities.

· Travel up to 25% of the time to Lucid Motors manufacturing or other locations.

Qualifications:

· 4+ years relevant experience in project management.

· “A good PM fights to deliver” - Exceptional sense of ownership; you are expected to anchor on our mission and take accountability for our own and others’ actions unrestrained by role boundaries.

· Experience driving multiple projects in fast-paced environments.

· Ability to simplify ambiguity, prioritize tasks, execute in stressful circumstances, and drive decisions.

· Rigorous, detail-oriented problem solving with a willingness to get hands-on where needed.

· Experience creating and interpreting Gantt charts in MS Project, Smartsheet, or similar software.

· Familiarity with Jira is a plus.

Education:

· Bachelor’s degree from an ABET accredited institution or equivalent project management experience.