Program Timing Analyst

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain integrated master schedules, key milestones, and critical paths aligned with the vehicle product development lifecycle.
• Define task dependencies, durations, and resource requirements across cross-functional teams.
• Track program progress against baselines, identifying critical path bottlenecks, delays, and schedule risks.
• Develop mitigation plans for at-risk activities and escalate timing issues with actionable recommendations.
• Prepare timing status reports, executive dashboards, and timeline presentations for management gateway reviews.
• Track and report timing KPIs, including milestone adherence, schedule slippage, and on-time delivery.
• Partner with Program Management, Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing, and Quality to ensure cross-functional timeline alignment.
• Coordinate critical milestones across sourcing, tooling, validation, and launch timing.
• Maintain scheduling tools and standardize timing templates across multiple program platforms to ensure data integrity.
• Drive continuous improvement in program scheduling processes and methodologies.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in program scheduling, project planning, or timing analysis.
• Experience in automotive or manufacturing program environments strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of automotive product development processes, including APQP and gateway/phase reviews.
• Understanding of vehicle program milestones, including SOP, PPAP, launch, and ramp-up.
• Familiarity with automotive development lifecycle and launch processes.
• Understanding of engineering, tooling, and manufacturing timing dependencies.
• Knowledge of supplier readiness and PPAP timing requirements.
• Awareness of validation, testing, and homologation timing.

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management, or a related field.
• Project management certification, such as PMP.