Hiring: Program Manager, Cost Reduction Company: Slate Auto Location: Troy, MI Job Posted Time: 2026-09-17 11:57:58 Target Skills & Keywords : Change Management, Program Management, Project Management About the job Required Skills: •Cost Reduction Workstream Leadership •Job 2 Program Management •Lead and oversee leading the Job 2 workstream through planning, execution, and launch across the primary cost-down programs. This role drives program timing, supplier feasibility and quote confirmation, and validation and re-certification sequencing, and ensures Job 2 exits with a clean, fully implemented BOM. Qualifications: •Comfort with BOM-level cost structures, change management governance, and supplier commercial negotiations. You communicate clearly with executive leadership and hold owners accountable without losing the relationship. You operate effectively at a startup pace with incomplete data and moving targets. •Minimum of five years of program or project management experience in automotive, EV, or adjacent manufacturing environments, with direct involvement in cost reduction, VAVE, or engineering change programs. •Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional workstreams across engineering, purchasing, manufacturing, and finance simultaneously, with clear ownership and accountability structures. •Strong communication and facilitation skills. Ability to synthesize complex program status into clear leadership-facing materials and drive alignment across functions with competing priorities. •Comfort operating in a fast-paced, resource-constrained environment where processes are still being built. Willingness to own the workstream end to end, not just coordinate it. •Why This Role Matters Now Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!