Programme Chief - Jaguar

POSITION: Product Chief - Jaguar

POSTING END DATE: 6th July 2023

LOCATION: Gaydon, Warwickshire (UK)

SALARY: Competitive
LINE MANAGER: Vehicle Line Director

Jaguar Land Rover is reimagining the future of modern luxury by design through our distinct British brands. Our purpose is to ‘Live the Exceptional with Soul’ by being the proud creators of modern luxury and being guided by a set of behaviours we call our Creators’ Code: Customer Love; Unity; Integrity; Growth; Impact.

WHAT TO EXPECT

This role is an exciting opportunity to join the Future Jaguar Team. It is a key leadership role with accountability for the delivery of nameplate programmes or the lifecycle of nameplate groups through to end of production. They will act as key decision makers, managing trade-offs and any conflicts in order to balance the delivery of jaguar vehicles to cost, quality and time.

THE ROLE

Key Responsibilities

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  Accountable for achieving the quality, cost and time targets of programme and driving the business optimisation of the respective car line.
• Drive Profit- Drive programme & lifecycle profitability by ensuring the system and commodity choices made to deliver the chose design/attribute targets are affordable and compatible with market/customer requirements.
• Identification and delivery of performance initiatives in close alignment with Business Performance lead.
• Final call on decisions impacting business performance of programme in close alignment with enterprise functional leaders.
• Lead escalation and change management process where required.
• Quality Whole Life Plan ensuring current car performance and knowledge is harnessed including Quality improvement actions.
• Bill Of Materials/Content- Own the detailed build of Bill of Materials and associated assumptions.
• Risk management.
• Responsible of vehicle specific TFLE breakdown to targets for CoCs/functions and milestones for the programme.
• Defining individual deliverables and activities from shared objectives.
• Responsible to coach direct and in-direct reports on leading by influence, decision-making and delegation skills.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience

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  Cross-functional leadership (lead "by influence" vs. "by title")
• Empowerment of teams to own their topics and take decisions
• Strong communication and influencing skills
• Ability to create cross functional teams with clear shared accountabilities
• Understanding of end-to-end delivery within programmes or projects
• Demonstrates our Creators' Code behaviours of Customer Love, Unity, Integrity, Growth and Impact.

#WEAREJLR

At Jaguar Land Rover, we are passionate about our people. They are at the heart of our business. We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive culture that is representative of our global customers and the society in which we live; a culture in which every one of our employees can bring their authentic self to work and reach their full potential.

You will find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, access to select two of our luxury premium vehicles to lease at an extremely favourable cost compared to traditional company car lease schemes, membership of a competitive pension plan, private medical cover (which includes travel insurance) and performance related bonus scheme. All this and more makes Jaguar Land Rover the perfect place to continue your journey.

This role may offer the opportunity for hybrid working where you can split your time between working from home and in the office. At Jaguar Land Rover, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees with more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work, if suitable for their role. Further details can be discussed with the Hiring Manager at interview stage.

Please be aware that we may close this vacancy for applications before the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of interest. We strongly advise you to submit your application as early as possible.