Job Title: Technical Group Leader
Location: Gaydon, Warwickshire
Rate: £33.88ph via an Umbrella Company (Inside IR35) or £25.26ph on a PAYE basis
Employment Type: Contract (31.3.27)
Hours: Standard 40 Hours Per Week
Reference: J37235119
Position Description
WHAT TO EXPECT
You will be a Technical Group Leader driving the development of new and existing vehicle architectures while leading either Cockpit, Closures and Exterior or Cabin Zone within a vehicle program. You will be responsible for driving and leading the integration of new technologies within that zone into new and existing vehicle architectures, driving functional and attribute target delivery and acting as the voice of the customer to lead any arbitration required.
You will also develop a vehicle‑level end‑to‑end technical delivery plan for key systems, identifying inter‑dependencies and maturation versus customer requirements throughout virtual and physical test phases. You will lead the Technical Problem Resolution across squads and zones, including escalation as required.
WHAT YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
- Accountable as the leader and final technical arbitrator, integrating and delivering the engineering for the given zone whilst ensuring compatibility with GRID, commodity/system strategies and functional targets.
- Lead Group functional integration within the given zone to drive out complexity and deliver the most efficient technical solutions.
- Work closely with the Vehicle Attribute Robustness team to drive delivery of embedded design quality, service and manufacturing requirements.
- Drive zonal group coordinated technical data progression (CAD, DV, AIMS, Build, Test & Release) with squads and interfacing chapter team leads.
- Oversee alignment on and subsequent delivery of the Minimum Viable Product into both virtual and physical verification and validation through the life of the programme.
- Drive zonal cross‑squad obstacle resolution, ensuring timely escalation to nameplate and/or Architecture VEM as required.
- Ensure prompt escalation of technical blockers/incompatibilities to Vehicle/Chapter/Enterprise leadership via the obstacle process, and support study and Agile spike activities to solve complex engineering problems.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
Essential:
- Automotive technical knowledge and extensive experience of complex interactions, including technical analysis and decision‑making.
- Demonstrated understanding of automotive technology with advanced technical depth into vehicle, system and component detailed design, development and delivery, and ability to interrogate and ratify incoming technical standards, system and component assumptions.
- Excellent written and verbal technical communication, influencing and negotiation skills.
- Experience leading teams of people to solve complex technical issues using a structured approach such as 8D and/or Six Sigma.
- Project management experience delivering against a complex set of programme technical deliverables.
Essential:
- An individual with a customer‑first mindset who is easy to do business with and makes people feel special, driven to deliver personalised, transparent and dependable experiences.
- A progressive thinker who takes a keen interest in new ideas and key industry developments.
- Ability to embrace the Agile model and work effectively as a champion of Agile principles in practice.
- A resilient individual with strong influencing and engagement skills, comfortable challenging all stakeholders and able to build credibility and trust through experience and personal style.
- An individual who demonstrates exceptional leadership and management skills, able to motivate, develop and lead cross‑functional and functional teams.
** THIS POSITION IS CONFIRMED INSIDE IR35**
No terminology within this advert is intended to unlawfully discriminate on the grounds of age, sex, race or disability and we welcome all applications.
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