Stellantis

Validation Means Consolidation Lead

Stellantis • $110K — $130K *
Auburn Hills, MI 48326In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Engineering, or related field
  • Minimum 10 years of relevant professional experience
  • Solid experience in vehicle, system, or component validation environments
  • Proven capability to consolidate and analyze complex technical and cost data
  • Experience in transversal organizations with multiple stakeholders

Responsibilities

  • Lead consolidation of validation means spending across major vehicle programs
  • Establish a reliable view of validation spending ensuring consistency and transparency
  • Analyze execution against targets to identify deviations and root causes
  • Act as interface between Validation, Engineering, Programs, and Finance
  • Monitor progress of agreed actions and track delivery of benefits
  • Prepare structured reporting and dashboards for management
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of validation cost control practices

Benefits

  • Opportunities for involvement in wide-ranging vehicle programs
  • Supports career growth through exposure to multiple technical and financial domains
  • Collaborative working environment with cross-functional teams
  • Potential to influence key business decisions and strategies
  • Engagement in continuous improvement initiatives
Full Job Description
Validation Means Consolidation Lead is responsible for consolidating, analyzing, and steering validation means spending optimization across major vehicle programs in execution. The role operates transversally across Vehicle Performance, Engineering, Validation, Programs, and Finance.

Main Activities:
  • Lead the end-to-end consolidation of validation means spending for major vehicle programs in execution, structured by validation categories (full means, partial means, prototypes, etc.).
  • Establish a single, reliable view of validation spending, ensuring consistency, comparability, and transparency across programs, platforms, and regions.
  • Analyze execution versus targets, identify deviations, root causes, and structural drivers, and support definition of corrective action plans.
  • Act as a key interface between Validation, Engineering, Programs, and Finance, ensuring alignment of technical validation strategies with cost objectives.
  • Monitor progress of agreed actions and track delivery of expected benefits.
  • Prepare clear, structured reporting and dashboards for VCP, Vehicle Performance, and management governance forums.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of validation cost control practices and support broader validation optimization initiatives within VCP.

Minimum Qualification, Skills & Experience:

  • Solid experience in vehicle, system, or component validation environments within Product Development & Technology.
  • Proven capability to consolidate, structure, and analyze complex technical and cost data across multiple programs.
  • Good understanding of validation strategies, test means, and associated cost drivers.
  • Experience working in transversal, matrix organizations with multiple technical and financial stakeholders.

Technical & Functional Skills:

  • Ability to analyze validation execution versus targets and identify deviations and root causes.
  • Strong proficiency in data analysis, synthesis, and reporting.
  • Good understanding of interfaces between Validation, Engineering, Programs, and Finance.

Behavioral & Leadership Competencies:

  • Structured and rigorous working approach.
  • Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
  • Clear, concise, and factual communication.
  • Ability to challenge data and assumptions constructively.

Preferred:

  • Prior exposure to validation cost optimization or performance improvement initiatives.
  • Experience interacting with Finance or controlling teams.


Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Engineering; or related degree
  • Minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience
  • Fluent in English (written and spoken)
  • Experience in vehicle, system, or component validation environments within Product Development & Technology
  • Good understanding of validation strategies, test means, and associated cost drivers
  • Experience working in transversal, matrix organizations with multiple technical and financial stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Ability to analyze validation execution versus targets and identify deviations and root causes
  • Strong proficiency in data analysis, synthesis, and reporting
  • Good understanding of interfaces between Validation, Engineering, Programs, and Finance
  • Prior exposure to validation cost optimization or performance improvement initiatives
  • Experience interacting with Finance or controlling teams

About Stellantis

Stellantis is a multinational automotive manufacturer formed in 2021 by the merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Groupe PSA. The company designs, produces, and sells a wide range of vehicles under various brands, including Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroen, Dodge, DS Automobiles, Fiat, Jeep, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Ram, and Vauxhall. Stellantis operates in over 130 countries and has 14 brands in its portfolio. The company is committed to sustainable mobility and has set ambitious targets for reducing its carbon footprint and increasing the share of electric vehicles in its sales.
Learn more about Stellantis
Size
400,000 employees
Market Cap
$44.9 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
* Ladders Estimates

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