Integration Technical Program Manager (TPM)

Location: Remote/Hybrid (Dearborn, MI)

Duration: 9–12 Month Contract

Overview

We are seeking an Integration Technical Program Manager (TPM) to support the launch of a new enterprise value chain within a large automotive environment. This role is responsible for ensuring integration readiness across a complex ecosystem of 600+ applications spanning engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, service, purchasing, and IT.

The TPM will work at the intersection of technical program management, systems integration, and cross-functional coordination. This person ensures all systems, data flows, processes, and testing requirements are completed on time and in alignment with program milestones.

Key Responsibilities

Integration Planning & Coordination

• Lead cross-domain integration planning across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, purchasing, service, and IT teams.
• Identify all impacted systems and confirm integration readiness requirements.
• Facilitate cross-functional meetings, drive alignment, and track integration milestones.

Integration Architecture & Contract Validation

• Validate integration contracts, ensuring requirements, data exchanges, dependencies, and design artifacts are complete and accurate.
• Ensure each domain delivers proper designs, sequence diagrams, and technical documentation.

Testing Strategy & Execution

• Own the integration testing strategy, including:
• Risk-based testing
• Incremental testing
• Big-bang testing
• Pair-wise testing
• Ensure test cases trace back to requirements and that results are well-documented.
• Drive issue resolution and escalate risks proactively.

Risk, Dependency & Ecosystem Management

• Track integration impacts across 600+ applications.
• Identify gaps, risks, and cross-domain dependencies; implement mitigation plans with domain leads.
• Support readiness for major technology programs such as SAP S/4HANA and in-plant error-proofing systems.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong background in integration architecture, manufacturing systems, PLM, ERP modules, and middleware/ESB frameworks.
• Ability to understand complex system interactions, data flows, and event-driven architectures.
• Hands-on experience with integration testing approaches (risk-based, big-bang, incremental, pair-wise).
• High attention to detail with strong program management rigor—risk tracking, documentation, dependency mapping.
• Experience working in large-scale enterprise environments with 300–600+ interconnected systems.
• Familiarity with modern data-centric architectures and ERP platforms (e.g., SAP S/4HANA).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and business domains.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in automotive manufacturing or large-scale industrial environments.
• Background in engineering, computer science, information systems, or related field.
• Prior work with global transformation programs or large ERP transitions.