Hiring for Chief Platform Head
Location: Chennai
Experience: 22 + Years
Function: R&D; / Platform Leadership

Role Purpose:
The Chief Platform Head is responsible for end-to-end delivery of vehicle platforms, ensuring achievement of platform targets related to performance, cost, quality, timing, and launch readiness. The role drives cross-functional alignment, engineering integration, supplier collaboration, manufacturing readiness, and governance to successfully deliver vehicle programs from concept to launch.
Key Responsibilities
Define and own platform targets in collaboration with Product Planning, Marketing, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Sourcing teams.
Lead execution and delivery of all platform programs, ensuring achievement of quality, cost, timing, and performance objectives.
Drive engineering integration and resolve cross-functional trade-offs impacting vehicle performance and program delivery.
Ensure timely closure of supplier, sourcing, and technical deliverables while supporting strategic vendor decisions.
Oversee manufacturing readiness, localization, industrialization,



and vehicle handover to production.
Lead governance reviews, risk management, deviation approvals, and escalation resolution.
Ensure launch readiness through validation completion, quality approvals, and successful program execution.
Build alignment across engineering, purchase, manufacturing, quality, and business stakeholders.
Preferred Profile
Proven leadership experience in vehicle platform development, product engineering, or program management.
Solid understanding of automotive engineering, manufacturing, supplier management, and target-cost delivery.
Demonstrated ability to lead large cross-functional teams and complex vehicle programs.
Experience managing platform-level decisions, risks, deviations, and launch execution.
Key Skills
✅ Vehicle Platform Development
✅ Program & Portfolio Management
✅ Engineering Integration
✅ Manufacturing Readiness
✅ Supplier & Sourcing Managemen

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