Strategic Initiatives Manager - Tier 1 & OEMs

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Job Title: Strategic Initiatives Manager - Tier 1 & OEMs

Posting Start Date: 4/9/26

At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world.

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Job Overview

This role as a Strategic Initiatives Manager AMER will be responsible for facilitating and executing cross functional collaboration for AUT AMER strategic initiatives. The role requires a highly organized, results-driven individual with a strategic mindset and excellent communication skills. The selected individual will work closely with cross-functional teams and senior leadership to define, plan and execute these business-critical initiatives.

These initiatives may include facilitating the annual strategic planning process, guiding crossfunctional teams on tariff mitigation, supporting strategic workforce planning, and coordinating critical leadership meetings. The ideal candidate is comfortable influencing without formal authority and can effectively partner with stakeholders ranging from SVPs to analysts to drive measurable results.

At TE Connectivity, you will find a culture that rewards ownership and innovation. This is a great opportunity to drive initiatives that will define the trajectory of our business, work with senior management teams, and position you favorably to build a career in general management, strategy, project management, commercial functions or operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Structure and execution clarity: Translate strategic initiatives into structured actions, that can be executed by the cross functional teams
• Strategic thinking: Collaborate with senior leadership teams to translate key business requirements to strategic initiatives using first principles
• Stakeholder Engagement: Define project priorities, maintain effective communication and provide regular updates on project progress, risks, and issues.
• Team Leadership: Lead through influence and ensure that cross-functional teams have the clarity and support for execution
• Risk Management: Proactively Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to minimize disruption.
• Project Planning and Management: Develop project plans, including timelines, milestones, and deliverables
• Project deliverables: Build frameworks for teams to follow, develop executive presentation documents
• Performance Tracking and Reporting: Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure project success, and guide on building digital dashboards

Job Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business administration or a related field.
• Experience: 2+ years' experience - Ideal candidate will have experience in one of the following - management consulting, corporate PMO / Strategy office
• Proven track record of successfully managing large-scale, strategic projects.
• Presentation and communication experience with senior leadership teams.
• Comfortable with analytical tools like Excel to conduct analysis in a structured and clear way
• Strategic mindset and ability to synthesize what really matters
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Business Acumen and comfort with risk-based trade-offs when making decisions
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Interpersonal and Political savvy when dealing with others
• Financial Intelligence including evaluation of projects and business cases
• Fluency in English required (read, write, and speak)

Additional Desirable Skills but not compulsory

• Understanding of Automotive or similar B2B Industrial commercial and operational functions: sales, manufacturing and supply-chain processes, and their associated customer requirements
• Experience in formal large scales Transformations: Operational, strategic/corporate finance or Organizational
• Experience in resilience focused initiatives: supply chain, tariff/trade mitigation
• Formal project management education and PMP certification
• Extensive experience working with diverse multicultural and cross functional teams
• Experience with Waterfall and Agile methodologies
• Experience in influencing cultural change management
• Experience at tier-1 automotive supplier or OEM supplier
• Experience with change and risk management
• Ability to travel within the Americas region when required to support project objectives
• Good working knowledge and experience with connector, harness or integrated systems or manufacturing processes (injection molding, plating, stamping, machining, etc.)

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Location: México.

Travel: 10-25%

US Visa - Desirable.

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Job Country: Mexico

Travel Required: 10% to 25%

Requisition ID: 150606

Workplace Type: Remote

External Careers Page: Project Management

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