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Chrysler Future Product Jobs in Auburn Hills, MI at Stellantis
Title: Chrysler Future Product
Company: Stellantis
Location: Auburn Hills, MI
About The Chrysler Brand
Chrysler is an icon in American automotive heritage, proudly celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2025. Known for innovation, engineering excellence, family-focused designs, and delivering affordable luxury to its customers, Chrysler continues to redefine modern mobility with a bold vision for the future. As we accelerate toward the future, Chrysler is committed to delivering intuitive technology and timeless design with today’s Pacifica, Pacifica PHEV, and Voyager. Join us as we lead the transformation of a founding legacy brand into the future and the next 100-years.
Position Summary
The Director of Product – Chrysler Brand is a pivotal leadership role responsible for shaping the strategic direction, development, and lifecycle management of Chrysler vehicles. This role is central to driving sustainable, profitable growth in Chrysler sales and market share.
The Director will lead a high-performing team responsible for coordinating cross-functional activities related to vehicle positioning, product plan definition, volume, mix, and target customer. Success in this role requires a unique blend of disciplined execution and creative vision to deliver products that embody the future of the Chrysler brand.
The Chrysler Product team defines both current and future vehicle strategies, technologies, and services. Our product vision is grounded in deep market insight, rigorous research, and advanced analytics. At the heart of every product decision is a clear understanding of customer motivations—what drives their purchase decisions, how they perceive the brand, and how Chrysler compares to competitors.
This is a highly strategic, fast-paced, and visible role that leads the development of product vision, planning, positioning, segmentation, commercialization, and go-to-market strategies. The ideal candidate is a dynamic, self-starting leader with a proven ability to influence across functions, navigate complexity, and drive disciplined execution.
As a results-oriented people leader, the Director will inspire and empower their team to deliver on key priorities. They must also demonstrate the ability to independently craft proposals and strategic recommendations for senior leadership with minimal oversight.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and execute product strategy for Chrysler vehicles, balancing brand identity, customer expectations, and business objectives
- Lead product planning and feature contenting, optimizing the vehicle lineup with a sharp focus on target customer needs and strategic positioning
- Act as the voice of the customer and brand throughout product development, ensuring Chrysler’s vision and values are embedded in every decision
- Lead the integration of brand positioning with product strategy to ensure a cohesive and compelling market offering that reflects customer values and brand identity
- Identify and prioritize product investments in areas that deliver the greatest customer impact and competitive differentiation, ensuring resources are used efficiently and focused on high-value opportunities
- Foster a collaborative, high-performance culture across engineering, research, design, marketing, sales, and finance to drive unified product execution
- Identify and prioritize emerging trends, technologies, and market shifts to inform and evolve Chrysler’s product strategy
- Manage team responsible for product lifecycle planning from concept through launch and serial life
- Align internal stakeholders and represent Chrysler’s product strategy in executive forums and external engagements, ensuring clarity, consistency, and strategic impact
Why Join Us?
This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of one of America’s most iconic automotive brands. As Chrysler accelerates toward the future, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving commercial success and brand transformation.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Marketing, or related field
- 10+ years of experience in automotive product planning, brand management, or related disciplines
- Proven leadership in cross-functional environments with a track record of coaching and developing team members
- Deep understanding and passion for the automotive market and delivering customer expectations
- Exceptional attention to detail, strategic thinking capabilities, and an entrepreneurial mindset
- Excel and PowerPoint proficiency and a capability to create a well-structured and data-informed narrative
- Strong communication and storytelling skills with an ability to prepare for executive-level presentations and governance forums
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA
- Automotive technical knowledge with a passion for performance vehicles
- Familiarity with regulatory and market-specific product requirements
- Experience with or a strong interest in championing artificial intelligence utilization to enhance product workflows, decision-making, and team efficiency
Our Benefits — Designed With You In Mind
Comprehensive Health & Well-being Coverage
From your very first day, you’ll have access to medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage — ensuring you and your family stay healthy and protected. Also, our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offers confidential support for personal and professional challenges, always ready when you need it.
Family Building Benefit
We proudly support all paths to parenthood- including fertility and infertility treatments, adoption services, and gestational surrogacy.
Generous Paid Time Off
We believe in work-life balance. That’s why we offer: 17+ paid holidays, including shut-down from December 24th through New Years Day every year. Vacation, float & wellbeing days, sick time and fully paid parental leave when your family needs you most.
Competitive Retirement Savings Plans
We Help You Plan For The Future With
- An employer match on contributions to your 401k, Roth, and Catch-Up plans
- An employer contribution, even if you don’t contribute
Income Protection & Insurance Options
Benefit from both employer-provided and voluntary plan offerings, including life insurance, group accident, critical illness, etc. – supporting the needs of you and your family and ensuring peace of mind.
Company Vehicle Lease Program
Eligible employees and their immediate families can participate in the company vehicle lease program, providing access to Stellantis vehicles with insurance, maintenance, and unlimited miles included. Plus, take advantage of exclusive discounts on Stellantis products.
Support for Your Growth and Giving Back
We believe in investing in your future and your passions:
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student loan refinancing programs
- 18 paid volunteer hours each year to make a difference in your community
And so much more!
When you join us, you’re not just building a career — you’re joining a company that supports you, inside and outside of work.
At Stellantis, we assess candidates based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We welcome applications from all people without regard to sex, age, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any characteristic protected by law. We believe that diverse teams reflect our identity as a global company, enabling us to better address the evolving needs of our customers and care for our future.
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