Xometry (NASDAQ: XMTR) powers the industries of today and tomorrow by connecting the people with big ideas to the manufacturers who can bring them to life. Xometry’s digital marketplace gives manufacturers the critical resources they need to grow their business while also making it easy for buyers at Fortune 1000 companies to tap into global manufacturing capacity.
Automotive is one of the most demanding and most valuable segments Xometry serves. Programs in this space carry multi-year horizons, unforgiving launch timing, and a quality bar defined by APQP, PPAP, and IATF-aligned customer requirements. Getting them right builds durable, high-volume production relationships. Getting them wrong is visible immediately.
The Senior Manager, Automotive Programs owns Xometry's automotive program portfolio end to end. This leader is accountable both for growing the automotive book of business within existing accounts and for the disciplined execution of those programs from award through launch, PPAP, and steady-state supply. It is a dual mandate: build the pipeline and deliver on it.
This role leads a team of program managers and works closely with the field-deployed engineering team, the Partner Network, Sales, and Quality. Success requires an automotive-native operator who can hold a customer program review on Monday, drive a supplier 8D on Tuesday, and coach a program manager through a launch risk on Wednesday.
This role reports to the Director, Strategic Program Operations.
How You'll Contribute:
Own the Automotive Program Portfolio
Own performance across Xometry's portfolio of automotive production programs against cost, quality, delivery, and growth objectives
Establish program governance, operating cadences, and customer review rhythms appropriate to automotive expectations
Maintain a consolidated view of automotive program loading, capacity commitments, and launch timing across the partner network
Lead risk identification, escalation, and mitigation across customer, partner, and internal teams
Report portfolio health to Xometry leadership and to customer program teams
Grow the Automotive Book of Business
Identify and develop new production program opportunities within existing automotive accounts, including OEMs and Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers
Partner with Sales and the field engineering team to qualify opportunities, shape the technical and commercial approach, and win awards
Build senior-level relationships with customer purchasing, program management, and supplier quality organizations
Translate customer sourcing roadmaps into a forward pipeline of Xometry opportunities
Own a defined growth target for the automotive segment
Drive Launch and Quality Execution
Own the APQP process from program award through tooling, validation, PPAP submission, run-at-rate, and customer start of production
Build and maintain program timelines covering tooling, sampling, tool tryout, validation, PPAP, and SOP milestones
Partner with Quality to execute PPAP requirements including PSW, control plans, process flow, PFMEA, MSA, and capability studies
Plan and manage safe-launch and GP12 requirements, customer-controlled shipping where applicable, and 8D corrective actions through closure
Support Xometry's quality management system obligations and participate in customer QMS audits and supplier assessments
Ensure operational readiness for production ramps, program transfers, and engineering change execution
Develop the Partner Base for Automotive Work
Work with the Partner Network and field engineering teams to identify and qualify partners capable of meeting automotive quality and volume requirements
Assess partner production readiness, capacity, and quality systems ahead of program placement
Drive partner performance against on-time delivery, PPM, and cost targets on automotive programs
Lead escalation and recovery when partner performance puts a customer commitment at risk
Build contingency and dual-source strategies for critical automotive…