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Rajesh Kumar Bihari Executive MBA M.Tech B.Tech

PMP ® || SAFe.® 6.0 Agilist || SAFe.® PO/PM || Customer Program Manager || Technical Product Manager || Global Technical Program/Project Manager || Product Development || Cross- Functional Manager || Automotive R&D -T&V

Bengaluru

18+ years of work experience

AUMOVIO / Continental Autonomous Mobility / Continental Automotive Components
Jan 20206 yrs 6 mosPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Customer Program Manager: EBS 2W Led end-to-end customer program management for global 2W OEMs including Hero MotoCorp, Suzuki, and Yamaha for 1CH & 2CH EBS-ABS. Managed complete product lifecycle activities including strategic planning, budgeting, resource allocation, release management, and stakeholder coordination to ensure delivery aligned with quality, cost, and timeline targets. Served as the primary customer interface, leading program reviews, issue resolution, KPI reporting, and executive communication to strengthen customer relationships and business continuity. Directed cross-functional global teams across R&D, Software, Hardware, System Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality organizations while driving risk mitigation, operational excellence, engineering release management, and improved program execution efficiency. Technical Program Manager: ADAS Test & Validation 4W: Led end-to-end ADAS Test & Validation programs for global OEMs including Toyota, Mazda, and Honda across software, hardware, system integration, and vehicle-level validation domains. Managed strategic program execution including project planning, milestone tracking, budgeting, resource allocation, release management, and stakeholder coordination to ensure delivery aligned with quality, cost, and timeline targets. Served as the primary customer interface, leading executive reviews, engineering discussions, validation reporting, and issue resolution activities. Directed cross-functional global teams across System Engineering, Software, Hardware, Quality, Manufacturing, R&D, and Validation organizations to support seamless ADAS testing and engineering releases. Led vehicle-level validation campaigns covering test strategy, scenario planning, defect management, compliance, KPI tracking, and validation sign-off while driving risk mitigation, operational excellence, and improved validation productivity.
Tata Motors
Dec 20145 yrs 2 mosJan 2020

Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

•Leading and Managing Cross Functional project teams in-house and ensure the cars we develop meet the brand targets and achieve customer satisfaction. •Project monitoring and ensuring effective planning done by project resources to achieve project objectives - technical progress, quality, cost control and timeline at various gateways through to launch. •Monitoring and integrating process partners and Co-ordinate different stages of vehicle development program for PAT deliverables as per our NPI Gen3 process. •Ensuring whole vehicle DVP, including CAE, Rig and Physical Prototypes supports all Milestones leading to final engineering sign-off. Collate and prepare comprehensive PAT status/DVP/target book/proto plan from various test agencies for test programs. •Ensuring clear and precise communication / coordination with all PAT teams, project team and other stakeholders for balancing the priorities of test agencies and conflict management. •Ensure attribute targets are set and aligned to meet the customer PALS strategy, brand DNA and standards. Identifying project deviations in early stage of project and ensure sign-off of deviation sheet between responsible PAT, COC and other stakeholders. •Tracking of validation activities/deliverable as per DVP timeline and Proto Vehicle Management and subsequent structural reporting to senior management about project progress. •Tracking customer feedback and leading technical resolution of cross-functional issues to ensure the correct balance of customer requirements and satisfaction. •Timely reporting to the management about the project progress, project expenses, Man hour utilization and deliverables status. •Identifying risk and critical aspects of project and preparing risk mitigation for project. •Coordinated Media launch events and Vehicle attribute demonstration to Media people, Bloggers and customers along with Marketing and sales team.
Mahindra Rise
Mar 20113 yrs 10 mosDec 2014

Nasik Area, India

Product Portfolio: Bolero Maxxi Truck, New Generation Scorpio, Bolero, Ssangyong Rexton ·Developed and executed Design Verification Plans (DVP/DVP&R) for Engine and Air Fuel Exhaust (AFE) systems based on DFMEA, engineering change matrices, and product specifications, enabling successful validation and engineering sign-off. ·Planned and managed vehicle testing activities including budgeting, cost estimation, manpower planning, and resource allocation while ensuring timely execution of validation programs aligned with project milestones. ·Conducted vehicle performance, durability, and fuel economy evaluations across proving grounds, environmental test locations, and real-world road conditions, supporting product development, homologation, and customer reliability targets. ·Analyzed and interpreted vehicle test data, performed field failure simulations, validated critical components, and provided data-driven engineering feedback to design teams for product improvement and issue resolution. · Contributed to VAVE and product development initiatives through design optimization, development of new validation methodologies, and establishment of correlations between real-world usage conditions and laboratory test cycles to improve validation accuracy and reduce development costs.
Emami Ltd
Aug 20082 yrs 8 mosMar 2011

Balasore Area, India

I was efficiently engaged with Pre-Project activities, Planning, Scheduling & execution of the Project. Involved in Purchase & Procurement of Machines, Mechanical Equipment & spares.

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Education

Institute of Product Leadership

Master of Business Administration - MBA, Product Leadership

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20232 yrs2025
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Master's degree, Quality Management

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

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PMP ® || SAFe.® 6.0 Agilist || SAFe.® PO/PM || Customer Program Manager || Technical Product Manager || Global Technical Program/Project Manager || Product Development || Cross- Functional Manager || Automotive R&D -T&V

About

With over 18+ years of experience in automotive R&D, I currently serve as a Customer Program Manager at AUMOVIO. My expertise lies in operations, high-pressure situations, and managing complex programs and projects. I have successfully contributed to automotive test and validation processes, focusing on quality assurance and process improvement. Throughout my career, I have collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver results while maintaining a strong focus on stakeholder management and analytical problem-solving. I am dedicated to enhancing operational efficiency and ensuring the delivery of high-quality solutions that align with organizational goals.

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Bengaluru

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Work experience

Global Customer /Technical Program Manager ADAS & EBS at AUMOVIO / Continental Autonomous Mobility / Continental Automotive Components, Jan 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Customer Program Manager: EBS 2W Led end-to-end customer program management for global 2W OEMs including Hero MotoCorp, Suzuki, and Yamaha for 1CH & 2CH EBS-ABS. Managed complete product lifecycle activities including strategic planning, budgeting, resource allocation, release management, and stakeholder coordination to ensure delivery aligned with quality, cost, and timeline targets. Served as the primary customer interface, leading program reviews, issue resolution, KPI reporting, and executive communication to strengthen customer relationships and business continuity. Directed cross-functional global teams across R&D, Software, Hardware, System Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality organizations while driving risk mitigation, operational excellence, engineering release management, and improved program execution efficiency. Technical Program Manager: ADAS Test & Validation 4W: Led end-to-end ADAS Test & Validation programs for global OEMs including Toyota, Mazda, and Honda across software, hardware, system integration, and vehicle-level validation domains. Managed strategic program execution including project planning, milestone tracking, budgeting, resource allocation, release management, and stakeholder coordination to ensure delivery aligned with quality, cost, and timeline targets. Served as the primary customer interface, leading executive reviews, engineering discussions, validation reporting, and issue resolution activities. Directed cross-functional global teams across System Engineering, Software, Hardware, Quality, Manufacturing, R&D, and Validation organizations to support seamless ADAS testing and engineering releases. Led vehicle-level validation campaigns covering test strategy, scenario planning, defect management, compliance, KPI tracking, and validation sign-off while driving risk mitigation, operational excellence, and improved validation productivity.

Vehicle Engineering Manager, Product Development, ERC at Tata Motors, Dec 2014 - Jan 2020 · 5 yrs 2 mos, Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area, •Leading and Managing Cross Functional project teams in-house and ensure the cars we develop meet the brand targets and achieve customer satisfaction. •Project monitoring and ensuring effective planning done by project resources to achieve project objectives - technical progress, quality, cost control and timeline at various gateways through to launch. •Monitoring and integrating process partners and Co-ordinate different stages of vehicle development program for PAT deliverables as per our NPI Gen3 process. •Ensuring whole vehicle DVP, including CAE, Rig and Physical Prototypes supports all Milestones leading to final engineering sign-off. Collate and prepare comprehensive PAT status/DVP/target book/proto plan from various test agencies for test programs. •Ensuring clear and precise communication / coordination with all PAT teams, project team and other stakeholders for balancing the priorities of test agencies and conflict management. •Ensure attribute targets are set and aligned to meet the customer PALS strategy, brand DNA and standards. Identifying project deviations in early stage of project and ensure sign-off of deviation sheet between responsible PAT, COC and other stakeholders. •Tracking of validation activities/deliverable as per DVP timeline and Proto Vehicle Management and subsequent structural reporting to senior management about project progress. •Tracking customer feedback and leading technical resolution of cross-functional issues to ensure the correct balance of customer requirements and satisfaction. •Timely reporting to the management about the project progress, project expenses, Man hour utilization and deliverables status. •Identifying risk and critical aspects of project and preparing risk mitigation for project. •Coordinated Media launch events and Vehicle attribute demonstration to Media people, Bloggers and customers along with Marketing and sales team.

Product Development Manager - Vehicle Test & Validation R&D at Mahindra Rise, Mar 2011 - Dec 2014 · 3 yrs 10 mos, Nasik Area, India, Product Portfolio: Bolero Maxxi Truck, New Generation Scorpio, Bolero, Ssangyong Rexton ·Developed and executed Design Verification Plans (DVP/DVP&R) for Engine and Air Fuel Exhaust (AFE) systems based on DFMEA, engineering change matrices, and product specifications, enabling successful validation and engineering sign-off. ·Planned and managed vehicle testing activities including budgeting, cost estimation, manpower planning, and resource allocation while ensuring timely execution of validation programs aligned with project milestones. ·Conducted vehicle performance, durability, and fuel economy evaluations across proving grounds, environmental test locations, and real-world road conditions, supporting product development, homologation, and customer reliability targets. ·Analyzed and interpreted vehicle test data, performed field failure simulations, validated critical components, and provided data-driven engineering feedback to design teams for product improvement and issue resolution. · Contributed to VAVE and product development initiatives through design optimization, development of new validation methodologies, and establishment of correlations between real-world usage conditions and laboratory test cycles to improve validation accuracy and reduce development costs.

Project Engineer at Emami Ltd, Aug 2008 - Mar 2011 · 2 yrs 8 mos, Balasore Area, India, I was efficiently engaged with Pre-Project activities, Planning, Scheduling & execution of the Project. Involved in Purchase & Procurement of Machines, Mechanical Equipment & spares.

Education

Master of Business Administration - MBA, Product Leadership, Institute of Product Leadership

Master's degree, Quality Management, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani