Project leader interior trim

Italdesign is an Italian design and engineering company specializing in automotive, transportation, and product development sectors.

Based in Moncalieri (Turin) with over 1,300 employees worldwide, it has been innovating and working with top car makers and emerging players for more than 57 years.

Renowned for its important role in car design, Italdesign has developed iconic vehicles and offers comprehensive services spanning exterior and interior design, prototyping, engineering, and turnkey project management. Its vertical integrated approach ensures seamless support to clients, from the first idea to homologation and series production, delivering solutions tailored to client needs.

Italdesign also develops new technologies and fosters advancements in mobility and prototyping. In recent years, it has expanded into electronic systems development, including infotainment, ADAS, high-voltage batteries, and Software Defined Vehicles (SDVs). This blend of technical expertise and creative design makes it a leader in the industry.

Since joining the Audi Group in 2010, Italdesign has grown and created innovative solutions, combining aesthetics and functionality to pioneer cutting-edge solutions that meet the market demands. In 2025 Italdesign obtained the Top Employers Certification for the tenth year in a row.

Italdesign is looking for a Senior Project Leader Interior Trim to lead complex automotive body development projects, ensuring full accountability for project targets in terms of quality, timing, costs and risks.

The role acts as a key technical reference for OEM customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders, coordinating multidisciplinary teams throughout the entire vehicle development process

Responsibilities

• Full end-to-end ownership of complex automotive development projects within the assigned technical perimeter
• Leadership and coordination of multidisciplinary project teams, ensuring alignment on objectives, priorities and timing
• Primary technical interface with OEM customers, supporting decision-making and ensuring customer satisfaction
• Governance of project planning, execution, escalation and risk management processes
• System-level integration of vehicle body components, ensuring performance, feasibility, quality and compliance
• Monitoring and control of project timing, costs and resources, in line with defined budgets and business case assumptions
• Management and coordination of suppliers, including planning, milestones definition and validation of deliverables
• Preparation and presentation of project status, risks and decisions to management and customers
• Contribution to department growth through mentoring, knowledge transfer and lessons learned activities

Key requirements

• At least 10 years of proven senior-level experience in automotive project leadership roles, with a focus on Interior Trim
• Strong capability to manage complex technical interfaces and system-level trade-offs
• Deep knowledge of vehicle development processes, milestones and project targets
• Advanced knowledge of CATIA V5 and CAD development and release processes
• Strong leadership, communication and decision-making skills
• Ability to effectively manage timing, costs, resources and risks in complex projects

Preferential requirements

• Knowledge of automotive legislative and homologation constraints
• Experience working in OEM customer environments
• Experience in supplier management and coordination
• Knowledge of the German language

Education:Master’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent technical background and professional experience

Language skills: Fluent knowledge of written and spoken Italian and English are required. Knowledge of German would be appreciated

Workplace: Moncalieri (TO) and availability to travel

Benefit: continuous training (technical, soft and languages skills), company canteen, health insurance, car leasing program, smart working, flexible benefits, good work-life balance

Italdesign is committed to create an inclusive, diverse and safe workplace, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer (L.903/77). We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of the gender, ethnic, religion, sexual orientation, disability, parental status, or social origin.