MOIA GmbH
SeniorVehicleTransition&ReadinessManager
“Senior Vehicle Transition & Readiness Manager at MOIA GmbH. Skills: vehicle transition planning, vehicle transition execution, cross-functional alignment, risk management, process improvement. Own end-to-end vehicle transition planning and execution across development, testing, pilot deployment, operations, and decommissioning/re-testing.. Define transition gates, readiness criteria, and stage-specific checklists to ensure technical and operational preparedness.”
What You'll Achieve.
ensure on-time fleet deployment; smooth vehicle commissioning; uptime-focused service and spare parts support throughout the vehicle lifetime; vehicles are ready to run at all times; vehicles meet technical, safety, regulatory, and operational readiness requirements; vehicles are tested, validated, approved, and released in a controlled and traceable manner; minimizing operational risk; ensuring readiness for deployment into live service or customer use
Industry & Context.
driving clarity and alignment in environments with incomplete standards, evolving requirements, and high ambiguity
Possibility of remote work from outside Germany for up to 6 weeks per year from over 35 countries
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Hands-on experience in automotive launch, industrialization, or transition management, with direct involvement in moving vehicles from pre-series into steady-state operations., understanding of pre-series vehicles and early fleet deployment activities, including service readiness, spare parts availability, and operational support requirements., Proven ability to capture, document, and institutionalize learnings from prototypes and early builds, translating them into scalable operational and service standards., Experience in defining and executing structured testing and validation approaches for operational and service processes prior to and following the start of production., Solid understanding of the end-to-end vehicle value chain, including the downstream impacts of engineering and launch decisions on service, uptime, and operating cost., Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in environments with incomplete standards, evolving requirements, and high ambiguity, while driving clarity and alignment.
What You'll Do.
Own end-to-end vehicle transition planning and execution across development
and decommissioning/re-testing.
Define transition gates
and stage-specific checklists to ensure technical and operational preparedness.
Set the vehicle testing strategy (functional
operational acceptance
safety/compliance) and ensure fit-for-purpose coverage.
Plan and coordinate test campaigns with internal teams and external partners
and acceptance criteria.
Drive cross-functional alignment between engineering
quality/safety/compliance
and fleet management.
Proactively manage dependencies
and escalations to minimize operational impact and maintain delivery commitments.
Coordinate required sign-offs and lead controlled
traceable release decisions (including final go/no-go where applicable).
Standardize and continuously improve transition/testing processes
incorporating lessons learned and enabling scale across fleets/regions.
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
cross-functional alignment between engineering, validation, quality/safety/compliance, operations, service, and fleet management.; coordinate test campaigns with internal teams and external partners; work closely with all relevant teams, enabling the customer and operator of the AD fleet, the service partner network responsible for servicing and maintaining the vehicles, and the software units
Process & Methodology
planning, coordinating, executing vehicle transitions, managing dependencies, managing risks, managing escalations, delivery commitments
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