Program Manager · Regulated Environments
I lead complex product programs from RFQ to SOP where timing, compliance, quality and industrial reality must converge.
Background in automotive passive safety. A method transferable to medtech, pharma, aerospace and any high-reliability industry.
Redondela, Galicia · Spain
I am not "an airbag PM". I am a senior Program Manager who has proven execution in one of the world's most demanding industrial environments — and can transfer that discipline to any sector where failure has real consequences.
I coordinate engineering, quality, logistics and finance — across teams in multiple countries — to deliver complex products from RFQ to SOP. On time. On budget.
Over two decades in passive safety: judgment under pressure, technical decisions defensible to the customer, and a sharp instinct for what can go wrong.
From concept to customer. No silos.
Trained where a product failure means an accident. That calibrates risk permanently.
I build commitment across engineering, quality, purchasing and customer under regulatory pressure. Clarity aligns more than hierarchy.
APQP, PPAP, DFMEA. Industry-agnostic. Works wherever regulation and complexity meet.
Leading the development and industrialization of airbag systems for JLR/L460, FORD/V710, Renault and Polestar. Simultaneous management of multiple projects with teams distributed across Czech Republic, Turkey, France, United Kingdom and Poland. Primary customer interface for timing, engineering changes, quality and cost.
Product development of steering wheels and driver airbag modules for major OEMs. Design, validation and series production launch using CAD/CAE, DFMEA and APQP methodologies.
Internship for the Master's in Production Organization and Engineering (UPC), in parallel with ThyssenKrupp Drauz. PULLSYSTEM (KANBAN) methodology implementation in a plastic injection plant. +20% production efficiency applying Just-in-Time principles.
CAD engineering on SEAT projects. Development and improvement of vehicle components under OEM quality standards.
CAD design and component adaptation for global OEMs. First experience coordinating multidisciplinary technical teams in international environments — Spain and China.
No industrial secrets here. Just the kind of situations that define whether a PM has real judgment or only manages spreadsheets.
Critical component change to cut cost. Purchasing in favor. Tight SOP. Real safety risk on the table.
I translated technical risk into business language: homologation, liability, recall cost. The customer decided with eyes wide open.
The customer dropped the change and prioritized safety. The savings came later through a different route: component redesign without touching the risk profile. No subsequent recall. No warranty claims.
Sole-source supplier. Fixed SOP. Renegotiating means contractual cost and reputational damage with the OEM.
Root cause and supply contingency in parallel from hour zero. Within 72h, an alternative plan and proactive communication to the customer.
SOP launched on time. Contingency cost was a fraction of a subsequent recall — and far below the reputational impact with the OEM had the program slipped.
Engineering in Spain. Production in Romania. Quality in Poland. Sales in Germany. No formal authority over any of them.
I built commitments, not tasks. Clear RACI, working cadence, the impact of every local delay made visible to the global program.
SOP on time, no incidents. ~400 k€ development budget closed with ~20% final savings vs. baseline. Zero escalations to leadership to unblock cross-country issues.
Looking for a PM who makes the real cost of every decision visible?
Let's talkZero failure tolerance, full traceability, rigorous validation, regulatory audits. The vocabulary changes from one industry to another. The method does not.
The cleanest match is medtech: same regulatory architecture as automotive passive safety, with design control, risk management and validation transferable nearly 1:1. Pharma, aerospace and high-reliability industries share the same demand profile.
Download full CVThe parallel with passive safety is direct: design control maps to APQP, ISO 14971 to DFMEA logic oriented to patient risk, and device validation shares structure with the verification and validation of an airbag module. Documentation for audit, traceability of design changes and program gate discipline are familiar territory.
I fit Class IIa/IIb programs where time-to-market depends on maintaining compliance without slowing industrialization — exactly the balance I have been managing for two decades.
Industrialization and scale-up under GMP. Traceability, deviation management and validation lifecycle: the same PM profile demanded by airbag programs.
Supply chain with AS9100 requirements and First Article Inspection (FAI). Equivalent documentation rigor, similar failure tolerances.
Power electronics, defense, energy, rail. Where variability is real risk and audits are part of daily operations.
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Published reflections on program management, industrial risk and the reality of a PM in regulated environments.