Team Leader in Connectivity Department

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 an experienced Team Leader with a strong technical background and a flexible mindset, eager to actively contribute with innovative proposals to support the department’s growth.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the technical team and foster competence development through mentoring, coaching, and structured growth plans;
• Provide technical input and assessments for strategic initiatives and projects;
• Define, measure, systematically update, and continually improve processes and related documentation under own responsibility;
• Ensure compliance with quality objectives and systematically manage risks on processes under own responsibility;
• Guarantee product and process conformity according to the assigned role;
• Take the lead for the domain in competence transformation for IDG by preparing and organizing training sessions and presenting regular technology updates for management reviews;
• Practice continuous professional development to maintain competence at the highest level;
• Customer management: act as technical interface for customers on connectivity-related projects;
• Present domain competences during customer meetings;
• Support sales with technical material when pitching to potential customers;
• Identify potential innovative processes and projects;
• Supplier steering: manage and steer suppliers to ensure compliance with technical and quality requirements.

Key requirements

• Extensive experience (8+ years) in managing and coordinating technical teams within complex projects;
• Proved experience in complex project management;
• Knowledge of communication protocols and radio solutions;
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills in complex network environments;
• Experience with other wireless technologies (e.g., Cellular, GNSS / Location, UWB, NFC);
• Demonstrated problem-solving and communication skills;
• Ability to organize and motivate a teamwork depending on needs and contingent situations;
• Sense of responsibility and integrity;
• Priority management, proactivity, flexibility, resilience.

Preferential requirements

• Proven experience in the automotive sector, with strong expertise in product development processes and connectivity solutions;
• Proven experience working within the VW Group;
• Solid background in the automotive industry and established knowledge of customer stakeholders;
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration systems (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes);
• Understanding of V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) communication technologies and related standards.

Additional Information

Education : University degree in telecommunication, electronic or computer science engineering, IT, or related discipline.

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

Workplace : Turin (TO) and availability to travel on a monthly basis.

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.

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