A leading premium automotive business and leading to move towards electric autonomous vehicles. WHAT TO EXPECT We are looking a highly skilled and experienced Propulsion System Benchmarking Manager  to join our Powertrain department and support in JLR’s ongoing transformation into a skills-based company and the continued development of Electrified Propulsion systems. This role will help shape the future company strategy by providing expertise in the field of Propulsion System Benchmarking. You’ll have the opportunity to be involved in the development of future projects and building the team to support the development of Propulsion System Benchmarking across programmes.  As the Propulsion System Benchmarking Manager you will be responsible for the coaching, mentoring and career growth of a group of Benchmarking Engineers and their allocation to Agile product squads. You will lead successful & timely delivery of competitor benchmarking workstreams, such as vehicle/system performance and feature content across globally available competitor products, providing competitive intelligence to support propulsion strategy & product delivery teams.  This is great opportunity to develop our team and provide expertise and knowledge on best practise of benchmarking and competitive analysis techniques, with particular focus on Propulsion Attributes & System performance, alongside on & off-board vehicle customer feature experiences. Key Responsibilities: •    Provide mentoring, skills development and technical guidance to Chapter members. •    Directly support programme delivery through deployment of Chapter members within an Agile framework. •    Create capability and capacity roadmaps for current and future needs in support of JLR programme requirements (resource, skills, product roadmaps). •    Benchmarking plans, technical data & feature experiences communicated with clarity & transparency. •    Develop best practices for the Benchmarking Chapter, documented with common and consistent deployment. •    Collaboration with internal and external Chapter Leads and Technical experts. •    Develop relationships with external supplier/consultancies to leverage benchmarking resources & expertise. WHAT YOU WILL NEED Essential: •    Excellent knowledge of whole vehicle automotive systems. •    Knowledge of Powertrain Units & Systems design principles and attributes •    Experience in the delivery of complex projects in an Automotive Engineering environment, including evidence of process improvement activities and execution of Quality Operating Systems. •    Experience in Mentoring, skill development and technical guidance of the team, including Personal Development Plans •    Evidence of consistent and repeatable deployment of problem-solving techniques and virtual methods •    Excellent verbal and written communication skills to explain complex ideas confidently, reporting technical and business information across all levels in the organisation