Advanced Project Engr

Open 31d

Key Responsibilities:

Meticulous planning, executing to the plan by rigorous tracking to meet all key milestone dates
Learn and able to report project and business metrics ( Earned value management metrics (CPI, SPI, EV).
Effective management of all stakeholders
- Provide accurate and timely project status information, milestones and metrics to key stakeholders
Ensure programs/projects/tasks are delivered on time and that they meet financial, performance, quality and reliability goals
Manage communications within team to meet program objectives
Collaborate with cross-functional/global teams effectively to meet program objective

Essential PM Skills:

Working knowledge of NPI Development Process is preferred
Ability to set judicious expectations and manage them with key stakeholders
Ability to understand whole system/business perspective, identify and early escalation of risks at the right time
Ability to quickly assess unclear, complex, and ambiguous situations and reduce into distinct, clear, timely, and stable direction for the development team.
Good knowledge on basic PM areas like Cost, Time, Risk and vendor management
Experience in usage of Microsoft project/any other scheduling tools would be added advantage
Experience with Agile methodology would be added advantage

Essential Leadership and Soft Skills:

Ability to make data based judicious commitments
Ability to forecast issues and have the courage to escalate to the appropriate level till an adequate resolution is achieved
Ability to say “NO” when required
Good problem solving, Influencing, Negotiate skills and good interpersonal relationship skills
Ability to communicate and work effectively with internal and external customers
Ability to work with cross- functional teams and globally distributed development teams
Exercise clear and concise verbal and written communication skills in different operating environments
Skillful in handling tough situations with both internal and external groups
Fast learning curve to absorb the domain knowledge/ PM skill areas
Knowledge of portfolio management tools like Accolade would be added advantage

Qualification:

Bachelors / Masters Degree in Engineering
PMP/SAFe Certified would be an added advantage or willingness to complete the certification within 1-2 yrs

Experience:

10-12 Yrs experience in New Product Development and at least 5-7 years leading projects/ leading design ownership (preferably experienced in HW projects).
Experience in Sensor development would be added advantage (Industrial, Healthcare, Aerospace and Transportation)
Lean Six Sigma process experience would be an added advantage