We are now looking for a SE_R&D Project Manager-D to Hitachi Energy Sweden AB in Västerås.
Description:
Develop or create products, systems, services or technologies for PG´s Business Units by leading and managing the execution of one or more R&D projects to meet project targets. Coordinate work of local and cross-functional project team/s. Lead in partnership with local business managers, steering groups, product management and external parties and ensure value creation. Leads local and cross-functional project/s with limited complexity and/or sub-project of a complex project as responsible for all elements of the project/s. Motivates and leads internal and/or external resources to accomplish all tasks and milestones.
Additional Hiring Information for Supplier:
Project manager in Grid Automation Products.
Project manager in Grid Automation Products.
Your responsibilities:
- Leading and managing complex software and hardware projects and coordinating work of multi-location and cross-functional project teams. Motivating and monitoring internal and/or external resources to accomplish all tasks and milestones.
- Ensure product quality while balancing scope, schedule, and resources.
- Assuring transparency around change requests, unforeseen results/events and identified risks and ensuring that they are properly managed and communicated. Securing that all opportunities are captured and acted upon.
- Creating reports, chairing, and coordinating the communication of project status to project team, steering committee, and other stakeholders.
- Ensuring the completion and maintenance of all required documentation, paperwork, records, in accordance with established company procedures, work processes and product development process.
- Improve and develop the project execution model to maximize value, identify (minimize waste) and visualize flow.
Your background:
- Master’s degree in computer science, electronic engineering or equivalent, along with at least 3 years’ experience from managing product development projects.
- Proven knowledge and experience in project management tools, preferably in an agile and lean organization, including gate model.
- Ability to analyze complex challenges, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- You are flexible, well organized, a driven problem solver, solutions-oriented, who willingly takes initiatives, delivers on time and according to expectations.
- Used to teamwork in international teams with excellent interpersonal skills and proficient in English (written, speaking), whereas Swedish is qualifying.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a price pressured assignment.