Development Planning Manager

You'll play a central role in driving the animation and coordination of interfaces between Train Level and Sub-Systems, ensuring efficient time management and supporting key decision-making to achieve on-time delivery (OTD) performance. Day-to-day, youll work closely with teams across tendering, project execution, and program management, while also mentoring team members and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

Youll specifically take care of creating and managing detailed schedules for tenders and projects, but also ensure compliance with contractual requirements and facilitate stakeholder alignment.

Well look to you for:

• Developing detailed tender schedules based on internal standards, templates, and stakeholder inputs
• Identifying critical paths and risks, and proposing mitigation actions
• Building and maintaining development schedules for project execution, ensuring alignment with all stakeholders
• Providing schedule analysis and trade-offs to address gaps or potential delays
• Delivering physical progress KPIs and earned value management for schedules
• Communicating schedule status and reports to various stakeholders
• Promoting best practices and organizing return of experience (REX) sessions with the team

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. Thats why we dont expect you to have every single skill. Instead, weve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Engineering degree
• Experience or understanding of project management and engineering processes
• Knowledge of tendering, project execution, and their interfaces with engineering, industrial, sourcing, and quality functions
• Familiarity with railway products and systems (a plus)
• 10-15 years of experience as a Planning Manager, PrPM, or in a similar role
• Proficiency in scheduling tools such as MS Project, Primavera, or ODY.C
• Strong communication skills, teamwork, and ability to work in a multi-cultural environment
• Agility to manage multiple projects and adapt to changing goals
• Fluency in English

Things youll enjoyJoin us on a life-long transformative journey the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. Youll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
• Work with cutting-edge standards for rail systems planning
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
• Contribute to innovative projects that shape sustainable mobility
• Utilise our dynamic and inclusive working environment
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
• Progress towards leadership roles in project or program management
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)