Lead System Project Manager

Job Description

Key tasks & responsibilities: Project management: Oversee all project activities, ensuring adherence to established processes and meeting quality, cost, and delivery (QCD) targets ensuring alignment with industry standards and customer expectations. Resource management: Plan and manage R&D costs, including development efforts and special earnings for projects. Collaborate with finance and current teams to create and monitor target business plans (TBP) and forecasts (CF), ensuring budget adherence and addressing variances to maintain financial viability. Communication management: Develop and execute a comprehensive communication strategy, ensuring stakeholders are informed of progress, issues, and changes. On time communication & close looping with internal & external stake holder Escalation management: Establish an escalation matrix for timely management intervention, and maintain clear, effective communication to support project momentum and stakeholder alignment. On time intervention & resolution of escalated topics. Strategy Management: Prepare required data for the customer strategy & related internal meetings including support to other functions in data preparation for the given accounts. Support in long term strategy management. Team management: Lead and mentor cross-functional teams, fostering the growth of entry-level project managers and ensuring cohesive teamwork. Drive process compliance and project management maturity within the organization through continuous improvement initiatives and regular evaluations. Quality and audit Management: Ensure compliance with corporate standards and contribute to quality audits. Identify areas for improvement, implement corrective actions, and uphold high standards of quality across all project activities through continuous process monitoring and evaluation. Change management: Manage Engineering Change Requests (ECRs), ensuring technical and commercial implications are clearly communicated to customers. Collaborate with engineering to address concerns promptly and ensure smooth implementation of changes. On time & on Budget implementation Other responsibilities: Contribution to the account by identifying potential new projects and provide proactive support for acquisition. Should be able to understand, analyze & align various types of customer contractual agreements (related to projects, products etc). Qualifications Education: Bachelors degree in engineering(Mechanical, Automobile, Industrial Production, Electrical, electronics & equivalents) PMP - project management professionals certification (desirable). Experience: 5-8 years of experience in project management within a technical or engineering environment of auto industry. 2-3 years of experience in process improvement and project management maturity development. Overall: 8 to 14 Years of experience in Project management, Key account management, Engineering, manufacturing& or similar domains at Automotive/Auto-component company preferably handling the OEMs.