Sr Advanced Project Engineer

This role is responsible for managing multidisciplinary product delivery and program execution from inception to successful Business-Case realization.

Key Responsibilities

General Program Management

• Takes a General Manager's view to the program assuming ownership across multiple functions and phases of the NPI process, including but not restricted to:

Business Case & Concept Development

• Drives focus on voice of customer, offering-scope and business case, influencing decisions in the initial phases.

Detailed Planning

• Drives the translation of business case/concept into engineering deliverables and implementation plan.
• Performs estimation, balances technical risks/dependencies, and manages costs, resources, vendors, etc., during the detailed planning phase.

Execution & Delivery

• Uses a Line-management focus to drive the right engineering results, and achieve readiness for launch, with the right metrics and tools that provide high predictability and quality to stakeholders and senior execs alike.

Risk Management

• On-time identification of risks along with mitigation, contingency, regular tracking and risk management.
• Playing a consultative role to help put in place the appropriate people, technology, process, and tools, and coaching members of the team as needed to optimize the efficiency of the project team.

Launch & Go-live

• Oversees Marketing Communications, Demand generation, Revenue generation & tracking during and after the launch.
• Works with Product Management, Business & Finance to measure outcomes against goals and critical targets to meet.

Technical Responsibilities

• Solid understanding of engineering (Software, Electrical, Mechanical) life cycle models.
• Exposure to Cloud, IOT, Data analytics, UI Technologies, Embedded Firmware.
• Control Systems domain knowledge preferable.
• Driving the Engineering teams on the Proof of conception, building integration of new panels/features in product roadmaps by working with the GBE PMO and Offering teams to drive robust productization and commercialization.

Budget & Transformation

• Budget management: Able to understand the finance reports, analysis and take appropriate actions.
• Transformation to Agile, CI/CD, DevOps, and standardization of practices with appropriate tools/dashboards/metrics (effort, schedule, cost, revenue, defects).
• Positive revenue impact to top line of the business group through new product, product sustenance, and enablement.
• Schedule, cost, and effort compliance: Phase gate compliance, revenue Say/Do, and continuous improvement of cycle time.

Skills

Vendor Management

• Effectively builds partnering relationships with 3rd party ODMs/OEMs.
• Vendor evaluation, interface, and management where required.

Negotiation & Stakeholder Management

• Proficient in negotiation and influencing in a global setup.
• Presents the problem and solution eloquently to help arrive at stakeholder consensus.

Business and Financial Acumen

• Thoroughly understands markets, finance, and business needs.
• Can work with engineering and business leaders to drive Make-vs-Buy decisions to optimize the ROI and time to market.

Agile

• Expert on Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum / SAFe), CI/CD, DevOps.
• Catalyst in transforming organizational culture to bring in agility & predictability in delivery.

Influencing

• Great communicator with the ability to influence teams, orienting them to be self-performing and deliver exceptional business value.

Project Management

• Plans and executes with project management principles/practices.
• Drives estimation, dependencies, milestones, and integration goals.

Problem Solving

• Follows a structured problem-solving approach.
• Demonstrates agility and alacrity in execution and decisions.

Qualifications & Experience

• Graduate in Engineering, or Masters in Math / Science / Computers.
• 10-16 years of experience, including 4-8 years in product program management.
• Must have hands-on exposure to multi-disciplinary (Hardware, Software, Firmware, Mechanical) programs.
• Experience in program execution with Agile CI/CD.
• Exposure to roles such as Scrum Master / Release Train Engineer / Release Train Manager preferred.
• Exposure to tools such as Jira / Rally or equivalent, Microsoft Project, Configuration Management, CI, CD, Visio, and all Office Tools.
• Experience in managing culturally diverse and geographically distributed teams.
• Proven track record of managing complex program and product deliveries creating incremental revenue impact as per the business case.

Desired Certifications

• PMI-ACP / CSM / CSPO / PMP / IPMA / PRINCE