R&D Senior Project Manager - Power Transformers (m/w/d) - (HE)Office_Bad Honnef

Location:

Bad Honnef, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Job ID:

R0049683

Date Posted:

2024-06-24

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY GERMANY AG

Profession (Job Category):

Engineering & Science

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

Join us at Hitachi Energy and lead impactful projects with a global team. Develop your career in a supportive environment, while driving innovation in the energy sector. Be part of a company that values safety, integrity, and professional growth. Apply now to make a difference!

As Senior R&D Project Manager you will develop or create products, systems, services, or technologies for Hitachi Energy´s Business Units by leading and managing the execution of one or more complex R&D projects or a program to meet project targets. In addition, you are going to coordinate work of multi-location and cross-functional project team/s and lead in partnership with business managers, steering groups, product management and external parties and ensure value creation.

Your responsibilities

• Lead and Manage Projects: Oversee complex projects and coordinate multi-location, cross-functional teams. Motivate and monitor resources to accomplish tasks and milestones

• Cost, Schedule, and Performance Management: Handle cost, schedule, and performance objectives within a program. Manage interdependencies to achieve benefits, partnering with relevant business units to develop business cases

• Customer Satisfaction: Ensure understanding of customer value and manage expectations. Organize and motivate teams to support project execution, ensuring technical guidance is followed

• Methodology and Execution: Follow sound methodologies and execution practices in line with internal directives and external standards. Organize, monitor, and control activities to meet stage-gates and utilize resources efficiently.

• Risk and Opportunity Management: Ensure transparency around change requests, unforeseen events, and risks, managing and communicating them effectively. Capture and act on all opportunities

• Coaching and Mentoring: Coach and mentor R&D Project Managers, support professional development, and share lessons learned

• Stakeholder Communication: Serve as the key contact for stakeholders, escalating issues as needed. Communicate information effectively to achieve understanding and support

• Partnership and Coordination: Partner with business managers, steering committees, product management, and external parties. Coordinate activities with product and business management

• Process Development: Develop and implement project management requirements, processes, methods, tools, handbooks, and guidelines

Your Background

• Education: minimum master’s degree in engineering or applied sciences

• Experience: over 3 years of project management experience, preferably in R&D or related fields. Experience with transformers and product development is a plus.

• Skills: knowledge and experience with project management tools, including gate models

• Languages: fluent in spoken and written English.

• Communication: excellent communication, coaching, and conflict resolution skills. Teamwork experience in international settings with strong interpersonal skills

• Mobility: willingness to lead international R&D projects within the transformers organization