IT R&D Project Lead (PL)

ASML • San Jose, CA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

For our IT R&D team in San Jose (Silicon Valley, USA), we are looking for an experienced Project Lead to lead projects concerning the Software Development Environment for our HMI and Brion subsidiaries. Multiple IT and business teams work together to deliver a continuously improving Software Development Environment to engineers developing software at HMI and Brion. This role includes handling multiple simultaneous projects, balancing priorities and resources across your portfolio.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or similar.
• Must have 5 years of proven experience managing IT projects, preferably in software development (SDLC) or R&D environments.
• Experience working in Agile or hybrid project management methodologies.
• Strong English communication skills – both written and oral.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, cross functional team environment.
• Highly organized and transparent.
• Strong presentation skills and being able to convey a message in a structured and concise way.
• A pro-active, initiating attitude.
• Ability to actively follow up on items.
• Agile mindset, being able to respond to new insights and changes.
• Ability to translate technical requirements into actionable project plans.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Highly motivated team player, with a strong service/customer orientation.
• Good understanding of tooling used for software development (e.g. CI/CD and testing tools) and the associated infrastructure components.
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office suite programs (PowerPoint, Excel, etc.)
• This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the United States Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. § 730, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work.

Nice To Haves

• A Master’s degree is a plus.
• IPMA / PMI training and certifications are a strong plus
• Experience in large-scale international organizations is a plus.

Responsibilities

• As an IT R&D Project Lead, you drive end-to-end execution of IT projects within the R&D domain, balancing constraints like time, quality and budget.
• Initiation (defining scope and goals)
• Planning (creating schedules, budgets, and resource plans)
• Execution (leading the team and completing tasks)
• Monitoring and Control (tracking progress, managing risks, and controlling changes)
• Closure (finalizing deliverables, documenting lessons learned, evaluating performance, embedding the results / deliverables in the organization).
• Stakeholder management: important stakeholders are the DevOps teams, IT Teams, business management and the IT Service Delivery Manager.
• Clear communication: Provide regular updates to leadership and stakeholders on project status, milestones and blockers.
• Ownership for results: ensuring timely delivery, product quality and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• The Company offers employees and their families, medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance.
• Employees are able to participate in the Company’s 401k plan.
• Employees will also receive eight (8) hours of vacation leave every month and (13) paid holidays throughout the calendar year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees