Project Leader I

Wabtec•Waltham, MA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The incumbent leads and manages new product development projects in collaboration with cross-functional teams (R&D, marketing, product, production engineering, procurement, service, finance, technical writing) through the entire new product development process.

Requirements

Engineering or Computer Science Degree (Bachelor's or higher) or equivalent training and experience.
At least 3 to 6 years of experience in managing new product development projects that have achieved commercial success and/or being part of the technical engineering team.
Basic Knowledge of Project and SharePoint or similar applications.
Basic Knowledge of different product development processes (Agile, Stage gate process, etc.).
Basic Leadership Skills.
Aims to bring project team members out of silos to work together.
Prioritizes workplace trust across the team.
Basic to solid Communication Skills.
Basic Change Management Skills.
Basic Conflict Management Skills.
Resolves conflicts within the project team.
Might involve different functions (ME, SE, SW, FW, EE, PENG, QA, PM, etc.).
Basic Risk Management Skills.
Basic Decision-Making Skills.
Basic Problem-Solving Skills.
Basic Organizational Skills.

Nice To Haves

Project Management Professional Certification or equivalent – An asset
Member of Quebec Order of Engineers (If applicable) – An asset
English level: Functional

Responsibilities

Manages low complexity projects (Mainly Mini-PDP/ETO/Sustaining Projects) as part of the New Product Development, Engineering to order, and Sustaining Processes.
Coordinates and manages project schedule, budget, scope and quality.
Creates and updates integrated project plan and financials in collaboration with subject matter leads and necessary department leads.
Compares and adjusts project plan and financials based on historical database.
Identifies, quantifies, and mitigates projects risks based on project team input and a list of generic risks.
Executes PMO deliverables and supports overall deliverables with all functions (Product Management, Engineering, Production engineering, Operations, Service, Quality, Supply Chain).
Understands the intent of each deliverable.
Collaborates in managing any changes in scope, budget, schedule and quality of a project.
Works with appropriate stakeholders.
Achieves product cost targets.
Collaborates in mitigation actions to prevent impacts on product costs.
Collaborates in problem solving activities that affect one or multiple functions.
Provides status reports with support from the core team members and requests milestone approval.
Maintains project sites and documents weekly project progress.
Makes sure the project data is accurate.
Supports to the execution of the Product Road Map Process.
Collaborates in financial analysis and planning activities.
Collaborates in the execution of the Technology Research and Development Projects Process.
Coordinates activities across functions.
Supports knowledge and experience sharing among PMO members.
Gets involved and actively participates in the development and implementation of a culture of continuous improvement by suggesting updates to Program Management Office training materials, templates and tools.
Monitor key performance indicator trends to follow effectiveness of changes.
Collaborates in or manages organizational changes that enhance the business' agility.
Projects that include business model and/or internal and multidepartment processes changes.
Changes can apply to one or multiple sites.