**Description**
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