R&D NPI Sr. Engineering Manager (m/f/d), Project Management

We're looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success - and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

What You Will Experience in This Position

Team Leadership & Development (Global PMO Enablement)

• Own people leadership and performance accountability for a growing PMO organization based in India, including team capability, delivery outcomes, and balancing resource availability.
• Lead and develop the India PMO organization through close partnership with the local PMO manager, focusing on scaling foundational project management standards, and operating models as the team grows.
• Establish clear operating rhythms, role clarity, and a consistent "how we run programs" playbook across regions (e.g., planning standards, execution cadence, quality checks, and escalation paths).
• Act as a senior PMO leader and role model for project execution excellence across Europe, India, and the U.S., influencing outcomes through partnership rather than direct authority where applicable.

Program Execution and Delivery

• Supervise execution of priority programs, ensuring on‑time delivery within scope and budget while maintaining strong quality outcomes.
• Provide direct project/program leadership for select business‑critical initiatives—especially where structure, coordination, risk management, or multi‑functional execution needs strengthening.

Multi‑Functional Coordination (Engineering Partnership + Portfolio Delivery)

• Partner closely with engineering, product management, integrated supply chain, manufacturing, and operations teams to ensure alignment of priorities, resources, dependencies, and timelines.
• Strengthen collaboration with Germany‑based hardware and embedded engineering teams responsible for a shared technology platform used across multiple product lines— improving execution field, achievement clarity, road‑mapping cadence, and interested party alignment.

PMO Operating Model, Governance, and Scaling

• Define and deploy scalable PMO processes, templates, and governance (e.g., program reviews, change control, decision logs, risk management, critical issue pathways).
• Improve consistency of execution across sites by introducing practical standards for planning, scheduling, resource forecasting, turning‑point management, and reporting.
• Build a long‑term capability plan for PMO growth in India (training, onboarding, tools adoption). Opportunity for EU expansion.

Resource Allocation

• Optimize resource planning and allocation across projects, balancing capacity dynamically to meet changing business priorities and ensure effective utilization.
• Identify bottlenecks and proactively drive resolution across functional groups.

Portfolio Management

• Collaborate with key partners to support selection and prioritization of R&D/NPI work aligned to strategic objectives and business goals.
• Improve portfolio transparency and trade‑off clarity (value, urgency, capacity, and risk).

Continuous Improvement (Process + Tools + Metrics)

• Own and evolve elements of the NPI/development lifecycle governance to ensure consistent and efficient product development execution.
• Drive continuous evaluation and enhancement of project management processes, tools, and methodologies to improve efficiency and scalability.

Performance & Reporting

• Define and track KPIs to measure program health and business impact (e.g., schedule alignment, achievement quality, delivery confidence, risk aging, resource load).
• Lead regular business reviews to communicate progress, risks, dependencies, and decisions needed from senior leadership.

You Have

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field.
• 8+ years of experience in NPI, R&D program leadership, or PMO leadership, including complex multi‑functional program delivery.
• 3+ years of people leadership experience (direct), including coaching, developing, and leading teams in a matrixed organization.
• Proven ability to build PMO capability: standards, governance, operating rhythms, reporting, and consistent execution practices.
• Proven record of leading large‑scale, complex technical programs with distributed global teams.
• Strong stakeholder leadership skills with the ability to influence across functions and levels.
• Excellent communication, coaching, and senior stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making ability to drive clarity and execution discipline.
• Experience in manufacturing, industrial, or engineering‑focused organizations.
• Occasional travel to India and/or U.S. sites may be required.

Preferred / Nice to Have

• Experience scaling or redefining a PMO organization (team growth, maturity build, standardization).
• Experience working across EMEA/India/U.S. time zones and global delivery models.
• Experience partnering with hardware engineering teams and embedded/platform development programs.
• PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2, Agile/Scrum certification (helpful but not required).
• German and/or English fluency depending on local team needs.

Benefits to Support the Lives of Our Employees

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day.