Senior Project Manager (f/m/d) - Battery Cells

Overview

For our renowned customer we are looking for a "Senior Project Manager" (m/f/d) in temporary employment as soon as possible.

Your tasks:

• Manage the Program Iteration process on behalf of the IPTL to establish, align and record Project Objectives for the IPT scope across the entire development cycle
• Be responsible for evaluating Project / Program impacts and communicating these with clear recommendations to the IPTL and Program. Deputise for the IPTL
• Be consulted on technical decisions to ensure that Program implications and risks are considered and accounted for e.g. impact on industrialisation, schedule, or cost
• Ensure Project Objectives are translated into achievable Sprint Deliverables for the Iteration. Manage these via the Project Managers and Scrum Masters and drumbeat their delivery.
• Support rapid resolution of obstacles to delivery through attendance of team, IPT and program daily escalation sessions and subsequent resolution activities
• Facilitate IPT level delivery related meetings such as Sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives
• Own the development, management and delivery of the schedule and pay particular attention to interdependencies and deliverables to other teams and suppliers
• Act as an 'Early Warning' for non-delivered handoffs, parts and materializing risks and opportunities. Ensure that cross-IPT topics (whether project interfaces or related work-streams) are identified and manage these on behalf of the VP Program Management as requested
• Actively manage risks and opportunities, ensuring mitigation activities are well planned
• Ensure the Change Control process is adhered to by the team and support its administration
• Manage program costs and resource demands / allocations
• Support the IPTL with cross-functional alignment e.g. to Procurement, Supply Chain Ops, Manufacturing, testing and suppliers
• Actively support the IPTL in team / individual performance issues and in setting up mitigating actions
• Contribute to the creation of a strong Program Management function through implementing best practice project management processes, methods and tools within the teams with which you work in line with guidance from the PMO

Your profile:

• Completed studies in a technical field (e.g. Engineering) or experience in a technical environment in lieu
• Proven Project Management skills with a minimum of 5-8 years Project Management experience, ideally within a complex aerospace environment. Strong preference to candidates who have participated in at least one aircraft development program, ideally E-VTOL, and are familiar with all phases of the project lifecycle including development, certification and operational phases
• Experience in battery cell projects highly desirable
• Excellent understanding of all Project Management fundamentals including scheduling, risk management, estimation, project communications and budget and resource management
• Demonstrable experience in managing/ coordinating cross-functional teams and ability to work closely with a broad range of stakeholders
• Ability to probe and challenge assumptions
• Practical experience in a range of Project Management methodologies including predictive Project Management (eg waterfall) and agile Methodologies (eg SAFE, SCRUM)
• Experience in JIRA highly appreciated
• Preferably hold a PM qualification equivalent to IPMA Level C or higher as well as Scrum Master or other Agile Project Management qualification. Chartered Engineer status favourable
• Enthusiastic and eager to learn and adopt his/her style to a start-up environment; puts the team first; robust and passionate in following given objectives; uses failure as a learning experience
• Excellent communicator in English, fluency in German would be beneficial

We offer you:

• Permanent employment contract
• Perspective to be taken over at our customer
• Salaries above the general pay scale and incentive compensations (bonus)
• Equal pay model
• 30 days of vacation as part of equal pay
• Company pension scheme with employer subsidy
• Well-directed training and further education opportunities
• Employee recommendation program with attractive compensations (bonus)
• Individual and local support and advice
• Travel allowance
• Assumption of costs for work cloth and health examinations

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