Head of Project Management

The Head of Project Management is responsible for:

• Aligning project portfolio goals (financial, scheduling, technical and quality goals) with the Management teams
• Coaching of Project Managers
• Ensuring the establishment of adequate project organizations (meeting structure, information/ knowledge exchange, documentation, archiving) for all projects
• Ensuring the management of projects in accordance with the BU's valid processes (phases, deliverables, milestones/ review Gates, etc.)
• Track the Projects progress with the Project Manager and define corrective measures in case of deviations against initial plan
• Report the overall project portfolio status on regular base
• Implement standard professional change management
• Perform portfolio risk assessment, control and steer the implementation of risks countermeasures
• Worldwide disciplinary lead of all Customer Project Managers
• Based on professional, well documented change management, negotiate changes and claims with customer and with suppliers
• Actively manage stakeholder expectations, inform and involve stakeholders on a regular basis and in an appropriate manner
• Assign work packages to Project Managers
• Participation and steering of customer project review meetings
• Support the implementation of the Customer Center Strategy

Required Knowledge:

• Advanced communication and negotiation skills
• Advanced in problem solving
• Advanced Cost orientation and understanding
• Analytical thinking and results oriented
• Team work with interdisciplinary and global virtual teams
• Intercultural competencies

Required Experiences:

• Bachelor/Master Degree in electronic, information technologies or similar technical degrees.
• At least 3 years in a similar position or as Senior Project Manager
• Language skills: English fluently, Japanese fluently
• MS Office, MS Project, Powerpoint expert
• Experience in leading virtual teams
• Experience in interior electronics product development is an advantage