The senior integral project manager is responsible for a cluster of development projects that are related to each other.

• Every product creation project has an individual business target like a product option, a quality improvement step or cost-price reduction
• An average size of one project is about 10 fte. Depending on the project the team exists of members from mechatronics, software, application / acceptance testing, customer support, manufacturing, purchasing and product management
• Although a formal product creation process is used (including formal milestones etc), the physical deliveries to customers and its customer satisfaction are leading. The goal is to have as early as possible real customer confrontations. The project also includes all deliverables for customer support, manufacturing and sales
• The project manager operationally reports to the director a program management and functionally / hierarchically to the Resource & Competence manager

Key areas of responsibility

• Every project-cluster is headed by the senior project manager in cooperation with a product manager (the formal customer/business representative) and a system engineer (formal technical responsible). All trade-offs in Time / Quality / Costs and Functionality are continuously managed by this triangle. As leader of the triangle you are personally responsible for all commitments.
• Every project-cluster has interaction with other project-clusters and has to deal with many stakeholders (development suppliers, customers, regional sales and service offices and many headquarter departments). The project manager continuously manages this complex environment to keep the team focused and to keep the external perceptions clear.
• Ensuring the proper resources and dealing with many constraints (infrastructure, working processes etc)

Job requirements

• Technical skills to control and lead the contents of the project-cluster
• Worked for several years in a high-tech product development
• Proven project management skills in a multidisciplinary environment
• Excellent teambuilding and communication skills
• Good sense for business