Hybrid Senior Project Manager

at Aptiv

• Job title: Senior Project Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Cupertino, United States

About the role

• Project Manager at Wind River managing full project lifecycle for customer engagements. Collaborating across technical and business teams to ensure successful project delivery and high customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Own the full project lifecycle for customer engagements, exercising a wide range of responsibilities to bid and deliver successfully
• Collaborate with colleagues across the company, including the Resource Management Office, Engineering, Sales, Finance, and Legal
• Work with sales staff, business directors, technical leads, and other project managers to qualify opportunities
• Work with customer team to define requirements
• Perform architecture trade-off analysis and project feasibility
• Estimate costs and schedules
• Prepare written proposals and negotiate updates
• Act as the project focal, coordinating directly with Customers to ensure high customer satisfaction
• Build and manage teams to complete small to large projects in technically challenging areas, ensuring engagement and efficiency
• Deliver on schedule and within budget while meeting feature, quality, and contract requirements
• Enhance the depth of customer relationships to maximize business potential
• Proactively manage risks to minimize customer escalations, and manage escalations when they do arise
• Use company-defined tools and processes in accordance with our CMMI Level 3 rating
• Provide feedback to the Process Management Leadership Council (PMLC) to improve efficiency of tools and processes
• Collect and use metrics (EVM, estimates vs actuals, profit/schedule variance) to for forecasting, estimation, tracking, and early problem detection
• Share Lessons Learned and implement strategies to prevent future repeats by you or your colleagues
• Communicate confidently, clearly, and tailored to your audience
• Speak intelligently about Wind River products and technologies we work with
• Establish a trusted advisor role with our Customers
• Manage direct reports and matrixed team members (performance reviews, mentoring/coaching, growth opportunities)
• Resolve conflicts, remove roadblocks, negotiate compromises
• Manage competing priorities, delivering multiple presales/projects simultaneously

Requirements

• US Citizenship mandatory
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Engineering project and personnel management skills as demonstrated by successfully planning and managing multiple simultaneous engineering projects; building and leading development teams; and directing the design and troubleshooting of complex software and hardware systems
• Direct customer interface experience with a track record of achieving high levels of customer satisfaction
• Solid written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated strength in planning and organization; verbal and written communications; effectiveness as a team leader; drive and perseverance in accomplishing goals; professional integrity; adaptability to new projects; resourcefulness; energy and motivation to initiate and complete tasks; and enthusiasm building expertise in the technology
• Experience working with and guiding international teams
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent
• Additional course work in business management or a Project Management Institute certificate a plus
• 6+ years engineering experience or management expertise with embedded systems (software and/or hardware)
• Strong desire for candidate to have hands-on experience doing Project Management with one or more software safety certification standards such as DO-178C, FACE, IEC61508, IEC62504, ISO26262, etc.
• Expect up to 10% domestic and international travel

Benefits

• Hybrid work model for workplace flexibility
• Comprehensive health, dental, and life insurance
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• RRSP matching for financial security
• Flexible time-off policies for work-life balance
• Employee assistance program for mental well-being
• Learning benefits, including a LinkedIn Learning subscription and seminars