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Global Director of Project Management
We are seeking a highly experienced and motivated leader to lead the global project management function within our Engineering department across North America and Europe.
Key Responsibilities
- Global Leadership: Lead and manage the global project management team, providing guidance, mentorship, and strategic direction to project managers across multiple regions.
- Strategic Alignment: Collaborate with senior leadership to ensure engineering projects align with business goals and global engineering strategies.
- Project Portfolio Management: Oversee the global portfolio of engineering projects, ensuring effective prioritization, resource allocation, and risk management.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with engineering, product development, operations, and other cross-functional teams to ensure seamless execution of complex projects.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Communicate project status, progress, risks, and opportunities to executive leadership and key stakeholders on a regular basis.
- Risk Management: Identify and mitigate project risks, proactively addressing issues to prevent delays and ensure successful delivery.
- Performance Monitoring: Establish and track KPIs to measure the success of project execution, team performance, and overall project portfolio health.
- Budget and Resource Management: Ensure projects are completed within scope, time, and budgetary constraints. Manage global project budgets, timelines, and resources effectively.
Requirements
- Experience: Minimum of 10-15 years of experience in project management within engineering, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.
- Qualifications: Proven track record of managing complex, large-scale engineering projects across multiple geographies and teams. Strong understanding of engineering processes and practices, including software/hardware development, manufacturing, and product lifecycle management.
- Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering, Project Management, Business Administration, or related field. A master's degree or PMO CP, PFMP, PGMP is a plus.
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