Leade Engineer - Program/Project Management

Location

Chennai | India

Job description

Summary

The Lead Engineer - Program/Project Management , would be responsible for planning and directing technical engineers working on specific projects. The key responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to championing end-to-end transformational initiatives, process excellence and project management.

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Work independently to manage one or more internal projects.
• Lead cross-functional, global core team(s), champion initiatives, establish schedules and drive meetings. Plan the overall initiative in detail and monitor the progress.
• Drive the core team and the extended team to meet or exceed program objectives. Be the business change manager to align the deliverables (outputs) to the program's 'outcome'.
• Establish processes and procedures, workflows and SOPs as required.
• Define the program governance (controls). Establish metrics, KPIs and baselines for tracking. Establish dashboards and data visualizations to enable progress.
• Manage risks and issues and take corrective measurements. Coordinate the interdependencies.
• Present and communicate status to the management

Skills and Competencies

Enabling Competencies

• Project Management - Ability to manage a project with a limited number of participants. Create a project/change management plan, establish and distribute project roles, and communicate what is needed from the project participants in order to make the project successful.
• Leadership - Demonstrate 'Individual Leadership Behaviors' as per Celestica Leadership Imperatives. To be specific, the ability to Drive Decisions, Build Partnerships and Develop Strategies are key enabling competencies.
• The following competencies may also be required and performed: Coaching/Mentoring; Communication/Negotiation/Presentation; Creative Problem Solving; Customer Interaction/Stakeholder Management; Quality & Lean; Working Effectively with Others.

Technical Competencies

• PMP Certification.
• Agile PM methodologies.
• Negotiation skills for PM.
• Risk management, Global / Multi-site project leadership.
• Building effective business cases.
• Prior experience in Google sheets / Power BI is desirable.

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