Project Team Lead (PTL)

Job Title: Project Team Lead (PTL)

Job Location: Lowell, MA

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What we offer:

Are you curious? Come challenge yourself, innovate and learn in your everyday work - supported by an exceptionally talented team. Join our journey. Mobility is changing - and Veoneer is a part of driving this change towards safe mobility solutions.

You will have access to exciting and emerging technologies. We focus on your professional and technical growth within advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS), collaborative and autonomous driving. We empower our teams to move technology forward in this fast-paced and challenging industry.

Are you ready to contribute to this change? Veoneer has around 7,000 purpose-driven employees in 13 countries around the world. Come join Veoneer as we lead the way in Creating Trust in Mobility.

What you'll do:

The Project Team Lead (PTL) or Program Manager, is a member of the automotive radar design and development team. S/he leads radar product development from prototype to high-volume production with the goal of becoming the best active safety radar in the world. This leader will be responsible for driving 100% customer satisfaction via exceptional program team leadership and customer service. The PTL takes full responsibility for profitability, On-Time Delivery, Zero-Defect Quality and Customer Satisfaction.

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  Lead global project teams through the design, development, and launch of radar products.

• Serve as lead for multiple concurrent project successes for cost and schedule.

• Responsible for tactical execution of the various projects day-to-day

• Manage product performance and development process for the team.

• Manage a matrixed team; indirectly manage work of cross-functional teams including Buyers, Engineering, Technicians and Operations personnel support the various project

• Interact with subject-matter experts to develop technical recommendations, obtain buy-in from stakeholders to reach consensus decisions

• Participate in the Business Review (BR) process with assigned project accounts

• Provide cost, schedule and risk information as part of the Request for Proposal (RFP) process

• Work with Engineering and Operations initiate and prepare labor estimates for proposals

• Enforce adherence to the established project budget and schedule

• Serve internally as the “voice of the customer”

• Chair and manage design review preparations and presentations

• Work closely with Operations on yield improvement and scrap reduction

• Develop and track business case / time schedule / validation plan / risk assessment / approvals with globally dispersed cross-functional teams

• Perform other duties as assigned by your supervisor.
  

What you'll bring:

• Bachelors’ degree in Engineering with 10 years’ experience managing projects. Or, an MBA or Masters in an Engineering discipline with 5 years’ experience managing projects
  
• 5 years of Program/Project Management experience in high volume manufacturing. Preferably with a Tier-1 supplier to the automobile industry
  
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
  
• Demonstrated ability to set and achieve stretch goals quickly, while possessing strong people skills
  
• Proven expertise at achieving and sustaining the #1-ranked position with customers
  
• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Project, and all needed MS Office packages
• Excellent presentation preparation and delivery skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Manual dexterity required to operate office equipment. Ability to communicate effectively with employees and outside contacts.