Discipline Design Leader - Project Management, BRAIN
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
Project Management
Project Management
- Lead end-to-end software projects from initiation through customer acceptance and project closure.
- Plan, execute, monitor, and control software development activities according to project objectives.
- Build and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, and deliverables.
- Manage scope, budget, resources, risks, assumptions, dependencies, and project changes.
- Leverage AI-powered tools and AI agents to enhance project delivery efficiency, team productivity, and engineering workflows.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and according to quality targets.
- Drive issue resolution and escalation management.
- Manage projects throughout the complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- Understand embedded software constraints and integration with hardware.
- Coordinate activities across requirements engineering, software architecture, design, implementation, integration, verification, validation, and release.
- Ensure alignment between engineering activities and customer expectations.
- Serve as the primary customer interface for project execution.
- Build strong relationships with OEM customers.
- Lead customer meetings and steering committees.
- Present project status, milestones, risks, mitigation plans, and recovery actions.
- Manage customer expectations and negotiate priorities when required.
- Oversees large portfolios, define project governance , lead executive customer engagement , and drive organizational improvements
- Coordinate with Engineering Managers, Technical Leaders, Quality, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Product Management, and other cross-functional teams.
- Ensure alignment between internal stakeholders and customer commitments.
- Identify project risks early and define mitigation plans.
- Monitor project KPIs and quality indicators.
- Ensure compliance with internal development processes and quality standards.
- Support project audits and process assessments.
- Prepare executive dashboards and project status reports.
- Track KPIs including:Schedule adherence,Budget,Scope,Risks,Resource utilization,Defect trends,Customer satisfaction
- Present regular updates to management and customers.
- Drive lessons learned and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Contribute to process optimization.
- Support Agile and Lean transformation initiatives where applicable.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- From 8-12+ years of experience managing software development projects.
- Strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)..
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong planning, organization, and leadership abilities.
- Excellent presentation and reporting skills.
- Fluent English.
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Skills:
Software Architecture, Agile, Requirements Engineering, Embedded Software, Design implementation, AI-powered tools, Lean, Project Management, Integration verification validation, Quality Management