Job Description :
Position: Delivery Project Manager
Location: Livonia, Michigan
Duration: Fulltime

Job Description:
Key Responsibilities:
Plan and execute complex projects according to strict deadlines, budget and quality benchmarks
Facilitate meetings, discussions and planning workshops to understand dependencies across all stakeholders in the program
Develop and manage plans that align with customer, supplier, and internal timelines
Facilitate working meetings and status meetings as appropriate throughout the project, proactively identifying and taking action required across multiple work streams in the project to keep delivery on schedule
Effectively manage & communicate project tasks and commitments with project team members and stakeholders
Act as a liaison between the customer and multiple internal teams; professionally representing both points-of-view to the other parties in negotiations
Manage customer expectations, through tight collaboration with Solution Management, R&D and Sales teams
Work closely with customers (technical and executive level) to understand the requirements in a wide view, and develop effective working relationships
Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team, and competition for resources between projects
Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential risks and crises, and devise contingency plans as needed
Be actively involved in optimizing and improving work process and methodologies. Conduct Lessons Learnt and Post Mortem sessions for continuous improvement
Required Experience
3 years of hands-on experience in managing complex software projects (preferably spanning both client and server side development and integration)
3 years of experience managing automotive software development projects involving multiple suppliers
Experienced in vehicle program gates and milestones and supplier requirements to manage to same
Demonstrated experience managing multiple, concurrent software development and/or integration projects

Software engineering/ Engineering Bachelor’s Degree
Strong technical background in software/ automotive industry
Customer facing experience
Excellent human relations with cross-cultural communication experience
Strong verbal/ presentation/ rhetorical abilities
Strong self-management capabilities; positivity and a high motivation towards accomplishing objectives
Strong methodology background (PMI certified an advantage), Independent, quick learner
Improvisation skills, “out of the box” thinking
Ability to successfully operate under pressure
Desire to proactively and flexibly take on new challenges, applying experience
Able to travel ~ 10%
             

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