R&D Project Manager-eMobility-IDC

short-term strategies, for the team, as per the overall organization strategy.

Your Responsibilities:

• Lead cross-functional project teams (Power Electronics, Mechanics, Control and Automation, Engineering) in close collaboration with the responsible line/program management

• Drive development of multiple product roadmap items with R&D technical team and all cross-functional stakeholders

• Develop accurate, comprehensive, and regular reporting about R&D projects and stakeholder management

• Drive the implementation of the backlog in a transparent and efficient way and ensure quality and timeliness of releases.

• Responsible of scope definition, budget estimation and planning of the different R&D projects

• Setup and manage partnerships with external development partners and production suppliers

• Collect and clarify requirements and drive prioritization with multiple stakeholders

• Responsible of risk and opportunity management and change control within the projects

• Support the roll-out of releases to supply chain, engineering, and manufacturing, and ensure smooth handover to the operational organization

• Support the R&D organization in continuously improving the processes and ways of working towards increasingly lean and agile methods

• Living Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your Background:

• University degree in a technical field (Electrical, Electronics or Mechatronics Engineering, Computer Science or similar) with >5 years of experience

• 3 years of technical project management experience including full lifecycle developments; all aspects from initial research & development, specifications development, concept development, design, testing & validation, qualification, and industrialization

• Experience in product development project management in a multisite and global team environment

• Good knowledge of Scrum framework or similar Agile-Lean stage gate frameworks

• Experience in EV charging is a plus

• Experience of product development projects in the Automotive industry using or knowledge of APQP (incl. D/PFMEA) is a plus

• Strong team and leadership skills

• Pro-active, creative & problem solving person with resistance to stressful situations

• Work very well independently and have a strong self-motivation

• Willingness to travel

• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.

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