Aptiv

Senior Project Manager

Aptiv

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Cupertino • California • Massachusetts • United States

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Own the full project lifecycle for customer engagements, exercising a wide range of responsibilities to bid and deliver successfully
  • Collaborate with colleagues across the company, including the Resource Management Office, Engineering, Sales, Finance, and Legal
  • Work with sales staff, business directors, technical leads, and other project managers to qualify opportunities
  • Work with customer team to define requirements
  • Perform architecture trade-off analysis and project feasibility
  • Estimate costs and schedules
  • Prepare written proposals and negotiate updates
  • Act as the project focal, coordinating directly with Customers to ensure high customer satisfaction
  • Build and manage teams to complete small to large projects in technically challenging areas, ensuring engagement and efficiency
  • Deliver on schedule and within budget while meeting feature, quality, and contract requirements
  • Enhance the depth of customer relationships to maximize business potential
  • Proactively manage risks to minimize customer escalations, and manage escalations when they do arise
  • Use company-defined tools and processes in accordance with our CMMI Level 3 rating
  • Provide feedback to the Process Management Leadership Council (PMLC) to improve efficiency of tools and processes
  • Collect and use metrics (EVM, estimates vs actuals, profit/schedule variance) to for forecasting, estimation, tracking, and early problem detection
  • Share Lessons Learned and implement strategies to prevent future repeats by you or your colleagues
  • Communicate confidently, clearly, and tailored to your audience
  • Speak intelligently about Wind River products and technologies we work with
  • Establish a trusted advisor role with our Customers
  • Manage direct reports and matrixed team members (performance reviews, mentoring/coaching, growth opportunities)
  • Resolve conflicts, remove roadblocks, negotiate compromises
  • Manage competing priorities, delivering multiple presales/projects simultaneously

Requirements

  • US Citizenship mandatory
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Engineering project and personnel management skills as demonstrated by successfully planning and managing multiple simultaneous engineering projects; building and leading development teams; and directing the design and troubleshooting of complex software and hardware systems
  • Direct customer interface experience with a track record of achieving high levels of customer satisfaction
  • Solid written and verbal communication skills
  • Demonstrated strength in planning and organization; verbal and written communications; effectiveness as a team leader; drive and perseverance in accomplishing goals; professional integrity; adaptability to new projects; resourcefulness; energy and motivation to initiate and complete tasks; and enthusiasm building expertise in the technology
  • Experience working with and guiding international teams
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent
  • Additional course work in business management or a Project Management Institute certificate a plus
  • 6+ years engineering experience or management expertise with embedded systems (software and/or hardware)
  • Strong desire for candidate to have hands-on experience doing Project Management with one or more software safety certification standards such as DO-178C, FACE, IEC61508, IEC62504, ISO26262, etc.
  • Expect up to 10% domestic and international travel
Benefits
  • Hybrid work model for workplace flexibility
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and life insurance
  • Short and long-term disability coverage
  • RRSP matching for financial security
  • Flexible time-off policies for work-life balance
  • Employee assistance program for mental well-being
  • Learning benefits, including a LinkedIn Learning subscription and seminars
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementarchitecture trade-off analysiscost estimationschedule estimationmetrics collectionembedded systemssoftware safety certificationCMMI Level 3EVMrequirements definition
Soft Skills
communication skillsteam leadershipplanning and organizationcustomer satisfactionadaptabilityresourcefulnessnegotiationconflict resolutionmentoringproblem-solving
Certifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer EngineeringBachelor's Degree in Electrical EngineeringBachelor's Degree in Computer ScienceProject Management Institute certificateDO-178CFACEIEC61508IEC62504ISO26262