Senior Project Manager - Chief Engineering Office (f/m/d)

• Manage the Program Iteration process on behalf of the chief engineer you work with to establish, align and record Project Objectives for the CE scope across the entire development cycle
  
• Be responsible for evaluating Project / Program impacts and communicating these with clear recommendations to the CE and Program.  
  
• Be consulted on technical decisions to ensure that Program implications and risks are considered and accounted for eg impact on industrialisation, schedule, or cost
  
• Ensure Project Objectives are translated into achievable Sprint Deliverables for the Iteration.  Manage these via the Project Managers and Scrum Masters and drumbeat their delivery.
  
• Support rapid resolution of obstacles to delivery through attendance of team, CE and program daily escalation sessions and subsequent resolution activities
  
• Facilitate CE level delivery related meetings such as Sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives
  
• Own the development, management and delivery of the schedule and pay particular attention to interdependencies and deliverables to other teams and suppliers
  
• Act as an 'Early Warning' for non-delivered handoffs, parts and materializing risks and opportunities. Ensure that cross-IPT topics (whether project interfaces or related work-streams) are identified and manage these on behalf of the Head of PM as requested
  
• Actively manage risks and opportunities, ensuring mitigation activities are well planned
  
• Ensure the Change Control process is adhered to by the team and support its administration
  
• Manage program costs and resource demands / allocations
  
• Support the CE with cross-functional alignment eg to Manufacturing, testing and Integrated Project Teams
  
• Actively support the CE in team / individual performance issues and in setting up mitigating actions
  
• Contribute to the creation of a strong Program Management function through implementing best practice project management processes, methods and tools within the teams with which you work in line with guidance from the PMO
  

Voraussetzungen

• University degree in a technical field (e.g. Engineering) or experience in a technical aerospace environment 
  
• Proven Project Management skills with a minimum of 5-8 years Project Management experience, ideally within a complex aerospace environment.  Strong preference to candidates who have participated in at least one aircraft development program, ideally E-VTOL,  and are familiar with all phases of the project lifecycle including development, certification and operational phases. 
  
• Knowledge of Systems Engineering and development is highly appreciated.
  
• Excellent understanding of all Project Management fundamentals including scheduling, risk management, estimation, project communications and budget and resource management.
  
• Demonstrable experience in managing/ coordinating cross-functional teams and ability to work closely with a broad range of stakeholders.
  
• Ability to probe and challenge assumptions.
  
• Practical experience in a range of Project Management methodologies including predictive Project Management (eg waterfall) and Agile Methodologies (eg SAFE, SCRUM).
  
• Experience in JIRA highly appreciated.
  
• Preferably hold a PM qualification equivalent to IPMA Level C or higher as well as Scrum Master or other Agile Project Management qualification. 
  
• Enthusiastic and eager to learn and adopt his/her style to a start-up environment; puts the team first; robust and passionate in following given objectives; uses failure as a learning experience.
  
• Excellent communicator in English, B2-Level in German would be beneficial.
  

Vorteile

• We have flat hierarchies and are always open to your new suggestions and impulses
  
• We are an international, open-minded team that will welcome and support you warmly.
  
• We offer flexible working hours within a 40 hour week as well as the option to work from home.
  
• We offer you a fair, performance-related salary as well as an extended benefit that you can use, for fuel vouchers, company pension scheme or for the purchase of a new smartphone.
  
• We grant you 30 days of recreational leave per year
  
• We support our employees with individual training opportunities
  
• We regularly organize company events