Senior Director Project Management

Senior Director, Project Management

Location: Plano, Texas

Bringing intelligence to light and passion to innovation

The ams OSRAM Group is a global leader in optical solutions. By adding intelligence to light and passion to innovation, we enrich peoples' lives. This is what we mean by Sensing is Life. Our around 24,000 employees worldwide focus on innovation across sensing, illumination and visualization to make journeys safer, medical diagnoses more accurate and daily moments in communication a richer experience.

We looking for an experienced Sr. Director of Project Management to plan, budget, oversee, and document key projects and manage a team of experienced Sr. Project Management professionals. The right candidate will have experience managing project teams in a fast paced Semiconductor environment and also have experience with Tier-1 OEMs in the Mobile and Consumer electronics space.

Your tasks

· Manage a team of Sr. Project Management Professionals and coordinate and lead their daily activities to ensure that Projects remain on track and deliver on time

· Manage projects through steering our multi-site cross functional engineering teams consisting of SW, FW and HW engineers. If required provide architectural and technical guidance and ensure that sound engineering practices are followed.

· Create and execute project work plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements

· Successfully initiate, plan, execute and close all project deliverables as committed

· Ensure project definition documents are prepared and maintained

· Publish project plans and schedules as needed

· Ensure the schedules of the various constituencies involved are coordinated, and the multiple sub-project plans are consolidated into one master project schedule for project tracking

· Track project timelines and costs

· Identify resources needed and assign individual responsibilities

· Manage day-to-day operational aspects of projects and scope Identification and resolution of issues

· Prepare, publish and communicate project status, including input into the designated tracking systems

· Advise corporate management on all perceived risks to the successful completion of the project, and obtain decisions and approval from management on changes to project scope, design, schedule and cost.

· Timely escalation of issues and risks to the project review board and taking responsibility to resolve project issues

· Coordinate project team meetings

· Coordinate and track dependencies for the successful completion of the project

· Facilitate dispute resolution

· Ensure that appropriate communication occurs regarding all user meetings and consultations with the customer

· Communicate regularly with internal and external customers as appropriate in order to ensure the delivery of high quality service and system support

· Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques

· Report and escalate to management as needed

· Manage the relationships with all stakeholders

· Perform risk management to minimize project risks

· Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors

· Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation

· Ensure compliance to product policies and guidelines, quality targets and ams General Quality Specifications.

Who we are looking for

· Minimum of 10 years’ experience in Senior Project Management or 5 years in Director roles managing complex Semiconductor ICs

· Master’s degree in Electronic Engineering preferred

· Must have proven experience leading a team of Senior Project Management professionals across multiple locations

· Must have proven experience working with Tier 1 OEMs in the Mobile or Consumer electronics domain

· Experience in leading multi-site, multi-disciplinary teams of HW, FW, SW (team sizes > 20 people)

· Experience in hardware/software design and optical sensors or systems is a strong plus

· Experience of full product life-cycle management from concept, introduction plan, development and test to customer introduction and maintenance

· Technical understanding of System-on-Chip architectures including digital-, analogue- and software design

· PMP certification is strong plus

· Proactive, assertive attitude, flexible and results driven

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills

· Strong leadership, time management and analytical skills

· Must have experience with standard Project Management tools

· Self-motivated and deadline driven with a "Can do" attitude. Open minded and creative.

· The qualified candidate will be detail oriented, able to handle multiple projects simultaneously, extremely professional, and customer service oriented

· Willing/able to travel to visit different Project Management sites to work with the Project Managers and local resources

To be considered for this position, please apply @ https://careers.ams-osram.com/

ams OSRAM is an equal opportunity employer and supports a diverse, inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected characteristics, including race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or age.