Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Clever Devices, (Hitachi Rail CD U.S. Ltd.) is a leader in transit technology, aiming to improve mobility worldwide. They are looking for a Program Manager to lead complex technology integration programs in the transit market, manage customer relationships, and ensure project delivery within budget and on schedule.
Responsibilities
- Manage all aspects of a program, including planning, organization, and implementation of project activities, with a large transit agency, interfacing across multiple groups and departments, including central office and depot locations
- Provide overall project communication to stakeholders and meet program requirements and stakeholder expectations
- Provide support and guidance to team leads for their individual scope areas of the program
- Manages full lifecycle of program and ensures each aspect of the individual projects is completed
- Ensures compliance to established company policies, project management processes, tools, techniques, and templates
- Manage program activities, such as issue tracking and risk mitigation, facilitating program team meetings and preparing/delivering status reports
- Manages subordinate Project Management Staff (Project Managers, Assistant Project Managers, Coordinators, etc.) setting objectives in line with established goals and targets
- Acts in coaching and mentoring capacities to Junior Project Management Staff and participates in Staff Development
- Work closely with cross functional departments (Product management, Engineering Design, Installation, Production and Field Service) to ensure successful execution
- Provide direction and control of work performed in the framework of program, including monitoring the critical path and implementation of appropriate corrective actions
- Coordinate and perform review of the project deliverables, software and hardware, and report on project performance, including risk mitigation
- Arrange with the team leads for technical review of system design and documentation with the customer
- Establishes project milestones and monitors adherence to program master plans
- Manages financial schedule performance of assigned projects
- Manages procurement of equipment and materials necessary to execute on projects
- Coordinates with Sales and Account Managers to further sales opportunities
- Participate in proposal preparation, including standards of work and specifications, estimation of product and service costs
- Participate in negotiation and administration of contracts
- Serves as primary point of contact with the client for program and senior level communications, keeping customer apprised of progress
- Provide status and reports to company management and executives
- Reviews productivity and efficiency and strives for continuous improvement
- Ability to prioritize and proactively resolve program related issues on a fast-paced, aggressively scheduled project
- Strong written and verbal communication skills required
- Highly organized with high attention to details
Skills
- B.S. Degree and or 5+ Years as a Project Manager in and ITS environment
- 10+ years' experience on technology integration projects with gradually level of increasing responsibilities with a focus on delivering projects to external customers
- 5+ years of leadership role as an Integration Manager/Project/Program Manager on large scale ($25M USD+) technology integration project
- Strong written and verbal communication skills required
- Highly organized with high attention to details
- Strong computer skills, including MS Office Suite, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook as well as ability to learn new software programs such as Microsoft Dynamics, JIRA
- PMP certification or equivalent
- Experience in transit industry highly desired
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Wellness and family support programs
- Life and disability insurance
- Retirement savings plans
- Paid leave programs
- Education-related programs
- Paid holidays and time off
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