Project Director - Rail Systems

About the role

You’ll take on a new challenge and apply your extensive project management and leadership expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside collaborative and dynamic teammates. You’ll drive impactful outcomes by ensuring project QCDP (Quality, Cost, Delivery, Performance) excellence and optimizing financial performance, including margin and cash management. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (engineering, procurement, and operations), lead and coordinate project activities and stakeholders from transfer to close-out, and manage customer and external stakeholder relationships to ensure alignment with contractual requirements and successful project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Accountability for the Project Management Work Package (WP) and all related activities
• Defining project strategy, including PMP (Project Management Plan) elaboration and objectives allocation to Sub-Systems (planning, cost, quality, performance)
• Leading and coordinating project activities and stakeholders from transfer to close-out phases
• Ensuring proper transfer from tender to project and defining project objectives to achieve customer satisfaction
• Managing resources effectively, including planning project core team staffing and escalating resource gaps when necessary
• Leading and engaging project teams, including Core Team members and, when applicable, Project Managers of internal and external partners, to achieve project objectives

Requirements

• Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field
• Minimum 10-15 years of experience in senior project management, particularly in the railway industry (system upgrade)
• Experience with field testing, commissioning, and test activities on rail systems - desired
• Familiarity with railway products, systems, and project construction management
• Advanced negotiation skills and effective communication abilities
• Leadership and team management skills, with the ability to coordinate and collaborate across multi-site/multi-functional teams
• Strong conflict and crisis management capabilities
• Proficiency in managing complex projects in a multi-national and multi-cultural context
• Capacity to manage customer relationships and external stakeholders effectively
• A continuous learning mindset and adaptability to evolving challenges

Qualifications

• Passion and attitude over experience

Skills

• Advanced negotiation skills and effective communication abilities
• Leadership and team management skills, with the ability to coordinate and collaborate across multi-site/multi-functional teams
• Strong conflict and crisis management capabilities
• Proficiency in managing complex projects in a multi-national and multi-cultural context
• Capacity to manage customer relationships and external stakeholders effectively
• A continuous learning mindset and adaptability to evolving challenges

Benefits

• Dynamic and inclusive working environment fostering leadership, resilience, adaptability, and continuous learning
• Opportunities to contribute to innovative projects and progress towards becoming a key leader in driving innovative solutions and achieving excellence in project delivery
• Collaboration with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
• Work with diverse, multi-national teams to deliver complex and impactful railway projects
• Opportunities to steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries

Pay

Competitive compensation package including base salary, bonus, and benefits.

Schedule

Full-time position with occasional travel up to 50%.