R&D Project Manager

ABB Schweiz AG; Quebec; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate R&D Project Manager to lead innovative projects that address global challenges. In this pivotal role, you will drive project teams towards success, ensuring customer satisfaction and managing stakeholder expectations. Your expertise in project management will be essential in executing projects using various methodologies, while your strong leadership skills will foster collaboration across functions. Join a company recognized as one of Canada's Best Employers, where you will be empowered to create sustainable solutions in a supportive and inclusive environment.

Benefits

Retirement plan

Accident insurance

Healthcare plan

Wellbeing program

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in product development or project management.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support local and cross-functional project teams.
• Accountable for planning, coordination, and delivery of projects.

Skills

Project Management

Leadership

Collaboration

Technical Field Experience

Bilingual (English and French)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Science

Job description

R&D Project Manager

At ABB, we are dedicated to addressing global challenges. Our core values: care, courage, curiosity, and collaboration - combined with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities - are key drivers in our aim to empower everyone to create sustainable solutions. Write the next chapter of your ABB story.

This position reports to

Senior Engineering Manager

Your role and responsibilities

• Project team leadership: Leads and supports local and cross-functional project teams, including associate R&D project managers. Motivates and monitors internal and/or external resources to accomplish all committed targets.
• Project management: Accountable for the end-to-end planning, coordination, execution, and delivery of assigned project(s).
• Value management: Ensures team understanding of customer value in the projects and acts to ensure customer satisfaction and manage stakeholder expectations.
• Project execution and control: Ensures that project activities are effectively prioritized, estimated, and planned. Monitors and controls progress towards plan to ensure achievement of commitments and targeted milestones / stage-gates. Ensures issues, conflicts and impediments are resolved at the appropriate level (i.e., team, project), escalating as required.
• Manage uncertainties and risks: Ensures transparency around change requests, unforeseen results/events and identified risks.
• Projects, processes, and tools: Ensures projects follow sound methodology and execution practices, aligned with desired development model (e.g., predictive/waterfall, iterative/agile, hybrid) and in accordance with applicable ABB internal directives and procedures as well as external standards, etc. that influence activities and targets.

Qualifications for the role

• Passion for Project Management: Demonstrated passion for leading projects and teams.
• Leadership and Collaboration: Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate teams and promote collaboration across functions.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in product development or project management, preferably in a technical field.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, or a related field preferred.
• Proficiency in both English and French is required (team diversified international development teams).

Benefits

• Retirement plan
• Accident insurance
• Healthcare plan
• Wellbeing program

More about us

This offer is conditional upon the applicant obtaining Industrial Security Level 2 status and a certificate issued by the Department of Controlled Goods. We look forward to receiving your application. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com. For the ninth consecutive year, ABB Canada has been recognized as one of Canada's Best Employers by Forbes magazine. Consistently ranked as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, Montreal's Best Employers, Canada's Best Employers for Young People, Canada's Greenest Employers and a long-time recipient of the Women in Governance Parity Certification, ABB's culture and commitment is to provide a caring workplace where everyone collaborates, feels valued, respected, included and supported.