Development Planning Manager

ALSTOM Gruppe; Bengaluru; On-site; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive social coverage

Award-winning learning and development opportunities

Dynamic and inclusive working environment

Job summary

A global railway solutions provider seeks a full-time Project Planning Manager in Bangalore. This role involves project planning and coordination, creating and managing project schedules, and ensuring compliance with contractual requirements. Ideal candidates should have an engineering degree and 10-15 years' experience in project management. Proficiency in scheduling tools such as MS Project and Primavera is required. Join a collaborative team to contribute to innovative projects in sustainable mobility.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of experience as a Planning Manager or similar role.
• Understanding of engineering processes in project management.
• Familiarity with railway products and systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed tender schedules based on internal standards.
• Identify critical paths and propose mitigation actions.
• Communicate schedule status and reports to stakeholders.

Skills

Engineering degree

Experience in project management

Knowledge of tendering

Proficiency in scheduling tools

Strong communication skills

Fluency in English

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

MS Project

Primavera

ODY.C

Job description

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest poArtfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time Project Planning Manager in Bangalore we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your project planning and coordination expertise in a new cutting‑edge field. You’ll work alongside collaborative and proactive teammates.

You’ll play a central role in driving the animation and coordination of interfaces between Train Level and Sub‑Systems, ensuring efficient time management and supporting key decision‑making to achieve on‑time delivery (OTD) performance. Day‑to‑day, you’ll work closely with teams across tendering, project execution, and program management, while also mentoring team members and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

You’ll specifically take care of creating and managing detailed schedules for tenders and projects, but also ensure compliance with contractual requirements and facilitate stakeholder alignment.

We’ll look to you for:

• Developing detailed tender schedules based on internal standards, templates, and stakeholder inputs
• Identifying critical paths and risks, and proposing mitigation actions
• Building and maintaining development schedules for project execution, ensuring alignment with all stakeholders
• Providing schedule analysis and trade‑offs to address gaps or potential delays
• Delivering physical progress KPIs and earned value management for schedules
• Communicating schedule status and reports to various stakeholders
• Promoting best practices and organizing return of experience (REX) sessions with the team

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Engineering degree
• Experience or understanding of project management and engineering processes
• Knowledge of tendering, project execution, and their interfaces with engineering, industrial, sourcing, and quality functions
• Familiarity with railway products and systems (a plus)
• 10‑15 years of experience as a Planning Manager, PrPM, or in a similar role
• Proficiency in scheduling tools such as MS Project, Primavera, or ODY.C
• Strong communication skills, teamwork, and ability to work in a multi‑cultural environment
• Agility to manage multiple projects and adapt to changing goals
• Fluency in English

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life‑long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long‑term career free from boring daily routines
• Work with cutting‑edge standards for rail systems planning
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
• Contribute to innovative projects that shape sustainable mobility
• Utilise our dynamic and inclusive working environment
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award‑winning learning
• Progress towards leadership roles in project or program management
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

As a global business, we’re an equal‑opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.