Program Manager - Aerospace & Defense

HARTING India Pvt Ltd; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

HARTING India Pvt Ltd seeks an experienced engineer to lead New Product Development projects in aerospace, from concept to series production. You will manage cross-functional teams across engineering, manufacturing and supply chain to meet milestones, quality, and customer needs.

The role demands 6–10 years in NPD, with at least 3 years in aerospace project management, and BE/B.Tech in mechanical or electrical fields; PMP certification is a plus. Based in Chennai, on-site role.

Qualifications

• BE/B.Tech in Mechanical or Electrical engineering, PMP is a plus.
• 6–10 years in core NPD with at least 3 years in aerospace project management.
• Experience leading product development with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Project management in NPD from kick-off to series production.
• Coordinate with Marketing, R&D, Supply Chain and Manufacturing.
• Define objectives, prepare project orders and plans.
• Control milestones, costs, and services; release via AFI.
• Conduct project reviews and maintain documentation.

Skills

Project management

NPD leadership

Cross-functional teams

Customer orientation

Education

BE /B.Tech Mechanical

BE /B.Tech Electrical

PMP certification

Tools

MS Project

MS Office

Job description

Department: R&D Product Development

Location: HARTING Manufacturing India, Thirumizhasai, Chenna

QUALIFICATIONS

Education BE /B.Tech Mechanical, Electrical engineering, or comparable education, PMP certified candidate is a plus

Work Experience 6 to 10 years of experience in core New Product Development field of which minimum of 3 years of handling Aerospace projects experience in

project Management.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Project Management in NPD area starts from project kick-off to series production

Management of projects based on the defined project goals, the specifications of the Project

Management Office, the milestone system at HARTING and the currently valid rules and procedures

for project management

Definition of the project objectives, i.e. Completion of a target agreement with client and team and

preparation of the project order / Project Plan

Organization, coordination and control of the overall project process with the involvement of the

respective specialist departments such as Marketing & Sales, R&D, Supply chain, Manufacturing,

Responsibility for goals, deadlines, costs and services, i.e. rolling planning according to the level of

detail, continuous coordination and tracking as well as release via project order / AFI

Reporting / escalation, implementation of project reviews

Execution of project documentation (project review for milestone completion, status display in the

project management tool, project completion report)

Command and apply various project management methods

Communication / exchange with the project management office for continuous development of the

project management system

Working together with the other project managers in coordination and professional management of

parallel running projects

Managing the KPI’s for the location and presenting to the global forum.

Participation in customer and project audits

To cooperate with internal and external team members actively.

To ensure the action taken at specified time interval

To monitor the project follow ups as per the planner

To ensure a report of project management had been shared to the department manager on daily basis

Ensure a smooth production with a focus on the customer needs.

Join the daily / weekly shop-floor-meetings and provide the NPD relevant information

Support to Production Team Members in case of problems.

Functional relation with other HARTING departments

Cross Functional Team especially, Production, Engineering, Quality, SCM and IE.

On request by the superior manager, the employee besides his actual functions, can be involved to do

other tasks which do not correspond to his routine activities sphere.

Required Experience:

BE /B.Tech with specialization in Mechanical, Electrical engineering, Mechatronics or comparable

education, PMP certified candidate is a plus

Led product development activities working with hardware engineering and cross functional teams

7 to 10 years of experience in New Product Development field

Of which minimum of 5 years of Professional experience in project management

Experience in the range of Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM)

Distinctive self-initiative and customer orientation

Independent and goal-oriented work method

Secure work with MS-Office incl. MS Project or comparable