R&D Project Manager e-Mobility - India Development Centre

hitachi; Chennai District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Technology Services Private Limited in Chennai seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead cross-functional teams across power electronics, mechanics, control and automation. You will drive multiple product roadmap items with the R&D team, develop comprehensive project reporting, and ensure timely releases while managing scope and budget.

You will collaborate with external partners, manage stakeholders, and propagate lean agile practices across the R&D organization, while

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of technical project management experience across full lifecycle developments.
• Experience in product development PM in multisite/global teams.
• Knowledge of Scrum/Agile-Lean frameworks.
• EV charging experience is a plus.
• APQP knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional project teams (Power Electronics, Mechanics, Control & Automation, Engineering).
• Drive development of multiple roadmap items with R&D and stakeholders.
• Develop reporting on R&D projects and manage stakeholders.
• Backlog management to ensure quality and timely releases.
• Define scope, budget estimation and project planning.
• Set up partnerships with external development partners and suppliers.
• Collect requirements and drive prioritization with stakeholders.
• Manage risk, opportunities, and change control.
• Support release rollout to supply chain, engineering and manufacturing.

Skills

Team leadership

Agile/ Scrum

English proficiency

Travel willingness

EV charging experience

Education

Bachelors in Electrical/Electronics/Mechatronics/CS

Tools

APQP

Job description

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Job ID: R0116380

Date Posted: 2026-01-16

Company Name: HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

Profession (Job Category): Project/Program Management

Job Schedule: Full time

Remote: No

Job Description

Hitachi Energy India Development Centre (IDC) is a research and development facility with around 500 R&D engineers, specialists, and experts, who focus on creating and sustaining digital solutions, new products and technology. This includes product integration, testing, cybersecurity, and certification. The India Development Centre is situated in Chennai and Bangalore. IDC collaborates with the R&D and Research centers of Hitachi Energy, which are spread across more than 15 locations throughout 12 countries. In the past 20 years, IDC has secured more than 200 international papers and 150+ patents.

Ability to lead a team with strong management skills, to deliver the value expected from the team. The team manager is expected to define and implement both long-term and short-term strategies, for the team, as per the overall organization strategy.

How you will make an impact

• Lead cross-functional project teams (Power Electronics, Mechanics, Control and Automation, Engineering) in close collaboration with the line/program management responsible.

• You will drive the development of multiple product roadmap items with the R&D technical team and all cross-functional stakeholders.

• You develop accurate, comprehensive, and regular reporting about R&D projects and stakeholder management.

• Drive the implementation of the backlog in a transparent and efficient way and ensure quality and timeliness of releases.

• You will be responsible for scope definition, budget estimation and planning of the different R&D projects.

• You will set up and manage partnerships with external development partners and production suppliers.

• Collect and clarify requirements and drive prioritization with multiple stakeholders.

• Responsible for risk and opportunity management and change control within the projects.

• You will support the roll-out of releases to supply chain, engineering, and manufacturing, and ensure smooth handover to the operational organization.

• You will support the R&D organization in continuously improving the processes and ways of working towards increasingly lean and agile methods.

• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background

• University degree in technical fields (Electrical, Electronics or Mechatronics Engineering, Computer Science or similar) with 10-15 years of experience of technical project management experience including full lifecycle developments, all aspects from initial research & development, specifications development, concept development, design, testing & validation, qualification, and industrialization.

• Experience in product development project management in a multisite and global team environment.

• Good knowledge of Scrum framework or similar Agile-Lean stage gate frameworks.

• Experience in EV charging is a plus.

• Experience of product development projects in the Automotive industry using or knowledge of APQP (incl. D/PFMEA) is a plus.

• Strong team and leadership skills.

• Pro‑active, creative & problem‑solving person with resistance to stressful situations.

• Work very well independently and have a strong self‑motivation.

• Willingness to travel.

• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.

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