Propulsion Systems Project Leader

Segula Technologies; Monterrey; On-site; MXN 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Segula Technologies’ Monterrey-based Mexico Technical Center seeks a Sr. NPD Project Leader to drive regional and global product development initiatives. The role is onsite in Monterrey, focusing on North America categories and cross-functional teams to hit product performance, cost, and timing targets.

You will manage budgets, schedules, and risk, coach team members, and report progress to senior management, guiding decisions to remove obstacles and ensure successful launches across programs.

Qualifications

• Experience leading New Product Development (NPD) projects.
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional teams across regions.
• Strong бюджет and risk management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional and global projects of moderate-to-high complexity and impact.
• Provide structure and leadership for solving technically complex design and business problems.
• Proactively identify and plan for project risks, communicating clearly to management.
• Manage timing and financial adherence to project plans.

Skills

Project leadership

Cross-functional teams

Budget management

Risk management

Schedule management

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring

Job description

**Sr. NPD Project Leader**
Ubicación: **Monterrey, NL.** / **Onsite**
**Mexico Technical Center (MTC) Opportunity**
BASIC FUNCTION
As a member of a New Product Development project team:
- Focus on product categories for North America region including regional and global projects.
- Lead product development teams to launch innovative new products and improve the quality, performance and/or cost of existing products.
- Manage cross functional teams using the KBDP new product development process through market launch. Drive each Program to defined metrics.
- Develop and manage the project budget with the team including development expense, capital tooling and expense tooling. Guide the team to develop new products that meet cost targets.
- Develop and monitor project schedules and adhere to the KBDP process. Manage deliverables and tasks within each phase of a project. Anticipates and manages tasks/risks within each project.
- Participate in performance expectations and evaluations for cross functional teams. Provide leadership and mentoring to less experienced team members as needed.
- Communicate to senior management on project status, execution plans, and process.
- Define and facilitate decision-making process for development teams. Coaches project team personnel to develop and implement cross-functional solutions to complex issues.
- Establish and maintain relationships with senior management for the purpose of aligning NPD objectives and removing obstacles for project completion.
- Drive improvements in creative problem solving and continually improve the KBDP process and organization.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
Project Management:
- Lead regional and global projects of moderate-to-high complexity, risk and business impact.
- Provide structure and leadership for solving technically complex design and business problems.
- Proactively identify and plan for project risks, communicating risk clearly, early and appropriately to management
- Managing your assigned projects' timing and financial adherence to plan.
Leadership
- Challenge project teams to achieve innovative solutions.
- Willing and successful in taking moderate risk.