Engineering Project Leader — Portfolio & People Lead

VAT Vakuumventile AG; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

VAT Group in Malaysia seeks a Team Leader Engineering - Project Management to lead the local PM team and drive the successful execution of the strategic multi-project portfolio. You will align resources, manage budgets and ensure delivery within scope, schedule, cost, and quality across functions and sites.

You will guide portfolio oversight, improve project management standards and support product industrialization, transfer and ramp-up initiatives, while partnering with global teams and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Project Management or a related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of proven project or program leadership experience in manufacturing, engineering or a comparable technology environment.
• Minimum 5 years of people, team or department management experience.
• Proven ability to lead multiple concurrent, complex and interdisciplinary projects.
• Experience leading cross-functional and intercultural teams in a matrix organization.
• Strong knowledge of project planning, portfolio reporting, risk management, stakeholder management and change control.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Strong organizational, analytical, facilitation and decision-making skills.
• Ability to influence without direct authority and make sound decisions under pressure.
• Availability for short-term assignment to product transfer sites when required.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop the local Project Management team, establishing clear objectives, accountability and development plans.
• Own execution of the strategic multi-project portfolio and maintain visibility of priorities, dependencies, risks and resource constraints.
• Ensure projects and programs are delivered within agreed scope, schedule, cost and quality.
• Allocate project management resources and balance team capacity with portfolio and business priorities.
• Own and continuously improve local project management standards, Signavio processes, templates, tools and delivery practices.
• Directly manage selected complex, cross-functional or strategically important projects and programs when required.
• Lead matrix project teams and align stakeholders across functions, manufacturing sites and management levels.
• Support product industrialization, significant customer projects, product relocation, validation and production ramp-up.

Skills

People leadership

Project management

Cross-functional teamwork

Stakeholder management

English communication

Decision making under pressure

Planning and organizing

Change control

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Signavio

Job description

VAT Group in Malaysia seeks a Team Leader Engineering - Project Management to lead the local PM team and drive the successful execution of the strategic multi-project portfolio. You will align resources, manage budgets and ensure delivery within scope, schedule, cost, and quality across functions and sites.

You will guide portfolio oversight, improve project management standards and support product industrialization, transfer and ramp-up initiatives, while partnering with global teams and