Project Manager, IME

A*STAR Research Entities (A*STAR); Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A*STAR Research Entities (A*STAR) in Singapore invites an experienced project manager to lead and deliver full life cycle R&D projects from concept to completion. You will plan, organize, execute, and evaluate outcomes, coordinating with internal teams and external partners to meet milestones and technical goals.

The role requires strong leadership, risk management, and excellent communication to ensure quality, schedule, and budget compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in engineering or project management discipline.
• At least 5 years of project management experience in product development or research projects.
• PMP certification (or equivalent) or semiconductor experience is advantageous.
• Good business acumen and ability to meet customer requirements and deadlines.
• Proactive team player who can solve problems and deliver to internal and external customers.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the full life cycle of R&D projects from conception to completion.
• Scope projects with stakeholders, establish schedules, deliverables, milestones, and technical outcomes.
• Ensure delivery of project scope within risk, quality, budget, and schedule constraints.
• Contribute to the design, development, and delivery of R&D solutions per requirements.
• Provide leadership across project teams to drive rigour and achieve goals.
• Navigate quality, procurement, finance, and legal aspects of projects.
• Support design/validation testing and governance throughout the lifecycle.
• Monitor progress and report to internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering/PM

Tools

PMP Certification

Semiconductor Experience

Job description

• Responsible for leading and managing the full life cycle R&D projects and product delivery by planning, organizing, executing and evaluating from conception to completion.
• Lead project scoping with internal and external stakeholders to establish communication plans, build project schedules, establish clear project deliverables and milestones, and technical/research outcome definitions.
• Ensure successful delivery of project scope and targets while managing project risk, quality, delivery, scope, schedule, and budget.
• Direct and contribute to design, development, and delivery of R&D solutions to customers with respect to requirements and scope
• Active leadership of motivating and facilitating research rigour across multiple research institute project teams to achieve research and technical goals and outcomes
• Lead and drive quality, procurement, finance and legal challenges
• Provide research/technical input towards and drive design / process validation testing, best practices and ensure compliance to project lifecycle governance requirements
• Actively demonstrate a good level of understanding and contribute to technical / scientific research & development and lead teams throughout the project development.
• Lead, monitor and report the progress of the multiple projects to all internal and external stakeholders.
• Apply core technical/scientific knowledge to intervene and address technical/research roadblocks, achieve project deliverables and mitigate risks and impact.
• Interact with industry and grantors to ensure effective communication throughout the project life cycle covering business, project, and technical/research outcomes

Job Requirements

• Bachelor or Masters in any engineering / project management related discipline
• At least 5 years of project management experience in product development or research project would be preferable
• PMP certifications (or equivalent) or experience in semiconductor will be advantageous
• Good business acumen, driven to deliver customer requirements and project deadlines
• Proactive team player and technically motivated to solve problems, innovate and deliver to internal and external customers
• Strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills