Senior Project Manager

Aptiv; Troy (MI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Health and life insurance

Disability coverage

RRSP matching

Flexible time-off

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Wind River is seeking a Project Manager to own the full lifecycle for customer engagements across multiple vertical markets. You will collaborate with the Resource Management Office, Engineering, Sales, Finance, and Legal to bid and deliver technically challenging software and hardware projects.

The role requires hands-on project management experience with embedded systems, strong communication, and a track record of leading cross-functional teams, including international groups, and travel up

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.
• PMI certificate or formal project-management training is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the full project lifecycle for customer engagements from presales to delivery.
• Coordinate with Customers, Engineering, Sales, Finance, and Legal.
• Manage budgets, schedules, and risk to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.
• Lead and develop teams; manage performance reviews and mentoring.
• Proactively manage risks and escalations to minimize customers' issues.
• Share lessons learned and drive process improvements.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

International team experience

Planning and organization

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer/Electrical/CS or equivalent

PMI certificate (plus)

Tools

DO-178C

FACE

IEC61508

IEC62504

ISO26262

Job description

ABOUT WIND RIVER

Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems. For more than four decades, the company has been an innovator and pioneer, powering billions of systems that require the highest levels of security, safety, and reliability. Wind River helps customers across automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, and telecommunications industries solve complex technology challenges on their journey toward the new intelligent machine economy. The company's software powers generation after generation of the safest, most secure systems in the world. Examples include playing a key role inNASA space missions such as Artemis I, the James Webb Space Telescope, and multiple Mars rovers. We've achieved recent5G milestonesincludingthe world's first successful 5G data sessionwith Verizon and buildingone of the largest Open RAN networksin the world with Vodafone.The company has received industry recognitionfor its technology innovation and leadership, and for its workplace culture, including global Great Place to Work certification and being named a "Top Workplace" for ten consecutive years. If you want to be part of a unique culture where the lived experience is based on our cultural attributes of growth mindset, customer-focus, and diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging, come join us and help advance the future software defined world.

YOUR ROLE

As a Project Manager on our team, you'll own the full project lifecycle for customer engagements, exercising a wide range of responsibilities to bid and deliver successfully. Your work will span all the vertical markets listed above and will often allow you to work on next generation technical projects. You will collaborate with colleagues across the company, including the Resource Management Office, Engineering, Sales, Finance, and Legal. In your daily job you will work on the following main areas:

Presales

• Work with sales staff, business directors, technical leads, and other project managers to qualify opportunities
• Work with customer team to define requirements
• Perform architecture trade-off analysis and project feasibility
• Estimate costs and schedules
• Prepare written proposals and negotiate updates
• Demonstrate the value of Wind River to our customers to help win bids

Project Execution

• Act as the project focal, coordinating directly with Customers to ensure high customer satisfaction
• Build and manage teams to complete small to large projects in technically challenging areas, ensuring engagement and efficiency
• Deliver on schedule and within budget while meeting feature, quality, and contract requirements
• Enhance the depth of customer relationships to maximize business potential
• Proactively manage risks to minimize customer escalations, and manage escalations when they do arise

Continuous Improvement

• Use company-defined tools and processes in accordance with our CMMI Level 3 rating
• Provide feedback to the Process Management Leadership Council (PMLC) to improve efficiency of tools and processes
• Collect and use metrics (EVM, estimates vs actuals, profit/schedule variance) to for forecasting, estimation, tracking, and early problem detection
• Share Lessons Learned and implement strategies to prevent future repeats by you or your colleagues

People Management / Soft Skills

• Communicate confidently, clearly, and tailored to your audience
• Speak intelligently about Wind River products and technologies we work with
• Establish a trusted advisor role with our Customers
• Manage direct reports and matrixed team members (performance reviews, mentoring/coaching, growth opportunities)
• Resolve conflicts, remove roadblocks, negotiate compromises
• Manage competing priorities, delivering multiple presales/projects simultaneously

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE

• US Citizenship mandatory
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Engineering project and personnel management skills as demonstrated by successfully planning and managing multiple simultaneous engineering projects; building and leading development teams; and directing the design and troubleshooting of complex software and hardware systems
• Direct customer interface experience with a track record of achieving high levels of customer satisfaction
• Solid written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated strength in planning and organization; verbal and written communications; effectiveness as a team leader; drive and perseverance in accomplishing goals; professional integrity; adaptability to new projects; resourcefulness; energy and motivation to initiate and complete tasks; and enthusiasm building expertise in the technology
• Experience working with and guiding international teams
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent
• Additional course work in business management or a Project Management Institute certificate a plus
• 6+ years engineering experience or management expertise with embedded systems (software and/or hardware)
• Strong desire for candidate to have hands‑on experience doing Project Management with one or more software safety certification standards such as DO-178C, FACE, IEC61508, IEC62504, ISO26262, etc.
• Expect up to 10% domestic and international travel

BENEFITS

• Hybrid work model for workplace flexibility
• Comprehensive health, dental, and life insurance
• Short and long‑term disability coverage
• RRSP matching for financialsecurity
• Flexibletime-off policies for work‑life balance
• Employee assistance program for mental well-being
• Learning benefits, including a LinkedIn Learning subscription and seminars

To learn more, visit Wind Riveratwww.windriver.com.

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Wind River is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law