Senior Project Manager

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Teammates are expected to work beyond JD responsibilities whenever possible to help achieve the mission.As the representative of the Global Execution Excellence team in Arene North America, you will be responsible for managing the local execution of global initiatives driven by the Quality teams.
• Promote Arene’s TPS-based quality mindset and Agile culture in the Arene North America organization.
• Represent the Global Arene Quality organization in rolling out global processes in the NA organization. 
• Address the specifics of Arene North America through collaboration with Engineering and other stakeholders to refine existing processes.
• Drive continuous improvement of processes, ensuring global alignment.
• Contribute to the implementation of a local audit program of the QMS in collaboration with the Global Execution Excellence audit program manager.
• Coordinate and conduct internal QMS audits in the different Arene North America sites together with a team of locally appointed and trained auditors.
• Advocate for Arene Engineering best practices.
• Orchestrate the execution of the global software product Quality Assurance audit program with North American Engineering teams based on the globally defined engineering criteria.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Excellent English communication and people engagement skills;
• Excellent understanding of modern Software Development practices and frameworks (Agile, Scrum, ASPICE, …);
• Good Knowledge of Quality Management Systems, such as ISO 9001:2015  or IATF 16946:2016;
• Mindset for ownership, collective growth through collaboration, and a bias for progress;
• Experience in Quality Planning operation and Quality Assurance audit activities;

NICE TO HAVES

• Prior knowledge and practical experience in any of the following domains: organizational development, business-driven product development or software craftsmanship;
• Experience in Automotive Engineering;
• Supported a distributed team/organization set-up
• Knowledge of the Toyota Production System (TPS);