Project Leader 2

The Project Leader has technical responsibility of Work Package projects with an estimated engineering count of 30-80 FTEs. The responsibilities of the Project Leader are to manage the technical project activities according to agreed deliverables, quality and cost as well as ensuring compliance with customer requirements. Additional responsibilities are to qualify the internal staffing of projects, develop and adhere to project timeline and report the operational situation during internal reviews.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty in accordance with defined standards. Other duties or tasks may be assigned as required. The essential duties and responsibilities are as follows:

Customer/Bid & Offer

• Review technical requirements set by customer
• Participate in quotation activities
• Support client meetings and on/off-site visits
• Monitor delivery progress with the customer
• Support negotiation with the customer

Project Management

• Manage project team and tasks on a day-to-day basis
• Report/communicate to external technical stakeholder
• Monitor delivery progress on projects
• Manage technical scope of projects
• Responsible for quality of deliverables
• Prepare customer Steering Committee meetings
• Evaluate activities/roles that should be near-/offshore, if any
• Support definition of roles and responsibilities in project organization​
• Support validation of project organization and team members
• Monitor technical skills of team members
• Report operational/financial situation during ALTEN internal monthly financial review​s
• Identify technical/project training needs on projects
• Support efforts to change/improve engagement model with clients
• Drive and support AI implementation

Supervisory Needs and Responsibilities:

• Supervise and manage team by providing guidance/mentorship, assigning tasks, setting goals, and evaluating performance of team members.
• Make strategic decisions based on alignment with ALTEN leadership and the overall organizational strategy.

Minimum Qualifications and Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should meet each requirement. The requirements listed below are representative of the required knowledge, skills, and/or ability.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from a technical college or university in Engineering
• Minimum 8 years of total experience, including a minimum of 2 years in a Project Leadership role
• Must possess hands-on experience with project management
• Must have experience from following product through complete development cycle (concept, development, prototyping to industrialization)
• Understanding of prototyping and manufacturing processes.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should be able to perform each essential duty. The requirements listed below are representative of preferred knowledge, skills, and/or ability.

Education and Experience

• Demonstrated ability to manage projects successfully to customer requirements (scope, cost, schedule, margin, delivery of contractual deliverables)
• Experience from workshop/floor environment
• Experience from working in a startup environment
• Degree or professional experience in Electrical Engineering

Language Ability

• Ability to read, write, speak, analyze and interpret all forms of communication and business correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the engineers.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to systematically analyze complex problems, draw relevant conclusions and implement appropriate solutions.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Computer Skills

• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have extensive knowledge of the following software programs:
  • Microsoft Office suite of programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, and Outlook)

Physical Demands and Working Environment: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit or stand.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Mainly from customer location with potential for remote work depending on client.

Project Location

• The Project Leader needs to be located in San Francisco, CA to have proximity to client.

Salary: $130,000 - $145,000

The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience.