Senior Project Manager

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for freight and transit rail.
Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, the company has unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.
Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, creating transportation solutions that move and improve the world.
Wabtec has approximately 27,000 employees in facilities throughout the world.
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Summary: As a Wabtec Senior Project Manager, you can make a difference in our customer’s experience in working.
As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for leading all phases of the project life cycle from inception (proposal development) through startup, execution, and completion (contract closeout).
Your primary objective will be the delivery of all contractual requirements on cost and on schedule while achieving all technical requirements and creating customer intimacy to support value-creation strategies and actions.
The Project Manager is responsible for overall project/program execution as you lead a cross-functional team to exceed our customer’s expectations and present recurring project/program updates to internal and customer executives while being aligned to common program performance goals and having overall program responsibility within a matrixed organization.
Duties and Responsibilities: Manage programs to deliver on time, within budget, meet revenue/margin targets, and meet contractual obligations Drive performance across technical domain (development, test, field) to meet project deadlines Requirements Liaison for customer scope of work with engineering teams Aid services team in driving down defects with engineering team Develop cost, revenue, and payment plans to achieve business objectives Proactively manage the project technical risks, defining the mitigation plan and validating the technical project solution across stakeholders Adhere to customer and industry standards/specifications, while keeping within Wabtec’s quality standards Manage multisystem engineering tasks with a focus on delivering a totally integrated system within a matrixed organization utilizing various internal Wabtec and external resources Lead efforts to identify risks, develop plans and apply countermeasures to improve our position Communicate issues and opportunities – Including plans to resolve Manage contract, project scope, risk, and Change Orders (CO) Respond to CO by overseeing the entire bid effort – resource requirements, schedule, risk, cost, price, and negotiation Represent the company as a senior customer program interface.
Optimize customer relationships through the program life cycle.
Foster long-term, customer-centric relationships Responsible for the development of high-quality written reports /presentations for management and customer reviews Lead resource, Wabtec management, and customer reviews – project status, risk management, schedule, budget, performance to plan, etc Travel required to/from intercompany, supplier, and customer offices.
Lead by example by personally embracing and integrating continuous process improvement Support the development and identification of program management resources Able and willing to travel domestically and internationally up to 25%.
Travel includes, but is not limited to, car and airfare Other duties as assigned Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business Administration, or relevant discipline Minimum of 7 years of Program Management experience (5 with a master’s degree in the above disciplines) Advanced MS Office Suite and MS Project skills Demonstrated financial management skills including development and control of program budgets, schedules, risk management, EAC's and the ability to recognize and capture program changes Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills Proven analytical, technical, strategic, and problem-solving skills Experience identifying project problems and recommending solutions Experience in the Rail Industry and or FRA knowledge Experience with Intermodal Rail Terminal operations and technology Experience with Agile Project Management is a plus Ability to work independently and multitask Experience with creating and monitoring staffing metrics PMP/IPMA certification Experience in program stand up Experience working within an Integrated Product Team (IPT) Experience with external customers Physical Demands: Employee is regularly required to communicate with others for information exchange Employee is regularly required to assess the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work as assigned Employee will be required to perform repetitive office-related functions that may include the wrists, hands, and fingers Employee will be required to sit or stand for prolonged periods of time Work Environment: The employee will normally work in a temperature-controlled office environment and will be seated for extended periods of time.
The ability to perform basic office movements is required.
Wabtec operates on a hybrid model, offering employees the flexibility to work from home on Mondays and Fridays, with Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from the office.
Relocation Assistance may be provided for those who meet eligibility requirements Wabtec Corporation is committed to taking on the world’s toughest challenges.
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