Staff Project Manager Engineer

About WhiteCrow

We are global talent research, insight, and sourcing specialists with offices in the UK, USA, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Dubai, and India. Our international reach has helped us to understand and penetrate specialist markets at a global level. In addition to this, our service is also extended to complement our client’s in-house talent acquisition teams.

About our client

For more than 80 years, our client’s engineers and product specialists have partnered with customers to produce highly engineered connectivity and sensing solutions that make a connected world possible. Their focus on reliability, durability, and sustainability exemplifies their commitment to progress. The unmatched range of their product portfolio enables companies, large and small, to turn ideas into technology that can transform how the world works and lives tomorrow.

As a Staff Project Manager Engineer, you will be responsible for...

Project Leadership & Execution

• Leading multiple medium- to high-complexity New Product Development projects with full end-to-end ownership.
• Demonstrating strong cross-functional leadership across global and multicultural teams.
• Promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace by recognizing and valuing individual differences and perspectives.

Stakeholder & Communication Management

• Identifying stakeholder expectations and establishing effective communication cadences.
• Developing and executing the Project Communication Plan.
• Leading periodic management-level project reviews.
• Reporting project progress, risks, and issues to leadership and stakeholders.

Financial & Economic Management

• Managing project capital, expense, and resource expenditures to meet financial targets.
• Supporting economic analysis, including alternatives evaluation, variance analysis, and cost calculations.
• Tracking and reporting project progress and product costs.

Planning, Risk & Change Management

• Developing detailed project schedules, resource plans, and budget forecasts.
• Executing integrated change management and control processes.
• Performing effective project risk management, including creation, monitoring, and mitigation of risks.
• Identifying, addressing, and resolving project issues and impediments proactively.

Continuous Improvement & Collaboration

• Driving continuous improvement of existing project processes and implementation of new project components.
• Coordinating internal resources across departments to ensure projects are delivered on time, on cost, and on quality.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams for problem-solving and brainstorming initiatives.

What you already have...

Education & Critical Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 12–15 years of professional experience
• Master’s degree in Engineering with 10–12 years of professional experience.
• 5–6 years of project management experience in industrial product or hardware .development environments.
• Proven experience managing distributed and multicultural teams.

Competencies

Must Have

• In-depth understanding of Toll Gate / Stage Gate product development processes.
• Strong experience in project management strategy and execution.
• Extensive experience in stakeholder and requirements management.
• Exposure to manufacturing processes such as molding, stamping, and plating.
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills with the ability to communicate .globally at all organizational levels.
• Proven expertise in project planning, execution, and delivery.
• Strong leadership skills to drive collaboration, accountability, and results.
• Ability to develop and manage communication plans and responsibility (RACI) matrices.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project.
• Proficiency in MS Office tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Experience with project ROI analysis (NPV, IRR, Payback Period).

Preferred

• Exposure to regulatory approval processes (UL, CSA, CQC, VDE, etc.).
• Experience in the terminal and connector industry.
• Exposure to Agile Project Management methodologies.
• PMP certification or equivalent project management credentials.