We are looking for a Deputy Project Director to manage and coordinate a portfolio of Bids and Projects with a team who is QCDP (Quality, Cost, Delivery and Performance) accountable for the tenders & projects, being accountable for the portfolio performance in his/her perimeter.
Requirements
- Project Portfolio responsibility & accountability
- Achieve the organization’s strategic goals while minimizing portfolio risk
- Ensure that the portfolio fits with his/her resource capability and availability
- Balance the portfolio to ensure it creates the optimal value for the organization
- Control Projects execution together with Business development/Customer Director through MPR (Management Project Review) & FPR (Financial Project Review)
- Be Accountable for their project portfolio performances (e.g. PPI, Time related KPIs such as OTD and DFQ Go On Time), and for their tender package delivery on time.
- Be Accountable for the QCD performance of the projects in their portfolio (i.e. region of destination view) and of the WP (Work Package) or WBE (Work Breakdown Element) managed by their SSM team (i.e. region of origin view).
- Regularly Report to Site Management Team of main issues and risks of the tenders & projects within the scope of responsibility.
- Act locally to create a partnership with Site MD by defining common and agreed priorities aligned with Alstom objectives of profitability.
- Help to provide optimum use of the organization’s resources
- Operational support to Project team
- Follow-up the Projects QCD and risks evolution: cash, sales, Design for Quality milestones and progress follow-up (manufacturing, testing, commissioning and warranty...), work packages review
- Ensure good support from the “métiers” to his/her team of Bid/Project Managers or Sub-Systems Managers for day-to-day business
- Provide support in the management of risks, mitigation plans
- Propose and provide support for improvement action plans in bids & projects, during Bid/Project reviews)
- Contributes to action plans in process, product and organization
- When issues on Projects/Bids occur between sites, which are escalated, facilitate arbitration between sites in collaboration with the Site MD.
- Processes: Be Accountable to deploy the Project & Bid function processes on site (incl. transformation programs such as PM2020)
- Be either responsible to act as Process Correspondent, or accountable to appoint a Process Correspondent for Project & Bid function processes to be deployed at site level
- Be responsible, with his/her site team, to capture Return of Experience (REX) for process reviews, or for any other continuous improvement initiatives related to the Project & Bid MĂ©tiers
- Participate to Internal/External Audits as required, in relation to the Bid & Project MĂ©tiers
- Guarantee REX across Bids & Projects to the Reference Library and Tenders.
- As portfolio coordination of his/her team commitments: Project performance: Projects QCD targets as per Critical Project Review commitments, project working capital and Cash-in
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Retirement Plan
- Visa Sponsorship
- Four Day Work Week
- Generous Parental Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Relocation Assistance
