With over 700 employees in 11 countries, Aras is one of the fastest growing privately held Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) companies. We reinvent, engineer, and manufacture software to empower our customers with the flexibility to overcome tomorrow's challenges today. Our open, low-code technology enables greater scalability, flexibility, and security for the world's largest enterprises in some of the most innovative industries, including automotive, aerospace and defense, high-tech electronics, medical devices, and industrial manufacturing. World-leading innovators such as Airbus, General Electric (GE), Hitachi, Honda, Kawasaki, and Microsoft are just a few of the organizations using our software.
Aras is the fastest growing developer of enterprise PLM software solutions. Aras Innovator is an advanced Web-based SOA Framework with HTML5 and Mobile app front end-ends, delivered either as a Cloud-PLM solution, or on-site as commercial enterprise open source. We are looking for experienced PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) Project Manager who will play a key role in leading successful customer deployments of innovator solutions. This role will lead the overall project implementation and teams in the planning and execution of projects that exceed customer requirements as well as be the key business architect. The PLM Project Manager has overall project ownership of all Professional Services engagements. Demonstration of project management and leadership, large team management, organization skills, and the ability to negotiate with key customer stakeholders are essential in ensuring success.
The Project Manager is the leader of all aspects of a project’s success. Lead the creation of project deliverables including both technical and business elements
Business decisions for the delivery of projects and provides guidance to our Solution Consultants, Developers (onshore and offshore), and Partners
Can lead multiple PMs and multiple projects
Demonstrate project management capabilities to be executed as necessary. Perform the overall day-to-day Project Management to ensure that deliverables are achieved within time/cost/quality constraints
Drives the planning and execution for all project activity in accordance of customer milestones
Ability to lead projects using Agile methodologies and best practices.
Leads all project communication, gate reviews, risk management, and open issue activities. Provides project metrics to internal and external stakeholders
Prepare project status reports and keep Team, Management, Clients and others informed of project status and related issues and escalations
Lead meetings with Project team and Client Personnel (including client executives) on business or technical level discussions. Supervise and manage project teams that may be located either onsite or offshore
Manage project budget, timing, and quality of work completed
Creates documentation (change orders and extension statements of work) related to the delivery aspect of the project
Mentors and coaches Project Managers
Ability to work and successfully interact with client executives and management staff members
Proven strong project management skills with accountability for end-to-end delivery
Excellent written communication skills to create Statements of Work, specifications, project plans, and other project documentation
Have a thorough understanding of large scale enterprise application deployment methodologies with experience leading teams in an Agile / Scrum environment
Proven PLM deployment experience with large, enterprise wide projects
Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently
Identifies active project risks, monitors for risk triggers, and executes contingency plans
Fluent level of English and German language is mandatory C1 level
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Business, Computer Science / IT, or Engineering (or equivalent experience)
Proven track record in leading large, enterprise PLM software deployments in a Project Management role
Demonstrated experience with managing project budgets, P&L, invoicing, and billing
Automotive, Aerospace and Defense, Manufacturing (Industrial, Job Shop, Mass Production), Consumer Products, High Tech Electronics, Shipbuilding.
Engineering change processes and best practices (CMII, CMPIC), phase gate project management, quality systems processes, requirements management, manufacturing process planning, MRO