Wind River
nIn a world increasingly driven by software innovation, Wind River is pioneering the technologies to accelerate the digital transformation of our customers with a new generation of Mission Critical AI Systems in an AI-first world with the most exacting standards for safety, security, performance, and reliability. Success will be determined by our ability to innovate with velocity and sell at the solutions level.n
Wind Rivers impact spans critical infrastructure domains such as telecommunications, including 5G; industrial (automation, sustainable energy, robotics, mining), connected healthcare and medical devices, automotive (connected and self-driving vehicles), and aerospace & defense. We were recognized by VDC Research in July 2020 as #1 in Edge Compute OS Platforms, overtaking Microsoft as the overall commercial leader. Wind River regularly wins industry recognitions for excellence in IoT security, cloud and edge computing, as well as 8 consecutive years as a Top Work Place. If youre passionate about amplifying your impact on the world, in a caring, respectful culture with a growth mindset, come join us and help lead the way into the future of the intelligent edge!
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nABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
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nWind River Professional Services (PS) has been helping clients implement good ideas for more than 20 years. For any technical or business challenge, our Professional Services team offers a valuable blend of skills, contacts, knowledge, intellectual property, flexible resources, design processes, and a CCMI level 3 project management methodology to get the job done.
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nThe Project Manager, Professional Services is responsible for meeting growth targets of Professional Services across the APAC & Japan organization and has the following main areas of responsibility.
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nResponsibilities
nWork with services sales staff and key technical leads to qualify presales opportunities, perform architecture tradeoff analysis, and project feasibility, document proposed product solutions, estimate costs and schedules, prepare written proposals, and present proposals to customers. This includes but is not limited to the following responsibilities:
- nPrimary customer interface for discovery and evaluation of requirements
- nWork with Sales and Sr. Management throughout presales life cycle
- nRequest and manage assigned presales technical resources during architecture definition and project feasibility stage
- nPrepare project plan with schedule, resources needs and costs
- nConducting technical presentations to customersn
- Prepare formal project proposals
- nAssist in sale of proposal to customer
nSet up the project development team and manage the team to complete design projects on time and within budget while meeting feature and contract requirements and ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction. This includes but is not limited to the following responsibilities:
- nDefine needed team structure and technical requirements for all staff members
- n Work with Resource Management Office to request, evaluate and select all team members and needed project resourcesn
- Act as primary customer contact throughout project engagement
- nManage project team throughout entire project life cycle
- nDefine standards and procedures for project execution, deliverable documentation, design reviews, testing, and document control
- nActively manage project risks
- nPrepare and deliver weekly project status reports to customer
- nManage and update project plans as needed
- nPrimary responsibility for project costs and project profitability
- nWorking with customers through acceptance of deliverables
- nTask management for all assigned team resources throughout projectn
- Management of employees including training, performing evaluations, and mentoring for technical and career developmentn
- Ensuring customer satisfaction
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nABOUT YOU
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nCore Competencies & Demonstrated Success
- nDemonstrated strength in: planning and organization; verbal and written communications; effectiveness as a team member and leader; drive and perseverance in accomplishing goals; professional integrity; adaptability to new projects; resourcefulness; energy and motivation to initiate and complete tasks; and enthusiasm building expertise in the technology
- nProven experience of managing complex software projects & handling customer relationship
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nQualifications
- n10 years engineering experience with hardware or embedded software design
- n5+ years engineering management experience
- nEngineering management skills as demonstrated by experience successfully planning and managing multiple engineering projects; building and leading teams of 10 or more engineers; and directing the design and troubleshooting of complex software or hardware.n
- Experience leading consulting projects or providing engineering services in designing embedded software or hardware preferred
- nBachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent
- nGood command of written and spoken English
- nUp to 10% travel required
nBenefits
nWorkplace Flexibility: Hybrid Work.
nMedical insurance: Group Medical Insurance coverage.
nAdditional shared cost medical benefit in the form of reimbursements.
nEmployee Assistance Program.
nVacation and Time off: Employees are eligible for various types of paid time off.
nAdditional Time offs Birthday, Volunteer Time off, Wedding.
nWellness Benefits through
Unmind
nCarrot (Family -forming support)
