Senior Infrastructure Program Manager

The Senior Infrastructure Program Manager is responsible and accountable in driving, leading and managing the Implementation of Greenfields, Brownfield, Extensions/Expansion and Rented locations in the Region, within the specified time, budget and quality framework to the satisfaction of the customers. In charge of Cross Infrastructure, Carve-in/Carve-out and Major Projects.

The Senior Infrastructure Program Manager acts as an entrepreneur for the project. 

They have the full control of the approved project budget, numbers of involved functions/ team members regarding capacity usage or external spending in alignment with existing policies/procedures (e. g. eCR, CEOS).

Project Definition & Planning:

▪ Define project objectives (financial, scheduling and quality goals)

▪ Select and negotiate project (core) team members in conjunction with the line management

▪ Establish adequate project organization (meeting structure, information/ knowledge exchange, documentation, archiving) 

▪ Setup an initial project plan in accordance with the valid processes (phases, deliverables, milestones/ Q-Gates, etc.)

▪ Ensure compliance to valid processes incl. legal requirements

Steering of the project:

▪ Track the project progress, define corrective measures if deviating form the plan

▪ Control the usage of the released project budget and project resources per approved project plan

▪ Decide and report the overall project status in accordance with the financial and quality KPIs supported by a valid  tool and process set 

▪ Install and perform professional change management

▪ Perform opportunity & risk assessment, control and steer the implementation of opportunity & risk measures 

▪ Escalate issues if necessary

▪ Ensure that all project objectives are met in the required quality

Team & Stakeholder management.:

▪ Lead the project team members functionally

▪ Actively manage stakeholder expectations, inform and involve stakeholders on a regular basis and in an appropriate manner

▪ Assign work packages to the respective project team members

▪ Help build up a supportive culture of cooperation and teamwork within the project

Single point of contact of most Program Management Activities and Topics:

▪ Responsible for most of the program management activities in the region.

▪ Align and coordinate all regional projects together with functional lead and team members

▪ Responsible for project team members skills development (training and coaching)

Program/Project Manager of Main/Core IT Project team:

▪ Initiates Project Kickoff with IT and Business Units

▪ Definition of Project deliverables

▪ Responsible for Project Charter definition with IT CC in agreement with Business/Steering Committee

Administration/ Organization / Coordination of all IT internal major project tasks:

▪ Initiates Project Kickoff with IT and Business Units

▪ Definition of Project deliverables

▪ Final acceptance & functional tests

▪ Technical documentation

▪ Preparation/organization of operational support (Handover to Operation)

Representation of project:

▪ Represent project in customer (internal/external) meetings 

▪ Represent project-interests in supplier meetings

▪ Negotiate changes and claims with the customer based on professional, well documented change management 

▪ Protect confidentiality of project data

Consulting of Business project owner in terms of IT standards & - solutions:

▪ Collection of all IT related project demands

▪ Ensures implementation of Continental IT standards

▪ Consolidate and Escalate all Non-standard IT demands to right CC - head

Information/consultation of IT - CCs to be involved:

 ▪ Definition of required IT – competencies (possibly together with CC – head) 

▪ Staffing of IT-project team (project lead, sub-project leads)

▪ Project members to be defined by sub-project leads

• Education / Certification: Degree in College and University

• Professional Experience: At least 3-5 years’ experience IT or electronics industry in a variety of functions

• Project and/or Process Experience: Project leader (e.g. at least 2 Major/Greenfield International project)

• Leadership Experience: Project Lead/Manager for more than 2 years or showing strong leadership or entrepreneurial skills (e.g. in Our Behaviors)

• Intercultural / International Experience: Has worked as a Project Manager in an international team

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Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent, and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. In 2021, Continental generated sales of €33.8 billion and currently employs more than 190,000 people in 58 countries and markets. On October 8, 2021, the company celebrated its 150th anniversary.

The Automotive group sector comprises technologies for passive safety, brake, chassis, motion, and motion control systems. Innovative solutions for assisted and automated driving, display, and operating technologies, as well as audio and camera solutions for the vehicle interior, are also part of the portfolio, as is intelligent information and communication technology for the mobility services of fleet operators and commercial vehicle manufacturers. Comprehensive activities relating to connectivity technologies, vehicle electronics and high-performance computers round off the range of products and services.