About us
Wygwam, a division of the Niko Group, is dedicated to delivering innovative solutions across various sectors. We are seeking a skilled Project Leader/Manager to manage R&D-projects throughout their complete lifecycle in collaboration a multi-disciplinary team.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and direct projects from ideation through design, industrialization, and launch phases, ensuring successful delivery.
- Align and formalize requirements from various stakeholders, including legal, regulatory, functional, and non-functional needs.
- Guide the team in making well-founded make-or-buy decisions based on various scenarios.
- Formalize the intake process for new projects, aligning with the Project Governance structure defined by the PMO.
- Assist product managers in developing business cases to facilitate project kick-offs.
- Lead project planning, tracking, and reporting against milestones and business case metrics.
- Guard project scope and manage changes transparently and in a controlled manner.
- Follow up and guide design-, mechanical-, and hardware engineering, as well as software project work together with domain experts internally and/or externally.
- Establish optimal logistic and financial flows according to guidelines.
- Capture risks from stakeholders, ensuring mitigations are implemented within the project team while communicate if relevant.
- Strive for customer satisfaction while managing expectations effectively.
- Ensure proper project closure, including lessons learned for future improvements.
Technical skills
- Proven track record in delivering engineering-/R&D projects from ideation to industrialization and market launch or implementation.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field with 2-5 years of project management experience.
- Eager to become an expert in our product and solutions portfolio.
- Familiarity with project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Jira) and good knowledge of MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Confluence).
- Knowledge of Prince2 and/or PMI project lifecycle management; Agile project management techniques are a plus.
- Experience in electronics/hardware development and coordination of software development tracks is advantageous.
- Understanding of hardware, software, and mechanics to challenge and lead communicate with expert teams effectively.
- Eager to support Product Management and Marketing throughout the product lifecycle.
- Willingness to report financial status to the Finance team and provide project updates to the PMO.
Soft Skills
- Organized and Structured: Strong organizational skills with a structured approach to project management.
- Team Player: Excellent coordination abilities and teamwork skills.
- Process-Driven: Focused on processes and results with a "get-it-done" attitude.
- Adaptable: Eager to learn and open to change.
- Effective Communicator: Strong communication skills, able to motivate and resolve conflicts.
- Customer-Oriented: Collaborative and customer-focused, working effectively with sales, functional-, and leadership teams.