Job description – Local Chapter Leader

Schneider Electric - Digital Power is looking for a dynamic leader that is driven by results and operational efficiency. He/She will be managing the delivery of a range of Metering products leading a team of engineers from all domains of product development. Direct experience in product development is essential and background in Agile methodology is a plus.

Responsibilities

·  As a resource manager, accountable for ensuring the right competency and capabilities of teams to develop embedded products.

·  Team management (including supporting Agile leadership in project budget & resource planning)

·  As a delivery manager, accountable for product deliveries including new product development, maintenance of existing products in the product line and support to other product teams on specific engineering competencies.

·  As a delivery manager, accountable for end to end deliveries and complete product life-cycle starting from gathering requirements from Business managers upto industrializing the designed product for mass manufacturing and handling field and production line queries.

·  As a delivery manager, responsible for all engineering commitments including product cost, development timeline, product quality, etc. Report product development progress from time to time, highlighting risks, mitigation plans and dependencies.

·  As a leader, responsible to drive cross team transformations aimed at continuous improvement of the entire reporting organization.

·  Lead by example and continue the Digital transformation of the team with specific focus on Agile, System Engineering, DevOps and optimized processes and methods.

·  Guide the team on technical topics in the area of expertise.

·  Collaborate with internal and external teams to bring in best Engineering practices and processes.

·  Collaborate with all the stakeholders involved in product development to ensure the projects are well managed and the team delivers best in class products. Manage stakeholder expectations.

·  Ensure that the lab is evolved to a state-of-the-art facility which is scalable to support new product lines.

Qualifications

·  Relevant Bachelors / Master degree

Required Experience

·  Working experience with Electrical / Electronic / Energy management products or solutions (10-15 years)

·  Experience of managing a team of product developers

·  Strong understanding of elements of embedded product development (Hardware, Firmware, Testing, Certification, etc.)

·  Knowledge on different industrial communication protocols (MODBUS, Ethernet, IEC 61850, BACnet etc).

·  Good understanding of product development life cycle (Agile methodology, Safety reviews, Quality gates, etc)

·  Experience of leading/mentoring projects in an embedded product development environment

·  Demonstrated working experience with multi sited teams in different time zones & experienced with knowledge transfer process.

·  Results oriented team player. Ready to own responsibility & be self-motivated

·  Excellent oral & written communication in English

·  Team player – should be able to work closely with leads, peer groups, architects and design teams.