Project Manager- Contractor

Role Overview:

Renesas Electronics is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead an Agile PLM Implementation, which supports a larger ERP program. For this Agile PLM Implementation, the Design Phase is nearly completed. As Project Manager, you will guide the Build and subsequent phases of the project, and support in the overall alignment with the ERP Project. This role involves managing a project across our operations primarily in the USA, with occasional travel to Europe and Southeast Asia if needed. You will be reporting to the Program Director of the overall IT program. Besides this, you will work closely with the PMO Team and liaise between Business Leads and IT Organization including implementation partners.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project Leadership: Lead and manage the Agile PLM implementation project, ensuring alignment with business goals and project/program objectives.
• Strategic Planning: Develop and maintain project plans, including scope, schedule, budget, resource allocation, and risk management.
• Team Management: Coordinate and manage project teams, including internal staff, consultants, and external vendors.
• Stakeholder Communication: Communicate project status, progress, risks, and issues to stakeholders at all levels for transparency and alignment.
• Progress Monitoring: Track project milestones and deliverables.
• Issue Resolution: Identify, analyze, and resolve project issues and conflicts.
• Change Management: Implement and manage change control processes.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure the quality standards and best practices.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Project Management Expertise: Proven experience managing large-scale PLM implementations, preferably Agile PLM, in a global context. Understanding of Agile PLM functionalities and best practices are a plus.
• Leadership: Leadership skills with the ability to guide diverse, cross-functional teams.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, capable of engaging effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to develop and execute strategic project plans that align with organizational goals and the ERP Program.
• Problem Solving: Analytical and problem-solving skills, with a pragmatic approach to addressing challenges.
• Flexibility: Ability to adapt to changing project requirements and a fast-paced environment.
• Project Management Certification: PMP, PRINCE2, IPMA-D or similar certification is preferred.
• Travel: Willingness and ability to travel within USA (and potentially South East Asia and Europe if needed) for 1 to 2 weeks per month to support project activities.

Renesas is one of the top global semiconductor companies in the world. We strive to develop a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter world, and our goal is to make every endpoint intelligent by offering product solutions in the automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT markets. Our robust product portfolio includes world-leading MCUs, SoCs, analog and power products, plus Winning Combination solutions that curate these complementary products. We are a key supplier to the world’s leading manufacturers of the electronics you rely on every day; you may not see our products, but they are all around you.

Renesas employs roughly 21,000 people in more than 30 countries worldwide. As a global team, our employees actively embody the Renesas Culture, our guiding principles based on five key elements: Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial. Renesas believes in, and has a commitment to, diversity and inclusion, with initiatives and a leadership team dedicated to its resources and values. At Renesas, we want to build a sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. Join us and build your future by being part of what’s next in electronics and the world.

Working Conditions:

• This is an international role requiring flexibility in working hours to accommodate different time zones.
• Occasional travel is required, primarily within the USA, with trips to Europe and Southeast Asia as needed for 1 or 2 weeks per month.

Renesas Electronics Corporation empowers a safer, smarter and more sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. The leading global provider of microcontrollers, Renesas combines our expertise in embedded processing, analog, power and connectivity to deliver complete semiconductor solutions. These Winning Combinations accelerate time to market for automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT applications, enabling billions of connected, intelligent devices that enhance the way people work and live. Learn more at renesas.com.

Renesas’ mission, To Make Our Lives Easier, is underpinned by our company culture, TAGIE. TAGIE stands for Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative and Entrepreneurial. Our goal is to embed this unique culture in everything we do to succeed as a company and create trust with our diverse colleagues, customers and stakeholders.

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to celebrating diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.