Senior R&D Project Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Spain, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Oversee the complete execution of software development projects aimed at commercial release, ensuring adherence to agreed-upon scope, timelines, quality standards, and business goals.

• Create and uphold project plans, schedules, milestone timelines, dependency maps, risk management registers, issue tracking logs, resource allocation plans, decision records, and status updates.

• Direct projects utilizing Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery methodologies, implementing suitable planning, governance, and execution strategies tailored to each project and software development lifecycle (SDLC) process.

• Organize project planning sessions, sprint or increment planning, release planning, risk assessment reviews, retrospectives, and stakeholder alignment meetings, as relevant to the chosen delivery model.

• Collaborate with Engineering, Product Management, Program Management, and other stakeholders to establish project goals, deliverables, success metrics, and release timelines.

• Define, monitor, and communicate project-level KPIs, delivery metrics, and data-driven status reports that offer stakeholders clear visibility into project health, including progress against the plan, adherence to milestones, delivery risks, dependencies, outstanding decisions, resource impacts, and release readiness.

• Set up and maintain project governance structures, including meeting schedules, decision-making forums, escalation pathways, documentation standards, milestone tracking, and readiness reviews for releases.

• Actively identify, evaluate, and manage risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and resource limitations; escalate with clear recommendations, options, and trade-offs when necessary.

• Foster accountability across cross-functional teams to guarantee timely completion of deliverables and the resolution of obstacles.

• Ensure that project execution is aligned with relevant SDLC processes, governance standards of the business unit, quality expectations, and other pertinent criteria.

• Represent Engineering project management in cross-functional program meetings as required, ensuring that engineering plans, risks, dependencies, and trade-offs are effectively communicated and understood.

• Collaborate with the Director of Engineering Delivery & Excellence and the project cohort to enhance project management practices, operational mechanisms, metrics, templates, and delivery reporting.

• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing the predictability, efficiency, quality, and visibility of engineering delivery.

• Serve as a senior project management resource and exemplify execution discipline, stakeholder engagement, risk management, and structured problem-solving.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Project Management, or a related discipline.

• Over 7 years of experience in managing software development, R&D, technical, or new product development projects.

• Proven experience managing software projects designated for commercial product release.

• Demonstrated ability to manage projects using Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery methodologies.

• Strong comprehension of software development lifecycle processes, encompassing requirements, design, development, verification, testing, deployment, and release.

• Experience in leading cross-functional project teams in a matrix organization without direct authority.

• Excellent capability to manage scope, schedules, dependencies, risks, issues, resources, and stakeholder expectations.

• Ability to articulate project status, risks, options, and trade-offs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Strong skills in facilitation, problem-solving, decision management, and escalation processes.

• Experience supporting global or distributed engineering teams.

• Proficiency in project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, Confluence, SharePoint, or similar platforms.

• Preferred certifications include PMP, PMI-ACP, Certified ScrumMaster, SAFe, or similar project management or Agile credentials.

• Experience in a regulated or quality-focused environment (preferred).

• Familiarity with quality management systems, GxP, ISO, FDA 21 CFR Part 11, and cybersecurity requirements (preferred).

• Background in enhancing project management processes, reporting, metrics, or SDLC execution practices (preferred).

• Familiarity with Power BI or similar data visualization/reporting tools (preferred).

• Practical understanding of AI-assisted engineering and analytics to enhance software delivery visibility, project health monitoring, and reporting efficiency (preferred).

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible working hours.

• Opportunities for professional development.