Infrastructure Sub-System Manager

JOB TITLE & JOB CODE

Job Title (Job Code):         Senior Sub-System Manager

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• Responsible to manage several sub-systems within the same Project or the same Sub-system as part of several different Projects.
• Responsible for the management and successful completion of cross-functional activities leading to the delivery of one or more complex project sub-system in a High or Medium critical project, fulfilling both customer needs and committed Quality Cost Delivery Performance (QCDP) objectives. Manage cross-functionally sub-system level stakeholders, activities and deliverables and make needed arbitration (engineering, product x process, Make or Buy, Costs, Milestones, Interfaces, …) to reach QCDP commitment.
• Coordinate sub-system activities with other project stakeholders including integration teams’ other sub-systems and project level functions.

ORGANISATION

Organization structure (job belongs to...)

Region/Site Project Organization

Project Core Team

Reports directly to:

Site Project Director or SSM Group manager

Other reporting to:

“Dotted line reporting” to Project Manager for Digital & Integrated Systems

Direct reports:

“Dotted line reporting”: Sub-system team (specific per sub-system)

Network & Links

Internal

• Project Core Team
• Integration level team
• Other sub-systems stakeholders

External

• Suppliers
• Customers (if applicable)
• Other external stakeholders (facility providers, ISA, …)

MAIN RESPONSABILITIES  

1/ Contribute to successful Project execution on allocated sub-system scope of work:

• Apply Project Strategy according to defined contractual and Project commitments and targets, as allocated on sub-system.
• Actively contributes to the overall Project performance, by timely alerting in case of deviations happening at the sub-system/s level, which impact the project objectives and also by actively contributing to the management of risks, savings and opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with applicable rules, instructions and standards, process & tools: Code of Ethics & Compliance, Environment Health & Safety, Railway Safety, Quality, PMM and all Métiers involved in sub-system scope.

2/ Lead and coordinate sub-system activities and stakeholders, from requirement capture/analysis to the end of project contractual obligations limited to the sub-system scope of work:

• Achieve QCDP objectives of its sub-system
• Cascade and allocate sub-system requirements and QCDP objectives to sub-system team members
• Implement and execute the scope of work according to the respective Sub-system Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), as defined at Project level at the beginning of the project
• Plan, monitor, control and manage sub-system end-to-end activities (scope, schedule, resources, cost, risks, savings, opportunities)
• Coordinate and support consistent cross-functional execution of sub-system objectives, activities and deliverables (Engineering, R&D, Procurement, Supply Chain, Indus when applicable, Reliability Availability Maintainability Safety …)
• Lead teams in successful achievement of project objectives, synchronize stakeholders at sub-system level and ensure stakeholder alignments
• Perform sub-system level decisions and trade-offs
• Re-baselining and change management at sub-system level, based on alignment and authorization from the lead unit Project Manager
• Manage sub-system situation and Key Performance Indicators, and report with transparency
• Upon request from PM, is delegated to represent Alstom towards Customer and external stakeholders

3/ Coordinate and synchronize sub-system activities with other sub-Systems and project teams:

• Actively contribute to the resolution of overarching/transverse optimizations or issues
• Manage interface with project-level team members & project office (e.g., industrial, control of configuration management, procurement, quality…) and ask, if necessary, for PM arbitration
• Manage interface with train-level teams (in charge of architecture and integration) and other sub-system teams and ask if necessary, for Chief of Development /Chief of Operation arbitration

Performance measurements: 

• Delivery of sub-system in accordance with QCD targets (QCD KPIs) and all contractual requirements
• Sub-system gate review on time
• Compliance with Project Strategy according to defined contractual and Project commitments and targets, as allocated on sub-system.

 MAIN REQUIRED COMPETENCES

Educational Requirements

Mandatory:

• Master degree or bachelor degree

Desirable:

• IPMA level C (or equivalent)

Experience

Mandatory:

• 2 years of experience as sub-system/component manager or as manager of a complex / critical operational scope
• Experience of working in and with multi-national companies and in different business cultures

Desirable:

• Knowledgeable of ALSTOM way of working for efficient process execution
• Global knowledge on the sub-system

Competencies & Skills

• Project management skills
• Good communication skills
• Leadership, entrepreneurship mindset and result oriented
• Good Knowledge of Project management processes
• Capacity to coordinate and ensure collaboration of multi-site/multi-functional teams