Program Development Manager

Req ID:487463 

Leading societies to a low carbon future, Alstom develops and markets mobility solutions that provide the sustainable foundations for the future of transportation. Our product portfolio ranges from high-speed trains, metros, monorail, and trams to integrated systems, customised services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility solutions. Joining us means joining a caring, responsible, and innovative company where more than 70,000 people lead the way to greener and smarter mobility, worldwide

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• To elaborate the program roadmap and associated baselines scope together with the program core team
• Organize the program development and its continuous improvement
• To lead the program development activities and deliver the program’s baselines according to the Engineering Management Plan and the Quality Cost Delivery (QCD) commitments
• To support the Program Manager for engineering topics

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES  

• Apply process, standards, methods, and tools applicable to the métier
• Organize the program development process and its continuous improvement
  • Prepare, share, and maintain the Engineering Management Plan together with the program core team and program support team addressing most specifically the
    • Program development strategy (design, Reliability Availability Maintainability (RAM), Cybersecurity, Verification and Validation (V&V), baselines roadmap and sustaining
    • Processes, tailorings, and agreed deviations (WR)
    • Technical risks / hard technical topics
    • Identification of technical referents (Experts, CCN, end users, ...) 
  • Review of other engineering plans of the programs to ensure efficiency & consistency with the Engineering Management Plan (EMP)
  • Participate to métiers reviews
  • Organize with the core team members the capture and activities for continuous improvement (Return of Experience on the program engineering’s organisation, strategy, process, decisions, metrics, …) and production of métier Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Lead the program development activities to deliver the program items according to the QCD commitment
  • Coordinate the program development team activities
  • Ensure that the product/system reaches the committed performance levels
  • Develop design-to-cost approach to decrease system/product deployment cost and product unit cost
  • Ensure application of decision making (design choices, make or buy, roadmap, ...) and validates decisions together with the program stakeholders
  • Ensure organization, participation, and follow-up of Design Reviews
  • Support other métiers (Safety, Cybersecurity, RAM, Industrialization) and ensure the link between them
  • Ensure organization, participation, and follow-up of Peer Reviews of engineering work products (specification / documentation / implementations)

• To be the program’s interface on technical matters, with support of System Application Architects for systems
  • Supporting technically users for program needs definition and issues
  • Coordinating consistency between program baselines deliveries and needs / long term needs
  • Managing User Groups / user community
  • Participating to program reviews for technical support & technical reporting
• Management of the program items configuration together with the Configuration Manager
  • Manage the Delivery Master List (DML) and documentation reviews rules
  • Ensure requirement management and requirement report
  • Organize and lead CCBs (internal and external)
  • Organize delivery reviews (DyR) and ensure the program items deliveries in configuration
  • Participate to SW/HW or subsystem delivery reviews
  • For products, lead hardware change and definition
    • Validate the configurations under PLM
    • Validate the hardware evolution (MR) and associated impacts
• Support the Program Manager for engineering cost and planning management
  • Provide QCD analyses & estimations on evolutions together with the program core and engineering teams
  • Liaise (with the System Application Architect in case of system) with projects and tender activities (evolutions & anomalies analysis, roadmap, documentation support)
  • Alert and report on any event/risks that may impact the program development and associated QCD commitments
• Validate material selection and procurement activities together with the Program Manger
• Promote the Alstom Code of Ethics and adherence to the highest standards of ethical conduct.

Performance measurements

• System/product compliance to committed requirements
• Baseline scope coverage rate compared to the committed content
• Baseline delivery quality
• On Time Delivery  

MAIN REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

Educational Requirements

Mandatory:

• Engineer Degree

Desirable:

• Master-Degree
• Certification in System Engineering

Experience

Mandatory:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in system/product métier (project or program)
• Knowledge of the program’s technical domain

Desirable:

• Alstom internal Training Advanced System Architect Program (ASAP for Architects)
• Program’s specific domain knowledge

Competencies & Skills

• Team management
• Ability to work transversally with Engineering teams
• Product & Domain knowledge
• Expertise in System Engineering
• Concurrent engineering
• Design for safety and RAM compliance
• QCD Management
• Design for Quality life cycle
• English communication skills

Alstom is the leading company in the mobility sector, solving the most interesting challenges for tomorrow’s mobility. That’s why we value inquisitive and innovative people who are passionate about working together to reinvent mobility, making it smarter and more sustainable. Day after day, we are building an agile, inclusive and responsible culture, where a diverse group of people are offered opportunities to learn, grow and advance in their careers, with options across functions and geographic locations. Are you ready to join a truly international community of great people on a challenging journey with a tangible impact and purpose?  

Equal opportunity statement:
Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected.  All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law. 
 

Job Type:​Experienced​