Portfolio Engineering Leader

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time Portfolio Engineering Leader in Sofia we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your analytical and organizational expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside dynamic, adaptable, and forward-thinking teammates.

You'll lead an engineering team to deliver impactful results while fostering collaboration and innovation. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (design, software, installation, and testing), coordinate with external stakeholders, and ensure seamless project execution and continuous improvement.

You’ll specifically take care of guiding your team and managing engineering deliverables, but also ensuring effective communication and collaboration with contractors, customers, and consortium partners.

We’ll look to you for:

• Setting clear team goals, delegating tasks, and establishing deadlines.
• Providing support for project and program execution.
• Coordinating design and interface activities, including identifying specific interfaces with legacy systems.
• Preparing and presenting interface control documents to customers and stakeholders.
• Supporting the approval process for route dependency tables and schematic plans.
• Coordinating activities with contractors, customers, and internal teams on a daily/weekly basis.
• Facilitating the submission and review of detailed designs, addressing findings, and ensuring updates are communicated effectively.
• Participating in coordination and progress meetings with customers and consultants.
• Supporting installation and testing teams with as-built designs and updates.
• Drafting and submitting technical and safety-related documentation to stakeholders.
• Contributing to process, methods, and tools deployment and improvement.
• Fostering the collection and sharing of lessons learned (REX) from project execution.
• Reviewing workload forecasts and staffing projects/bids accordingly.
• Participating in tender design and documentation reviews.
• Committing to project/program quality, cost, and delivery (QCD) objectives.

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or equivalent experience in engineering, science, or business management.
• Previous experience in a complex development environment (e.g., railways, automotive, aerospace).
• Engineering and processes background.
• Experience in project/program execution and management.
• Understanding of execution effort estimation.
• Knowledge of Alstom platforms (or similar).
• Experience in team management and leadership.
• Involvement in projects with teams across regions and development centers.
• Strong networking and collaboration skills.

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges, and a long-term career free from boring daily routines.
• Work with new standards for rail traffic management.
• Collaborate with transverse teams and supportive colleagues.
• Contribute to innovative projects.
• Utilise our dynamic, friendly, and flexible working environment.
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries.
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning.
• Progress towards Verification and Validation Management or other exciting projects/teams.
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension).

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.