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Tasks

Product Projects Lead – Exports (Trucks & Buses)

Drive end-to-end strategy and execution of product projects for Export Truck & Bus platforms, ensuring delivery on Quality, Cost, and Timing targets, while enabling competitive and market-relevant products through robust cross-functional and global alignment, thereby contributing to organizational success.

Main task

1.

Ownership:

- Taking ownership for the complete project targets (Quality – Cost – Delivery / Timing) across all assigned projects
- Responsible for end-to-end delivery and achievement of project milestones
- Responsible for managing the project funding within given targets and ensuring optimal utilization

2.

Strategy:

- Responsible for evaluation and steering of variant requests in alignment with Market & Sales requirements
- Monitor, evaluate, and report product characteristics and project metrics to ensure strategic oversight
- Support development of long-term product strategy and platform roadmap decisions

3.

Planning & Execution:

- Platform Lead – Responsible for planning, assessing, reporting, and steering of all projects and deliverables
- Responsible for structured project planning and execution across QG stages (QG09 to QG01)
- Ensure alignment of project timelines, deliverables, and cross-functional dependencies
- Drive readiness for industrialization and smooth ramp-up of project volumes

4.

Steering & Financial Management:

- Responsible for overall project steering, including progress tracking and performance monitoring
- Ensure adherence to cost targets and financial governance of projects
- Provide regular status updates, escalation of issues, and decision-making inputs
- Drive alignment between project performance and business objectives

5.

Continuous Improvement & Risk Management:

- Conduct risk identification, assessment, and mitigation across all projects




- Monitor and report project performance metrics to drive continuous improvement
- Establish feedback loops and lessons learned mechanisms across projects
- Identify training needs for project team members and drive capability enhancement

6.

Global Alignment:

- Lead cross-functional team alignment to understand market requirements and finalize product concepts
- Collaborate with Daimler global teams for platform harmonization and best practice sharing
- Present recommendations and updates to IPSC and iPC forums
- Ensure alignment between local and global product strategies

7.

Leadership:

- Lead Product Projects team at DICV, ensuring alignment towards organizational goals
- Responsible for development, motivation, and performance management of team members
- Drive cross-functional team meetings (CTMs) to review progress and resolve challenges
- Lead people management initiatives, mentoring, and capability building

Communication relations

Stakeholder

Purpose of Communication

Frequency

Head of Product Management & Strategy / Leadership

Alignment on strategic direction, project priorities, and key decisions

Often

Cross-functional Teams (Engineering, M&S;, Quality, Costing, Procurement, IT, Logistics, Project Leads)

Ensure alignment on project deliverables, timelines, and issue resolution to achieve QCD targets

Often

DICV Management / OpCom

Provide regular updates on project progress, risks, cost performance, and strategic alignment

Often

Daimler Global Teams / Central Functions

Drive platform alignment, knowledge exchange, and best practice sharing across global projects

Often

Job number:

8330

Publication period:

06/17/2026 - 06/29/2026

Location:

Chennai

Organization:

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Private Limited

Job Category:

Corporate planning/strategy

Working hours:

Full time

To Location: Chennai, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles India Private Limited

Contact

Recruiter
Name: Bharhathi H R

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📌 Product Projects & Series Mgmt. Export Truck & Bus (India)
🏢 Daimler Truck
📍 India