The IAD EAE+ CoE Leader is responsible for leading the execution strategies for Projects Services as well as supporting our Pre-sales Innovation initiatives, in collaboration w/ globally distributed Open Automation Delivery, Pre-sales Innovation Support Leads regional IAD proposal teams. This requires mandating engineering best practices, building and developing talent, technical capabilities and contributing to customer satisfaction Quality. This role provides leadership to ensure the delivery of quality solutions to global clients, achieving customer satisfaction and targeted business objectives. Drives the adoption and compliance with global project engineering tools and processes and engages in strategic planning to meet business open automation team objectives.

What will you do

- Projects/Services and Resource Management: Contribute to business growth by achieving Open Automations targets through the delivery of successful, innovative, and high-quality projects
- Contribute to and support project proposals, including defining execution models, scopes of work, solutions, pricing estimates, schedules, and resource allocations for business opportunities projects
- Plan, ability to lead when/if required, and support key project technical discussions (eg: project reviews, design workshops, KOMs, etc.)
- Serve as the focal point for managing/addressing escalations related to CoE team challenges
- Oversee CoE resource forecasts, allocations, and utilization/recovery plans
- Collaborate pro-actively w/ relevant IAD other SE stakeholders to define competencies/skills required for the Open Automation Engineer of the future define a plan for how IAD resources can acquire these skills
- Quality and Process Improvement:



Ensure proper quality reviews of CoE team deliverables by instituting the needed guidelines/controls in place ensuring team compliance to those
- Drive engineering excellence consistency
- Client and Stakeholder Engagement: Maintain productive relationships with key internal and external stakeholders and ensure successful customer engagement for strong customer satisfaction
- Technical Excellence: Support (and lead when required) FEED, beneficial studies, PoC, technical risk reviews and cold eye reviews of selected projects
- Explore alternatives and minimum compliant solutions for Projects and drive/support engineered solutions to meet customer requirements
- Support Open Automation Innovation and Verification Validation activities
- Play an active role in knowledge management and sharing across the domain and wider team
- Sales and Proposal Support: Early engagement on strategic opportunities and support sales with technical expertise during client presentations and product demos
- Drive benchmark for technical solution support estimations based on execution experiences
- Participate in Deal winning sessions and CQA approval process when required
- Review Compliance to Specifications and identify technical risks
- What skills and capabilities will make you successful
- Innovative approach, enthusiasm for the capabilities of EAE/SDA/OPA technology passion for trying new things
- A continuous quick learning mindset and a willingness to share knowledge
- Persuasive and Influential:



Ability to effectively engage and inspire collaboration in a complex matrix diverse team environment
- Business Acumen: Strong financial and commercial awareness, coupled with excellent judgment
- People Leadership: Focused on supporting team growth and development, recognizing and celebrating success, fostering a culture of continuous learning, strong engagement, motivation and designing an effective organization to meet current and future business needs
- Resilience: Comfortable with uncertainty, able to cope with pressure, and maintain composure
- Professional Challenger: Skilled in creating scope for discussion and negotiation, critical thinker, challenging professionally to drive better outcomes
- Pragmatic Decision-Making: Comfortable making rapid decisions with calculated risks, ensuring practical and effective solutions
- A recognized Degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Computer Science or Process Control is desirable.
- 10+ years experience with automation systems projects execution/delivery, with minimum of 4 years in lead technical and/or project management role
- Experience with automation systems proposals in terms of validation/benchmarking, architecture generation, sizing estimation tools is a plus
- Knowledge of open automation solutions, tools standards is a plus
- Fluency in English (oral and written). Other languages are beneficial
- Culturally sensitive and globally aware
- Willingness to travel internationally and regionally (as per business requirements)

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