Responsibilities & Key Deliverables

Key Responsibilities

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Lead program planning and execution for the Trucks & Buses Product Development portfolio, ensuring alignment with business objectives, timelines, budgets, quality, and launch milestones.

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Own the Master Project Plan covering milestones, work packages, resources, dependencies, critical paths, and gateway activities.

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Establish and drive PMO frameworks for governance, milestone tracking, risk management, resource planning, performance monitoring, and recovery actions.

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Provide leadership with enterprise-level visibility on project health, risks, dependencies, budgets, and critical decisions through periodic governance and management reviews.

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Drive cross-functional execution with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, Purchasing, and Program teams to resolve bottlenecks and ensure timely product launches.

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Lead resource and capacity planning, manpower planning, hiring requirements, and resource utilization across Product Development.

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Drive financial governance for development budgets and Capex,



monitoring costs, utilization, and deviations.

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Identify and mitigate program risks, escalate critical issues, and drive timely corrective and recovery actions.

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Champion PMO maturity, continuous improvement, best practices, and new project management processes.

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Coordinate project assessments/ratings with internal and external agencies and support Product Development on resource, finance, and governance requirements.

Experience

15+ years

Industry Preferred

Automotive- Truck & Buses OEM

Qualifications

BE/BTech+M.Tech/MBA

General Requirements
- Knowledge of recent product development processes / MPDS
- Expertise in budget, cost management, and manpower planning
- Familiarity with APQP, PPAP, DFMEA, PFMEA
- Proficiency in MS Office
- Innovative approaches to work
- Discipline and achievement focus
- Ability to execute deliverables within deadlines with minimal guidance and timely escalation

📌 Head - PMO (Chandigarh)
🏢 Mahindra & Mahindra
📍 Chandigarh