Position Overview

- Position title/ Department: Lead – R&D; PMO
- Reports to: Head of R&D;
- Direct reports: Project Coordinator & Documentation Controller
- Location / base: Mumbai (on-site)
- Total experience: 8 to 10 years
- Education: BE/ B.Tech in Electronics, Telecom, Mechatronics, Mechanical
- Employment type: Full-time, permanent
- Certification: PMP is a must

Role Purpose

Own end-to-end project management and programme monitoring for organization’s R&D; portfolio of optical emission spectrometry instruments, converting a multidisciplinary engineering pipeline into predictable, gate-controlled and cost-managed product launches. Accountable for portfolio health visibility for schedule, cost, risk & compliance, enabling management for evidence-based go/no-go decisions.

Key Responsibilities

- NPD & Stage-Gate Governance and Design Reviews:
- Own, maintain and continuously improve R&D;’s stage-gate NPD framework.
- Facilitate gate reviews and ensure gate deliverables are complete, accurate and evidence-based.
- Planning, scheduling and resource mapping:
- Build and maintain an integrated master schedule and resource-capacity plan.
- Track and report baseline-versus-actual variances.
- Run the operating cadence: Stand-ups, weekly or fortnightly reviews, blocker escalation.
- Cost and budget management:
- Own the R&D; budget cycle and project cost plans; govern target product cost.
- Maintain BOM maturity and release:
- Drive BOM maturity, release and change control through NPI rollout in coordination with Operations.
- Risk and issue management:
- Maintain live risk, issue, dependency and decision registers with structured escalation and mitigation plans.
- Project Reporting, Dashboards and MIS:
- Build and present MIS and dashboards covering gate status, schedule variance,



cost variance and top risks

- PMO Capability and Processes:
- Standardise the PMO toolkit and project-management practices.
- Define and implement new processes and drive continuous process improvement.
- Leadership and Stakeholder Management:
- Lead, mentor and develop the PMO team
- Present R&D; project status to the leadership team and manage expectations on date, scope and cost with evidence
- Cross Functional Management
- Interact with Operations, Service and NPI as needed to drive product evaluation closure and subsequent release
- Ensure seamless co-ordination with cross functional teams to deliver project outcomes on time

Tools and Systems

- Must have: Advance MS Project & Excel experience, and executive-grade presentation skills.
- Positive to have: Asana, Jira and/or other project management tools.

Soft Skills

- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with clarity of thought and articulation
- Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams
- Proactive and can-do approach with strong sense of ownership and accountability
- Ability to manage timelines under tight schedules

Required Experience

8–10 years of total experience, with the following composition:
- Minimum 5 years of technical project management in a hardware product design and development organisation
- Must have experience in programme management with several interdependent projects
- Experience working in a multidisciplinary hardware environment spanning electronics/embedded, mechanical and software/firmware
- Experience managing a formal stage-gate process and solid understanding of change management systems and BOM implications
- Team leadership experience, including performance management of direct reports

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