Sr Principal Professional Services Project Manager

AspenTech is a global software leader helping industries meet the increasing demand for resources from a rapidly growing population in a profitable and sustainable manner. Our Digital Grid Management software suite, including AspenTech OSI products, helps power and utilities companies achieve superior real-time control, optimization and management for exceptional performance of complex energy networks.

The RoleFully understand AspenTech’s plans for project delivery in India and help AspenTechsenior management achieve its vision for a high quality, efficient and effective project management capability in India.Your Impact

• Develop an effective project delivery team at AspenTech India including short- and long-term plans for maintaining an effective organization in line with corporate goals and vision for AspenTech India.
• Help AspenTech India to extend the capability described above to support projects and other technical and support functions throughout the rest of the world.
• Build organization capability in the project engineering team. This includes staffing and succession planning, employee goals setting, job performance evaluation, employee development and employee motivation and communication. Problems are identified and addressed appropriately. Proactively manage and develop all direct reports.
• Drive good cultural, organizational and technical / procedural alignment between AspenTech US and AspenTech India.
• Devise, measure, and track key performance metrics for the team and individual that relate directly to the goals of the department, team, and company.
• Ensure appropriate plans to achieve all project milestones, quality gates and dates of interest are on schedule. Proactively identify, mitigate, and elevate, where required, issues / risks to senior management in a timely manner.
• Ensure appropriate Project Management procedures are in place for effective project execution.
• Ensure appropriate processes exist and are followed for the effective implementation of customer projects including thorough management of the change control process.
• Facilitate effective project closures, a smooth transition to the Customer Support team and commencement of the warranty services.
• Solicit customer feedback and lessons learned on every closed project and report to senior management.
• Participate in Business Development and Contract Development activities as needed.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 10 + years relevant experience managing technical projects.
• Proven success in technical project management, project scheduling, vendor management and customer satisfaction.
• Effective employee management and exceptional leadership skills.
• Strategic abilities to reach corporate goals by developing concise tactical plans.
• Ability to create and document a plan.
• Ability to organize work in a way that supports effective prioritization, completion, and corporate visibility.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent common sense and business savvy professional.
• 8+ years of work experience in the utility industry.
• Knowledge of electrical utility operations and capabilities and use of SCADA or EMS or DMS products.
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