Technical Computing Project Manager

Staff Technical Project Manager

As a member of the GE Aerospace Digital Technology organization aligned to the Technology & Operations High Performance Computing as a Service (HPCaaS) team, the Staff Technical Project Manager will be responsible for wing-to-wing execution of complex, highly technical projects to deliver quality outcomes to internal and/or external customers. You will partner with the Senior Director, Technical Product Manager, Architects, and functional owners to define requirements and with the technical team internal and external to the program to ensure outcomes are delivered safely, with quality, on time, and within scope and budget. Finally, you will be responsible for shaping and evolving project delivery frameworks, ensuring effective practices are followed within the organization while adapting to the team's rhythms to strengthen execution quality and speed.

In this role, you will:

• Collaborate with business and functional partners and technology leadership in specifying requirements.
• Drive technology discussion and strategy in line with business needs.
• Define execution plan and approach based on project scope, expected timeline and available budget/resources.
• Facilitate convergence of functional and technical knowledge.
• Work with technical team to coordinate day-to-day execution as per outlined plan.
• Cooperate with and manage external vendors as required.
• Develop, implement and ensure project management processes and practices are followed. Drive simplification and improvement as necessary.
• Support execution team with resolution of roadblocks and interdependencies.
• Partner closely with the Technical Product Manager to translate product strategy into actionable project plans and delivery milestones.
• Partner with technical and functional teams external to the project to ensure their tasks are completed as required.
• Manage project risks, scope changes and other non-standard events throughout the life of the project.
• Manage stakeholder communication and progress reporting in partnership with Technical Product Manager.
• Ensure quality of deliverables is verified and matching stakeholder expectations.
• Track project outcomes realization and customer satisfaction levels through established metrics against service level. Ensure lessons learned are collected and discussed transparently within the team.
• Embrace continuous improvement by applying Lean principles and analytical thinking to identify inefficiencies, improve delivery flow, and elevate team performance.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from accredited university or college with minimum of 4 years of professional experience OR associate's degree with minimum of 7 years of professional experience OR High School Diploma with minimum of 9 years of professional experience
• A minimum of 5 years' experience leading and managing complex technical IT projects related to enterprise technical computing infrastructure or application products.
• Must be willing to work out of an office located in Niskayuna, NY with occasional travel as needed.

Desired Qualifications:

• Strong team player collaborates well with others to solve problems and actively incorporates input from various sources.
• Experience working with a global team and demonstrated effectiveness in doing so.
• Proficient with modern project management and collaboration tools (e.g. Smartsheet, JIRA, Asana, etc,) with the ability to apply Agile, Waterfall or hybrid approaches based on project type, team maturity, and delivery needs.
• Demonstrated customer focus evaluates decisions through the eyes of the customer, builds strong customer relationships, creates processes with customer viewpoint and partners with customers to help shape their future initiatives.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Brings enough delivery structure to drive clarity and results, without rigidly enforcing methodology at the expense of team agility.
• Curious, self-motivated learner who proactively closes knowledge gaps and seeks context to improve team delivery.
• Change oriented actively generates process improvements, champions and drives change initiatives, confronts difficult circumstances in creative ways, balances multiple and competing priorities and executes accordingly.
• Communicates in a clear and succinct manner and effectively evaluates information / data to make decisions, anticipates obstacles and develops plans to resolve, creates actionable strategies and operational plans.
• Six Sigma certified.
• Expertise with Lean manufacturing / operating models.
• PMP, Agile Scrum Master or related Project Management certifications.