Project Manager Product Development

About Us

In OE product Solutions we believe in seeking sustainable solutions, improving and growing the GKN Engines business thru technology development and implementation. Being a key part of this journey enable us to create extended customer value and keep the sky accessible for generations to come. 

If you want to enhance your leadership skills and lead the way into the sustainable aviation future, the opportunity is now – We are searching for dedicated senior leaders that will drive one of our key strategic projects. 
 

About the Role

GKN holds Product Life Cycle responsibility for several commercial engine designed products and produces components in many engine programs at many different GKN sites globally for both design/make and make-to-print components. 

We are currently in search of Senior Project Leaders to join our teams of project leaders, with the opportunity to lead key strategic projects across our commercial engine portfolios. 
These roles offers growth potential, allowing you to take on various project leader assignments along the way.

As Senior Project Leader within our commercial engine project portfolio, you will be responsible for managing a Trade Study project, prior project launch, or Product Development project, including product realization and production industrialization, or Product & Production Support, or Product Field Repair development project. Your primary objective will be to ensure timely delivery of the project within specified quality standards and budget in the specific project directive. Key to your role is the implementation of GKN's unique technologies and expertise, targeting strategic products aligning with GKN Engines growth plan. Your success as a project leader will contribute to the value creation for GKN and the commercial engine programs, in which GKN is an engine share partner.  

You lead, motivate and drive your global cross-functional team throughout trade study, design, manufacturing and procurement phase as well as insertion of new technologies from life cycle gate 0-7 and corresponding customer gates, while maintaining a business-oriented mind set. Your contribution will also be pivotal in strengthening GKN's collaboration with external partners and OEM´s, fostering lasting technical relationships and establishing our reputation as an exceptional partner in the aerospace industry building our “best partners in the sky” footprint. GKN is committed in developing necessary technologies and de-risking a novel product architecture for the future product platforms. 
 

Job Accountabilities

•    Accountable for the project deliverables on-time, within scope, to budget with right quality on all output 
•    Lead, coordinate and organize all aspects of the project, including but not limited to, planning, documentation, resource allocation, risk management and stakeholder management
•    Lead and motivate the project team for flawless execution of project by promoting an atmosphere in the team that champions both physical and mental health, safety and wellbeing
•    Ensure governance and quality adherence in accordance with the applicable GKN Aerospace process standards and policies
•    Inform, report and escalate to the project steering committee 
 

Job Qualifications

Essential:
•    MSc in appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience
•    Demonstrated senior leadership skills, with typically 5-10 years of relevant experience
•    Fluent in Swedish and English
•    Excellent analytical skills

Desirable:
•    Certified project leadership according to PMI or IPMA standards 
•    Knowledge in System-Set-Based approach and/or APQP
•    Experience of working aerospace industry, within R&D or MRO environment
 

Candidate Profile

You provide leadership skills by proactively clearing a path to success for your team, inspiring and ensuring project benefits in-line with the project directives. You will act and not re-act and have the ability to balance contradicting input. You are self-driven and result oriented with the ability to find new opportunities and encourage everyone in your team to excel in their respective strengths, inspiring a culture of growth. You are an excellent communicator, both internally and externally in customer contacts. You will lead a truly international team. You have an open and positive mind-set and you excel via your teams success. You feel an ownership for project success and have excellent and proven skills in working and balancing internal stake holders with respect to external customer and authority demands to pave the way forward successfully. Please review our list of required qualifications as a next step along with key areas of responsibilities.
 

Employment

Type of employment  
Permanent contract

Place of employment and travel requirements
This position is based in Trollhättan, Sweden, as such, the applicant should be able to gain the right to live and work in Sweden. Travel to other locations within Sweden as well as EU and US is expected.
 

Application

The selection process is ongoing and therefore the position may be filled before the deadline for applying. Because of this we encourage you to not wait with submitting your application.

Last application date: 2025.01.05

For more information please contact
Kristina Rundström| Director OE Project Portfolio | GKN Aerospace Engine Systems Sweden. 
Tel: +46 70 0871306
 

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