Discipline Design Leader - Project Management, BRAIN

Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

Key Responsibilities

Project Management

• Lead end-to-end software projects from initiation through customer acceptance and project closure.

• Plan, execute, monitor, and control software development activities according to project objectives.

• Build and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, and deliverables.

• Manage scope, budget, resources, risks, assumptions, dependencies, and project changes.

• Leverage AI-powered tools and AI agents to enhance project delivery efficiency, team productivity, and engineering workflows.

• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and according to quality targets.

• Drive issue resolution and escalation management.

Software Development Lifecycle

• Manage projects throughout the complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

• Understand embedded software constraints and integration with hardware.

• Coordinate activities across requirements engineering, software architecture, design, implementation, integration, verification, validation, and release.

• Ensure alignment between engineering activities and customer expectations.

Customer Management

• Serve as the primary customer interface for project execution.

• Build strong relationships with OEM customers.

• Lead customer meetings and steering committees.

• Present project status, milestones, risks, mitigation plans, and recovery actions.

• Manage customer expectations and negotiate priorities when required.

• Oversees large portfolios, define project governance , lead executive customer engagement , and drive organizational improvements 

Stakeholder Management

• Coordinate with Engineering Managers, Technical Leaders, Quality, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Product Management, and other cross-functional teams.

• Ensure alignment between internal stakeholders and customer commitments.

Risk & Quality Management

• Identify project risks early and define mitigation plans.

• Monitor project KPIs and quality indicators.

• Ensure compliance with internal development processes and quality standards.

• Support project audits and process assessments.

Reporting & Governance

• Prepare executive dashboards and project status reports.

• Track KPIs including:Schedule adherence,Budget,Scope,Risks,Resource utilization,Defect trends,Customer satisfaction

• Present regular updates to management and customers.

Continuous Improvement

• Drive lessons learned and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Contribute to process optimization.

• Support Agile and Lean transformation initiatives where applicable.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

• From 8-12+ years of experience managing software development projects.

• Strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)..

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Strong planning, organization, and leadership abilities.

• Excellent presentation and reporting skills.

• Fluent English.

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Join Us !
Being part of our team, you will join:
- one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
- a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
- more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
- a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development

More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com