R&D Project Manager

The Company:

Hexagon is a global leader in digital reality solutions, combining sensor, software, and autonomous technologies. We are putting data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, quality, and safety across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, public sector, and mobility applications.

Our technologies are shaping the production and people-related ecosystems to become increasingly connected and autonomous — ensuring a scalable, sustainable future.

Hexagon’s Mining division solves surface and underground mine challenges with proven technologies for planning, operations, and safety.

Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 24,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 5.5bn USD. Learn more at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB.

Purpose of Position:

• Plan, deliver, and track projects using Hexagon methodology to meet project milestones.
• Work collaboratively with multi-disciplined internal and external stakeholders to ensure project deliverables are deployed on time and meet requirements.
• Monitors costs, times, quality and resources used takes action where these exceed agreed tolerances.
• Agrees project approach with stakeholders and prepares realistic project plans (including scope, schedule, quality, risk and communication plans). Tracks activities against the project schedule, managing stakeholder involvement as appropriate.

Major Areas of Responsibility:

• Develop project-planning deliverables, including, but not limited to, schedules, work breakdown structures, execution plans, risk assessment and communication plans.
• Track projects against budgets (time and cost). Provide regular project updates to internal stakeholders.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.
• Track and report on project issues. Manage internal stakeholders to deliver technical and non-technical solutions for issues.
• Work collaboratively with PD Team to ensure project plan meets stakeholders’ expectations.
• Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule, and project costs using appropriate techniques.
• Manage delivery under pressure and in conjunction with other stakeholders from other departments.
• Assures that projects are organized and executed in accordance with the Hexagon Innovation Processes as defined by corporate requirements and compliance.
• Build and maintain working relationships to encourage team building and coaching / professional development of team.
• Identify and collaborate on processes adoption and improvements.
• Work across multiple time zones and schedules
• Report and escalate to management as needed
• Other duties as required from time to time.

Knowledge and Experience - Required:

• Education/Credentials:
  • Bachelor’s degree.

• Experience / Skills / Attributes:

  • 5 + years’ proven work experience in Project Management
  • Experience delivering projects in line with the business strategies.
  • Proven experience in Project Management role for product development.
  • Knowledge of risk management principles and practices and ways of mitigating those risks to an acceptable level.
  • Strong sense of urgency, being able to work to tight deadlines and priorities where necessary.
  • Strong communication and leadership skills, including the ability to provide direction to local and remote staff.
  • Flexibility to work across multiple time zones and schedules.

Knowledge and Experience - Desired:

• CAPM or PMP Certification
• Experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Methodologies
• Microsoft Project experience
• Atlassian JIRA experience

Travel:

• Must be eligible and willing to travel internationally = 25%

Hexagon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against any job applicant based on protected characteristics.