Project Management Director Jobs

We are looking for a dynamic, talented Project Management Director – Hydrogen Technologies- Americas to join our team specializing in Marketing for our New Power Business located in Mississauga, Canada. This role is designated hybrid and will require 30%-50% of travel.

In this role, the Project Management Director will make an impact in the following ways:

• Coaches and mentors Project Management Managers and Project Managers; delegates project assignments based on availability, ability, and developmental needs; provides developmental feedback to team members; coaches other Project Managers in managing teams.
• Develops, leads, and motivates project management staff; sets goals in training and development, performance, and career planning.
• Leads, manages, and strategically directs the project management department activities for assigned functional areas.
• Directs the assessment of business needs, Project Manager capabilities and available project budgets.
• Secures senior leadership sponsorship of projects and approval of objectives; keeps business leadership apprised of project status and developments; monitors project success measures and understands the status of specific projects and assignments.
• Formulates annual operational and financial budgets as they relate to unit objectives.
• Partners with business leaders to identify short and long-term projects to be undertaken; directs needs analysis in collaboration with business leaders to determine project timelines; oversees analysis, project identification, design, budget, communication, and integration; approves business workflow and project design.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

Change Management - Applies the Cummins structured process and tool set for engaging individuals and organizations through change to achieve and sustain business results and outcomes.

Project Management - Establishes and maintains the "Balanced Triangle" of Scope, Schedule, and Resources for a temporary effort (a "project").

Business insight - Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals.

Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.

Financial acumen - Interpreting and applying understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions.

Manages complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.

Balances stakeholders - Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders.

Directs work - Providing direction, delegating, and removing obstacles to get work done.

Drives results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.

Manages conflict - Handling conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise.

Builds effective teams - Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.

Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

Education, Licenses, Certifications

• College, university, or equivalent degree required in Business, Engineering, or related fields
• This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations
• Green Belt certification required

Experience

• Responsible for leading activities to help us successfully bid, win, and implement electrolyzer projects, serving our key customers so we can achieve financial target of $250 mill by 2025 and $1b by 2030.
• Broad business knowledge required.
• Responsible for implementing and ensuring that team is applying consistent processes, tools, that help us mitigate risk and achieve project deliverables.
• Responsible for helping us interface with EPC (engineer procurement and construction), and customer contacts to drive successful project implementation meeting our contractual obligations.
• French as a 2nd language would be a plus.
• Prior experience working on EPC environment, either as part of EPC company or extensively interfacing with one would be a plus.
• Significant experience, including managerial and budgetary experience, required.
• Collaborate with PMO Director in Europe to drive consistency on common tools and processes, to avoid duplication of efforts.