Project Manager – CAE

About the Company:

Fluid Codes is an Elite Channel Partner of Ansys in the Middle East and Africa. Ansys is the global leader in engineering simulation, helping the world’s most innovative companies deliver radically better products to their customers. By offering the best and broadest portfolio of engineering simulation software, Ansys helps companies solve the most complex design challenges and engineer products limited only by imagination.

Job Summary:

The Project Manager leads the scoping and planning of key projects and successfully executes them against the established commitments. Serves as the central focal point of contact, and coordinates and manages internal and external communication of cross- functional teams across all levels of QuantaSim and customer management. Provides the central collaboration point between Customer, Account Management and Services Delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

• Guide Services engagements to successful outcomes using Project Management experience, planning and negotiation skills, subject matter expertise and industry knowledge
• Facilitate the definition of project scope, goal, requirements and deliverables
• Define project tasks and resource requirements
• Develop and manage project level initiatives and coordinating project plans
• Establish self as a trusted advisor to multiple customers; understand their key business initiatives, product design needs and engineering design workflows
• Manage and track project resource allocations, timelines, and deliverables across multiple interconnected workstreams
• Identify and manage project risk, escalate and interact with QuantaSim and customer management for status and issue resolution
• Provide guidance and oversight on customers advanced technical solution and project planning
• Work under direction of QuantaSim Services Management and within multi-disciplinary teams
• Participate on development of PMO Standards and Processes
• Organize and manage multiple projects which are complex in nature

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in engineering.
• Required minimum years of professional experience in an engineering software/product development environment: BS+5, MS+3, or PhD+0
• Project management certifications like PMP or Prince2 Foundation. Experience with project management tools e.g. JIRA, ADO, Microsoft Project, Monday etc
• Proven experience in project management with multiple workstreams
• Proven stakeholder management skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to lead status presentations to customers, fluent in writing and speaking English
• Strong organizational and time management skills, possesses a sense of urgency
• Projects a professional image and demonstrates business acumen, driven to succeed
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills
• Ability to travel domestically up to 25% of time.
• Must have industry knowledge of Aerospace and/or Automotive Industry

Preferred Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in engineering.
• Experience in an engineering software/product development environment: BS+8, MS+6, PhD+3
• 4 years of experience in Project Management with an enterprise software and
• technology deployment focus
• Demonstrated use of commercial CAE, CAD, EDA, PLM software packages
• Experience with both Waterfall and Agile Project Management methodologies
• Ability to interact effectively with senior business managers and C-level executives
• Ability to travel domestically up to 50% of time