R&D Project Manager

Job Description :

*First internal assessments of the resources required to execute a research project (definition of milestones and deliverables, the project team members required to reach the objectives and an overview of dependencies). In addition, you ensure a balance between customer needs and imec's available resources and priorities in collaboration with the technical lead/manager.
*Define a way of working for the project team (meeting schedule, documentation, and reporting, ...).
*Monitor progress with respect to the approved plan (e.g., keep track of key deliverables, critical lot progress, create and track resource dashboards).
*Capture and examine issues/risks and estimate the impact. When needed you escalate to higher management.
*Explore and identify value creation opportunities in work methods and business processes in collaboration with the various stakeholders in the different units.
*Work on implementing and improving our overall project methodology.

Profile / Requirements :

*You have obtained a master's degree, preferably in computer architecture or engineering. We value your extensive track record in project and change management, and project delivery.
*Your experience in computer architectures, Instruction set architectures, system simulation (gem5, SST,...), System Performance modeling will be valued.
*You enjoy building strong internal and external relationships, have a customer focus and are result-oriented.
*As a project manager you are able to function in a matrix organization, interacting with multiple stakeholders (expertise centra)

About us :

We are a Belgian engineering consulting firm that assists SMEs and large industrial organizations in bringing their innovation and R&D initiatives to life.