Àrchitecture manager

Job Description

Objective

• Responsible for managing resources and schedules in order to ensure successful implementation of all appliance or subsystem related development activities

Key responsibilities

Design/Project Management

• Organize and follow-up of all product/module projects including:                                       

• New features and esthetical design
• Drive application of innovation for that platform or category.                                               
• Cost reduction projects                                
• Quality improvement projects                                  
• Platform/category standardization projects        

• Act as main point of contact and interface with national or global for internal and external customers.
• Manage relationship with global R&D resources and global core competence centers in order achieve full synergy in global platforms and features.
• Participate in concept development activities                             
• Ensure new variants introduction                                     
• Ensure aesthetical/design alignment among the products
• Ensure compliance with both internal and external safety standards                                   
• Ensure product or module approval
• Reduce complexity                 
• Ensure compliance with either internal or external safety standards.                                  
• Give final approval for introduction in production of new products or module engineering changes                     

Process/Team management (Optional)

• Budget responsibility
• Work closely with the regional management team in order to consolidate R&D objectives and programs within the context of the overall regional / global product Generation Plans.
• Give approval for introduction in production of new, platform relevant, products and engineering changes.
• Ensure all R&D activities comply with legal demands and ethical standards.  
• Responsible for team growth.            

Key functional qualifications

• Project management
• Processes – PCP, IPDP, EC
• Good knowledge of local market requirements and consumer insight
• Good competitors knowledge
• Basic knowledge of approval rules in different countries
• Ability to handle complex tasks (Priorities, uncertainties, interfacing a lot of other teams)
• Ability to work in a matrix organization
• Technical or people leadership experience required.
• Basic understanding of engineering, manufacturing and assembly principals.

Generic qualifications

• Good verbal and written communications
• Exceptional Problem Solving Skills
• Strong aptitude for details
• Mature thinking and professional presentation with common sense and judgment in a broad business perspective;
• Collaborative leader and team player
• Ability to influence people who are not direct reports
• Strong Continuous Improvement mindset
• English and local language as mandatory.

Seniority levels

Design Team Leader

Senior Design Team Leader

Design Team Manager

Senior Team Manager