INSenior AssociatePMODigital Engineering TransformationAdvisoryChennai

Job Description & Summary:

This is not a typical PMO role. Youll be embedded with the R&D leadership of a fast-moving wind turbine manufacturer that is building its engineering function from the ground up defining how projects get tracked how decisions get made and how a growing team of engineers stays aligned on priorities. The R&D head is technically strong but operationally stretched and youll be the person who takes the overhead off their plate: standing up process where there is none bringing structure without bureaucracy and making sure the right things get done in the right order. If youve worked inside a wind OEM during a period of rapid growth or in any industrial R&D environment where the org was ahead of its processes this will feel familiar.

Responsibilities:

• Build and run the R&Dprogrammemanagement function from scratch intakeprioritisation resource allocation milestone tracking

• Stand up lightweight governance: stage-gate frameworks decision logs RAID registers and weekly rhythm-of-business cadence

• Translate R&D portfolio priorities into executable sprint and project plans working directly with engineering leads

• Own theprogrammereporting pack - status risks decisions needed - for the R&D head and executive stakeholders

• Identify and close process gaps as they emerge: design reviews drawing release workflows supplier qualification tracking IP logging

• Support hiring and onboarding coordination as the R&D team scales

• Act as the connective tissue between R&D IT procurement and external partners

Mandatory skill sets:

• Programmeor project management in an R&D or engineering environment not just IT delivery

• Wind energy experience strongly preferred;alternatively: industrial manufacturing R&D

• Comfortableoperating in ambiguity - able to create structure without being given a template

• Strong working knowledge ofprogrammetools: Jira MS Project Smartsheet or equivalent

• Excellent stakeholder management - able to work with a technically opinionated R&D head and translate their priorities intoorganisedplans

Preferred skill sets:

• PMP PRINCE2 orSAFecertification useful but not required; demonstrated delivery track record matters more

Years of experience required:

4 years

Education qualification:

Any UG/PG