Senior Project Manager Release Train Engineer (SAFe) Embedded & Telecom Products

Job description for Senior Project Manager / Release Train Engineer (SAFe) - Embedded & Telecom Products

Qualification:

• B.E BTECH MCA MCS or equivalent Post Graduation in any branch preferably in E&TC

Electronics Computer science Information Technologies

Experience:

• 15-20 years

Location:

• Pune

Responsibilities:

Project Delivery & Governance

• Drive end-to-end project delivery including initiation planning implementation transition and closure across all project areas: scope requirements WBS scheduling priority and dependency management.
• Manage projects within budget schedule scope and quality boundaries; monitor KPIs and operational metrics.
• Coordinate with stakeholders across locations to deliver against the project charter; realign and update charter when deviations occur.
• Evaluate and manage risks with appropriate mitigation and contingency measures; report status consistently to all stakeholders.

Global & Multi-site Leadership

• Lead globally distributed project teams across four or more sites ensuring aligned delivery effective cross-cultural communication and consistent governance.

SAFe / Agile Release Train

• Act as Release Train Engineer (RTE): facilitate ART events coordinate PI Planning drive PI objectives support Agile teams and remove impediments.
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies risks and impediments within a SAFe environment.

Embedded Product & Domain-Specific Projects

• Manage embedded software/hardware projects across relevant technology domains including digital security smart card identity IoT cloud and AI/ML applying deep understanding of embedded Software Development Life Cycle constraints.
• Lead next-generation SIM eSIM and iSIM product development programs covering secure provisioning lifecycle management and remote subscription management technologies.
• Coordinate compliance and certification activities related to GSMA ETSI and 3GPP specifications.

Quality & Compliance

• Ensure quality of project delivery resulting in successful acceptance and validation.
• Support and drive ISO 9001 audit preparation execution and follow-up; ensure project documentation and processes meet ISO 9001 requirements.

Continuous Improvement AI Governance & Innovation

• Apply industry best practices throughout project execution; contribute to org-level process improvements.
• Actively use AI tools to improve personal and team productivity in project management including status reporting risk identification meeting preparation action tracking and documentation.
• Identify and apply practical AI use cases that improve the way of working for the PM and RTE role such as automated reporting backlog analysis dependency tracking and retrospective support.
• Utilize tools: JIRA Confluence Microsoft Project Excel PowerPoint ServiceNow SPM Microsoft Copilot or other AI Tools.

Requirements

• Fluent English; proven experience working directly with Executives and Clients.
• Minimum 58 years of engineering project management experience.
• Proven experience leading global teams across multiple sites cross-cultural cross-time-zone collaboration.
• Solid experience as Release Train Engineer or Scrum Master in SAFe environments (PI Planning ART coordination Inspect & Adapt).
• Experience in embedded projects and working knowledge of relevant technology domains with a clear understanding of domain-specific delivery constraints.
• Experience leading next-generation SIM eSIM or iSIM product development programs including secure provisioning lifecycle management and remote subscription management technologies.
• Working knowledge of GSMA ETSI and 3GPP standards and certification processes.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 quality management; experience contributing to or leading audit preparation.

• Practical experience using AI tools (e.g. Microsoft Copilot or equivalent) to support project management tasks; ability to identify and apply AI use cases that improve PM and RTE efficiency and ways of working.

• Understanding of Product Life Cycle Management (prior experience as developer tester architect or requirements manager is an advantage).
• Ability to bring structure to ambiguous environments; influence change outside span of control.
• Strong and concise verbal and written communication skills; able to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
• Self-starter adaptable customer-oriented; able to work across cross-functional business and technical teams.

Certifications

• SAFe Agilist SAFe Scrum Master or SAFe Release Train Engineer strongly preferred.
• PMP PRINCE2 or equivalent PM certification strongly preferred.

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