Project Leader II

About the role

We're ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life-from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more. As part of the global ALTEN Group-57,000+ engineers in 30 countries-we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing. When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you'll collaborate on some of the world's toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow. The Project Leader has technical responsibility of Work Package projects with an estimated engineering count of 30-80 FTEs. The responsibilities of the Project Leader are to manage the technical project activities according to agreed deliverables, quality and cost as well as ensuring compliance with customer requirements. Additional responsibilities are to qualify the internal staffing of projects, develop and adhere to project timeline and report the operational situation during internal reviews. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty in accordance with defined standards. Other duties or tasks may be assigned as required. The essential duties and responsibilities are as follows: Customer/Bid & Offer Review technical requirements set by customer Participate in quotation activities Support client meetings and on/off-site visits Monitor delivery progress with the customer Support negotiation with the customer Project Management Manage project team and tasks on a day-to-day basis Report/communicate to external technical stakeholder Monitor delivery progress on projects Manage technical scope of projects Responsible for quality of deliverables Prepare customer Steering Committee meetings Evaluate activities/roles that should be near-/offshore, if any Support definition of roles and responsibilities in project organization Support validation of project organization and team members Monitor technical skills of team members Report operational/financial situation during ALTEN internal monthly financial reviews Identify technical/project training needs on projects Support efforts to change/improve engagement model with clients Drive and support AI implementation Supervisory Needs and Responsibilities: Supervise and manage team by providing guidance/mentorship, assigning tasks, setting goals, and evaluating performance of team members. Make strategic decisions based on alignment with ALTEN leadership and the overall organizational strategy. Minimum Qualifications and Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should meet each requirement. The requirements listed below are representative of the required knowledge, skills, and/or ability. Education and Experience Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from a technical college or university in Engineering, Electrical Engineering preferred. Minimum 6 years of total experience, including a minimum of 2 years in a Project Leadership role. Must possess hands-on experience with project management and project management leadership. Preferred Qualifications and Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should be able to perform each essential duty. The requirements listed below are representative of preferred knowledge, skills, and/or ability. Language Ability Ability to read, write, speak, analyze and interpret all forms of communication and business correspondence. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the engineers. Reasoning Ability Ability to systematically analyze complex problems, draw relevant conclusions and implement appropriate solutions. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Computer Skills To perform this job successfully, an individual should have extensive knowledge of the following software programs: Microsoft Office suite of programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, and Outlook). Other Skills/Abilities/Specifications Demonstrated ability to manage projects successfully to customer requirements (scope, cost, schedule, margin, delivery of contractual deliverables) Project Location The Project Leader needs to be located in San Fransico, CA to have proximity to client. Physical Demands and Working Environment: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an