Project Director

Committed to the safe and reliable transportation of people throughout all modes of transportation, Yunex Traffic develops software and hardware solutions to enhance road safety, improve traffic flows and help cities to effectively handle their transportation infrastructure. While Yunex is a well-established player in the traffic controller, traffic management and traffic service market, we are a true innovation leader when it comes to implementing connected vehicle technology – being the backbone of safe self-driving vehicles. Many signature customers across the US like Miami, Seattle, New York City or Tampa believe in us. While Yunex prides itself of being a high pace, fast growing business, we still lead to maintain a balanced and forward-thinking working atmosphere.

We believe that a diverse workforce is critical to the success of our team. While growing our international team, we are committed to providing an inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment which supports and enables each team member with personal growth along life’s journey. Benefits like parental leave and support for continued education are just a few of the ways Yunex Traffic strives to support our employees. Here at Yunex Traffic we believe and embrace that a diverse workforce is the only way to have a successful company. We therefore greatly encourage applications from a diverse talent pool and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Position Overview

We are looking for a Project Director to join the Miami teamas regional practice leader. The successful candidate will oversee our innovative solution and project business, lead and develop our regional team of project and engineering, to win and deliver projects in Advanced Traffic Management (ATMS), Tunnel Management, Connected Vehicle, Field Services, Engineering Services, Tolling and SCADA solutions used to manage roadway networks and improve overall safety. This role leads the Miami Dade team during project acquisition and execution phases and ensures that business goals and customer satisfaction are met by executing complex projects on time and within budget. This role requires thought leadership in the respective solution space, applying professional practices in Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) industry, leadership, interpersonal skills as well as a proven track recording in leadership, customer relationship management and project management.

Primary Responsibilities

The Project Director manages - with responsibility for results - complex projects in compliance with internal and external requirements towards ...

• ... executing projects within the defined requirements (e.g. cost, time, functionality, quality),
• ... ensuring business success and satisfaction of the customer,
• ... ensuring professional stakeholder management,
• ... ensuring timely decisions on open issues, escalating if necessary.

Selected Detailed Responsibilities

• Assume full responsibility for the results of the assigned projects and successfully implement them according to external and internal requirements, targets, and best practices.
• Adheres to, ensures, and fosters compliance with Yunex Traffic conduct guidelines and regulations.
• Delivers customer projects execution with clear communication, stakeholder management and team leadership.
• Actively manages contracts, requirements, deliverables/scope, resources, time, cost, quality, risks and opportunities, procurement and logistics, communication and collaboration, documentation and information, environmental matters, health and safety, continuous improvements, controlling and reporting.
• Acts as the customer interface for the assigned projects.
• Agrees targets with project staff and delegates defined responsibilities and authority.
• Coaches / Mentors project managers and teams and takes initiative for own and supports team-members' personal development.
• Facilitates and monitors effective team collaboration.
• Handles and complies with all PM@Yunex relevant processes and milestone work results.
• Ensures implementation of Yunex Project Management Plans.
• Monitors continuously the project status, considering financial guidelines, early identification of discrepancies and initiates targeted actions.
• Defines procedures and requirements concerning quality management (audits, tests, acceptance checks) according to valid Quality Management regulations and standards.
• Optimizes the project cash flow and assets.
• Monitors the performance of the subcontractors / partners, conducts timely escalation (in the event of qualitative shortfalls and problems in cooperation) and, where there are any discrepancies, initiates timely suitable action.
• Negotiates with stakeholders on Change Requests and incorporates them into contracts.
• Defines and agrees with stakeholders the strategy for making / mitigating / defending claims.
• Throughout project life cycle, identifies and assesses all risk factors utilizing available risk measurement tools.
• Devises suitable strategies for risk mitigation (elimination, reduction).
• Implements procedure for solving issues and problems (identification, analysis, actions and controlling) with all necessary internal and external partners.
• Identifies and minimizes non-conformance costs.
• Throughout project life cycle identifies, assesses, and implements all opportunities for improving results
• Ensures that all risks (including compliance) are identified and pursued.
• Actively gathers information on the customer and the customer's requirements/targets.
• Identifies / creates additional opportunities out of the ongoing projects.
• Is actively involved in the sales / project initiation phase, analyzing customers' requirements and examining their technical feasibility and transferability into a bid or project proposal

Minimum Qualifications

• Professional knowledge acquired in 10+ years (e.g. in processing / construction / engineering / development / commercial activities) with varying duties/functions.
• 10+ years of experience in the ITS industry i.e knowledge of intergrated traffic management and transportation solutions along roadways, highways, bridges and tunnels.
• 6 years of managing cross-organizational projects of different project environments (customers / partners / scope / countries / etc.) and budget responsibility exceeding $30M.
• Management of cross-organizational subcontractor: 4 years management of subcontractors.
• Team size of 8 direct reports including team leads/project managers.
• Experience working with with international and multicutural teams

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Proven knowledge, experience, and skills in the management of complex infrastructure projects.
• Skill Leadership methodologies e.g. for personnel management and development, team development, motivation, conflict management.
• Knowledge and interrelation of the project environment with e.g. context, strategy, targets, processes, rules, decision-makers and stakeholders, platforms, IT systems and tools.
• Knowledge of performance spectrum of relevant organizational unit (solutions, services, and products).
• Knows the customer market and its competitors, as well as the customer strategies, business processes and decision-makers.
• Knowledge of intercultural communication and collaboration.
• Knowledge of economics in project business: Established procedures for monitoring and control of financial aspects of project (e.g. project costing and reviewing).
• Knowledge of internal and international rules, Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management, Asset Management, Global Procurement Policy.
• Overview of local law of countries directly affected by the project (i.e. countries of: customer, suppliers, partners).
• Project management methods concerning efficient project organization including roles and responsibilities, duties, and collaboration (also with customers and partners).
• Knowledge of project management tools.
• Knowledge of technologies according to scope of project to understand technical implications.

• Knowledge of languages: English, Spanish beneficial.

Conditions

• The position is full-time, onsite and exempt from overtime.
• The position reports to the Head of Project Management.
• The minimum number of hours per week is 40.
• Up to 20% travel within the U.S

Position Success Competencies

Results and Quality Orientation

Entrepreneurial Spirit

Strategic Mindset

Drive Vision and Purpose

Manage Complexity          

Build Effective Teams

Customer Focus

Decision Making