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IT R&D Project Lead

United States, San Jose 118875.00 - 178313.00 USD / Year · Job Posted January 15, 2026
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For our IT R&D team in San Jose (Silicon Valley, USA), we are looking for an experienced Project Lead to lead projects concerning the Software Development Environment for our HMI and Brion subsidiaries. Multiple IT and business teams work together to deliver a continuously improving Software Development Environment to engineers developing software at HMI and Brion. This role includes handling multiple simultaneous projects, balancing priorities and resources across your portfolio.

Job Responsibility

  • Drive end-to-end execution of IT projects within the R&D domain, balancing constraints like time, quality and budget
  • Initiation (defining scope and goals)
  • Planning (creating schedules, budgets, and resource plans)
  • Execution (leading the team and completing tasks)
  • Monitoring and Control (tracking progress, managing risks, and controlling changes)
  • Closure (finalizing deliverables, documenting lessons learned, evaluating performance, embedding the results / deliverables in the organization)
  • Stakeholder management
  • Clear communication: Provide regular updates to leadership and stakeholders on project status, milestones and blockers
  • Ownership for results: ensuring timely delivery, product quality and stakeholder satisfaction

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or similar
  • Must have 5 years of proven experience managing IT projects, preferably in software development (SDLC) or R&D environments
  • Strong English communication skills – both written and oral
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, cross functional team environment
  • Highly organized and transparent
  • Strong presentation skills
  • A pro-active, initiating attitude
  • Agile mindset
  • Ability to translate technical requirements into actionable project plans
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills
  • Highly motivated team player, with a strong service/customer orientation
  • Good understanding of tooling used for software development (e.g. CI/CD and testing tools) and the associated infrastructure components
  • Proficient use of Microsoft Office suite programs (PowerPoint, Excel, etc.)

Nice to have

  • A Master’s degree is a plus
  • IPMA / PMI training and certifications are a strong plus
  • Experience in large-scale international organizations is a plus
  • Experience working in Agile or hybrid project management methodologies

What we offer

  • Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
  • Participation in the Company’s 401k plan
  • Eight (8) hours of vacation leave every month
  • (13) paid holidays throughout the calendar year

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