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IVC Project Manager and Test Lead

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In short

We are seeking a proactive IVC Project Manager and Test Lead for our Radio R&D center in Yokohama, Japan. This role involves leading R&D and IVC projects, defining test strategies, and ensuring the release and performance of next-generation radio products. The ideal candidate has significant project management or test management experience and strong technical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Understand and manage the full project scope, including product, technical, organizational, development-flow, and ways-of-working aspects.
  • Take responsibility and accountability for committed work, delivering according to plans and overall estimates.
  • Develop full-scale project plans and project-management deliverables, including schedules, cost estimates, milestones, and progress reporting.
  • Manage project dependencies and critical paths, identify schedule and delivery risks, and create and follow up mitigation plans.
  • Proactively manage changes in project and product scope, communicating impacts and decisions clearly to team members, stakeholders, and users.
  • Motivate project team members and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
  • Represent IVC in pre-studies and analyze the test impact of new Radio products and Features.
  • Drive Product Test Strategies covering several IVC disciplines for selected product segments, and build and evolve Test Plans for different products.
  • Drive estimation meetings with stakeholders inside and outside IVC to define test scope, coverage, effort, and delivery expectations.
  • Act as Project Manager for selected features or Radio products when needed, securing and facilitating test progress and handling test-scope changes with Systems and Design.
  • Participate in the Technology Area – Testability to capture technology trends and reflect them in IVC Test Strategies.
  • Continuously evaluate early-phase, development, release, and test processes and drive improvements that reduce lead time and increase coverage and efficiency.

Requirements

  • A B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Business Administration, or a similar discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
  • At least five years of relevant work experience, including significant experience in project management, project leadership, or test management.
  • Technical knowledge and practical experience with hardware and/or software development, together with experience testing HW or SW products.
  • Experience leading people, project teams, or cross-functional activities and building strong, highly empowered teams.
  • The ability to understand development flow from requirements through customer delivery and to connect product, technical, organizational, and test perspectives.
  • Good planning, organizing, analytical, strategic-thinking, and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong interpersonal, verbal, written, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
  • Fluent spoken and written English and the confidence to present project status, risks, plans, and strategic recommendations.

Desired Qualifications

  • RF and Radio knowledge is beneficial.
  • Experience with Radio HW/SW products is beneficial.
  • Leadership experience such as OPO, team lead, or MR/SP driver is beneficial.
  • Lean and Agile knowledge and skills.
  • An open-minded and innovative attitude.
  • An interest in constantly learning and sharing new findings.
  • Self-motivation, constructive questioning behavior, a positive and passionate approach to work, and a strong team-player mindset.

Benefits

  • Outstanding opportunity to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what's possible.
  • Build solutions never seen before to some of the world's toughest problems.
  • Challenging work environment.
  • Join a team of diverse innovators.
  • Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values.
#R&D#Project Management#Test Lead#Radio Products#Yokohama#Japan
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Company

Ericsson

Job Posted

2 weeks ago

Employment Type

Full Time

WorkMode

On Site

Experience Level

Mid-Senior

Locations

Yokohama, Japan

Qualification

Bachelor, Master

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