Senior Customer Project Manager

1 Month ago • 3-12 Years • Project Management

Job Summary

Job Description

Ansys is seeking a Senior Customer Project Manager to join their Customer Excellence team. This role involves partnering with customers to implement Ansys simulation software solutions and drive business growth. The Project Manager will lead project scoping, planning, and execution, serving as the primary point of contact and coordinating cross-functional teams. Key responsibilities include guiding complex service engagements, defining project scope and deliverables, managing project timelines and resources, identifying and mitigating risks, and mentoring junior project managers. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of engineering workflows and project management methodologies.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in engineering or business
  • Minimum 3 years of experience in an engineering software environment
  • Proven project management experience
  • Strong stakeholder management skills
  • Excellent English communication skills
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
Good to have:
  • 12 years of experience in an engineering software environment
  • 6 years of Project Management experience with enterprise software deployment
  • Familiarity with Ansys software or other CAE/CAD/EDA/PLM packages
  • Project management certifications (PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2)
  • Agile certifications (CSM, PSM)
  • Experience with Waterfall and Agile methodologies
  • Ability to interact with C-Level executives
Perks:
  • Opportunity to work with leading simulation technology
  • Collaborative and innovative work environment
  • Mentorship for junior project managers
  • Recognition for awards such as Newsweek's Most Loved Workplace

Job Details

 Requisition #: 17095 

 

Our Mission: Powering Innovation That Drives Human Advancement  

 

When visionary companies need to know how their world-changing ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation to advanced semiconductors, from satellite systems to life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys. 

 

Innovate With Ansys, Power Your Career.  

 

Summary / Role Purpose

Join the Ansys Customer Excellence team to partner with our customers to engineer what's ahead, solve their real-world engineering problems, deploy Ansys software and solutions in their design workflows, and grow Ansys’ business. The Project Manager leads the scoping and planning of key projects and successfully executes them against the established commitments. Serves as the central focal point of contact, and coordinates and manages internal and external communication of cross-functional teams across all levels of ANSYS and customer management. Provides the central collaboration point between Customer, Account Management and Services Delivery.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities

  • Guide complex Services engagements to successful outcomes using Project Management experience, planning and negotiation skills, subject matter expertise and industry knowledge
  • Facilitate the definition of project scope, goal, requirements and deliverables
  • Define project tasks and resource requirements
  • Develop and manage Project and Program level initiatives and coordinate project plans
  • Establish self as a trusted advisor to multiple customers; understand their key business initiatives, product design needs and engineering design workflows
  • Manage and track project resource allocations, timelines, and deliverables across multiple interconnected workstreams
  • Identify and manage project risk, escalate and interact with ANSYS and customer management for status and issue resolution
  • Provide guidance and oversight on customers advanced technical solution and project planning
  • Work independently within multi-disciplinary teams.
  • Participate on development of PMO Standards and Processes
  • Mentor junior Project Managers
  • Organize and manage multiple projects which are complex in nature

 

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

  • Bachelor's degree or master's degree in engineering and/or business or related field
  • Required minimum years of professional experience in an engineering software environment: BS+8, MS+6, or PhD+3
  • Experience working in engineering / product development environment
  • Proven experience in project management or complex project management with multiple workstreams
  • Proven stakeholder management skills
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to lead status presentations to customers, fluent in writing and speaking English
  • Strong organizational and time management skills, possesses a sense of urgency
  • Projects a professional image and demonstrates business acumen, driven to succeed
  • Strong leadership and mentoring skills
  • Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, and Outlook
  • Ability to travel domestically up to 25% of time

 

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

  • Preferred education and years of professional experience in an engineering software environment: BS+12, MS+10, or PhD+7
  • 6 years of experience in Project Management with an enterprise software and technology deployment focus
  • Demonstrated use of relevant Ansys software or knowledge of other commercial CAE, CAD, EDA, PLM software packages
  • Program or project management certifications like PgMP or PMP or Prince2 Practitioner, Agile certifications like CSM or PSM. Experience with any PM tools e.g. Microsoft Project, ADO, JIRA, Monday etc.
  • Experience with both Waterfall and Agile Project Management methodologies
  • Ability to interact effectively with C-Level Suite

 

At Ansys, we know that changing the world takes vision, skill, and each other. We fuel new ideas, build relationships, and help each other realize our greatest potential. We are ONE Ansys. We operate on three key components: our commitments to stakeholders, our values that guide how we work together, and our actions to deliver results. As ONE Ansys, we are powering innovation that drives human advancement

 

Our Commitments:

  • Amaze with innovative products and solutions
  • Make our customers incredibly successful
  • Act with integrity
  • Ensure employees thrive and shareholders prosper

Our Values:

  • Adaptability: Be open, welcome what’s next
  • Courage: Be courageous, move forward passionately
  • Generosity: Be generous, share, listen, serve
  • Authenticity: Be you, make us stronger

Our Actions:

  • We commit to audacious goals
  • We work seamlessly as a team
  • We demonstrate mastery
  • We deliver outstanding results

 

VALUES IN ACTION

Ansys is committed to powering the people who power human advancement. We believe in creating and nurturing a workplace that supports and welcomes people of all backgrounds; encouraging them to bring their talents and experience to a workplace where they are valued and can thrive.  

 

Our culture is grounded in our four core values of adaptability, courage, generosity, and authenticity. Through our behaviors and actions, these values foster higher team performance and greater innovation for our customers.  

 

We’re proud to offer programs, available to all employees, to further impact innovation and business outcomes, such as employee networks and learning communities that inform solutions for our globally minded customer base. 


WELCOME WHAT’S NEXT IN YOUR CAREER AT ANSYS

At Ansys, you will find yourself among the sharpest minds and most visionary leaders across the globe. Collectively, we strive to change the world with innovative technology and transformational solutions. With a prestigious reputation in working with well-known, world-class companies, standards at Ansys are high — met by those willing to rise to the occasion and meet those challenges head on. Our team is passionate about pushing the limits of world-class simulation technology, empowering our customers to turn their design concepts into successful, innovative products faster and at a lower cost. Ready to feel inspired? Check out some of our recent customer stories, here and here.

 

At Ansys, it’s about the learning, the discovery, and the collaboration. It’s about the “what’s next” as much as the “mission accomplished.” And it’s about the melding of disciplined intellect with strategic direction and results that have, can, and do impact real people in real ways. All this is forged within a working environment built on respect, autonomy, and ethics.
 

CREATING A PLACE WE’RE PROUD TO BE 
Ansys is an S&P 500 company and a member of the NASDAQ-100. We are proud to have been recognized for the following more recent awards, although our list goes on: Newsweek’s Most Loved Workplace globally and in the U.S., Gold Stevie Award Winner, America’s Most Responsible Companies, Fast Company World Changing Ideas, Great Place to Work Certified (China, Greece, France, India, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and U.K.).

 
For more information, please visit us at www.ansys.com
 

Ansys is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.
 
Ansys does not accept unsolicited referrals for vacancies, and any unsolicited referral will become the property of Ansys. Upon hire, no fee will be owed to the agency, person, or entity.

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