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

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