Project Manager - Strategy Execution

Introduction to the job

We are seeking a driven Project Manager to join our team in Wilton, CT. This role will be reporting to the newly created role of Strategy Execution Manager in the Wilton Management Team. The candidate will be responsible for project management, execution, and reporting for strategic projects across all aspects of the organization, including Design & Engineering, Wilton Factory, Sourcing and Supply Chain, Human Resources, Corporate Real Estate, Finance, and other functions. This is an opportunity to learn about the overall business of ASML across all sectors and to drive high impact change throughout the organization.

To be effective in the role candidates must possess interpersonal skills to cross functional boundaries and to build constructive and effective relationships across the organization, including internationally.

“This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. § 730, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work. Business demands may require ASM0L to proceed with applicants who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.”

Role and responsibilities

We are seeking a driven Project Manager to join our team in Wilton, CT. This role will be reporting to the newly created role of Strategy Execution Manager in the Wilton Management Team. The candidate will be responsible for project management, execution, and reporting for strategic projects across all aspects of the organization, including Design & Engineering, Wilton Factory, Sourcing and Supply Chain, Human Resources, Corporate Real Estate, Finance, and other functions. This is an opportunity to learn about the overall business of ASML across all sectors and to drive high impact change throughout the organization.

To be effective in the role candidates must possess interpersonal skills to cross functional boundaries and to build constructive and effective relationships across the organization, including internationally.

• Work closely with the Strategy Execution Manager to ensure high priority programs are completed, including motivating team members with an understanding of the rationale and importance of project success.

• Actively engage and align with Sector Heads, Department Managers and Group Leads to secure necessary resources.

• Create detailed project plans including resource requirements.

• Define deliverables for project team members.

• Delegate tasks and follow up.

• Communicate project progress to Senior Leadership as well as stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

• Understand proper escalation paths and acts accordingly.

• Manage project interdependencies.

• Understand how your project links to the overall organization.

• Properly manage impact of changes of your project plan.

• Technical background with relevant knowledge in one discipline (mono or multi).

• Is able to assess and mitigate project risk based on input of team members.

• Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Education and experience

• Minimum educational requirement is a bachelor’s degree in business, physical sciences or engineering. Business training (eg MBA) highly regarded but not required.

• Minimum 8 years experience, with at least 5 years experience in managing projects with internal and external business partners.

• In-depth knowledge of technology tools for data management, modeling, forecasting, and reporting purposes.

• Must have practical experience with project planning and successful track record of execution.

• Project Management qualification (e.g. PMP) or other formal training is desirable.

Skills

Working at the cutting edge of tech, you’ll always have new challenges and new problems to solve – and working together is the only way to do that. You won’t work in a silo. Instead, you’ll be part of a creative, dynamic work environment where you’ll collaborate with supportive colleagues. There is always space for creative and unique points of view. You’ll have the flexibility and trust to choose how best to tackle tasks and solve problems.

To thrive in this job, you’ll need the following skills:

• Able to influence with tact and diplomacy.

• Must have practical experience with project planning and successful track record of execution.

• Excellent customer support skills, with an advanced understanding of upstream and downstream relationships.

• Ability to use all required office and engineering tools to include MS Project or similar, document control system, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and electronic e-mail systems.

• Ability to work effectively across functional boundaries to build relationships with all areas in the company, to understand and reconcile higher level company and customer needs.

• Experience with SAFe Agile is a plus.

Diversity & Inclusion

ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a driving force in the success of our company.

Other information

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee routinely is required to sit; walk; talk; hear; use hands to keyboard, finger, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, reach, and stretch.

• The employee is occasionally required to move around the campus including working while fully gowned in a clean room environment.

• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

• The employee may be required to travel based on business needs.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

• The environment generally is moderate in temperature and noise level.

• May need to work in labs with equipment that emit high-pitched noise.

• Ability to work on any shift based on project needs.

EOE AA M/F/Veteran/Disability

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