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Job Title: Services Principal Project Manager (Global Services)
Job Location: Houston, TX / Calgary, Canada
Job Type: Full Time – Hybrid (3 days/week in office)
Hybrid Requirement: Due to the hybrid nature of this position, the successful candidate must already reside within a commutable distance (<50 miles) of the listed office location.
About the Role
This position is accountable for the end-to-end delivery leadership of large-scale and high-complexity industrial software projects for our existing and future customer base. Projects may span multiple sites and multiple phases from initiation through go-live, hypercare, and handoff, ensuring delivery is completed on time, within scope, and aligned to commercial expectations.
The successful candidate will operate as the customer-facing delivery leader, partnering closely with solution architects, technical leads, and practice/product stakeholders to validate solution approach and execution plans. This role goes beyond traditional project management: you will be expected to maintain a practical understanding of the technical and commercial context of the work—able to navigate executive discussions and complex negotiations while also engaging in detailed delivery planning and technical coordination with customer experts and internal teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the full project lifecycle (initiation → planning → execution → go-live → hypercare → handoff).
- Define scope, milestones, work breakdown structure (WBS), staffing plans, and the delivery model (Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid).
- Establish and run delivery governance, including standups, weekly status cadence, risk reviews, steering committees, and QBRs.
- Provide executive-ready communications: present clear updates, manage expectations, and drive timely decisions by articulating trade-offs and impacts.
- Partner with solution architects and technical leads to validate solution designs covering MES/SCADA/IoT/digital twin, edge compute, and cloud data flows; oversee integration alignment with PLCs/OT systems, historians, data lakes, ERP/MES/PLM/MOM, and manufacturing analytics.
- Lead cross-functional delivery teams, including software engineers, OT/automation specialists, DevOps, QA, data engineers, and site services to achieve project outcomes.
Essential Requirements
- 8–12+ years of project/program management experience with industrial software (MES/SCADA/IoT/Manufacturing Analytics/Edge/Automation).
- Proven delivery experience in production/plant environments, including multi-site or global rollouts.
- Hands-on experience coordinating OT and IT teams and leading integrations with ERP/PLM/MOM.
- Strong command of project management methodologies (Agile/Scrum/Kanban/Waterfall/Hybrid) and tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, Jira, MS Project, Smartsheet).
- Demonstrated success managing $1M–$10M+ projects and complex stakeholder landscapes.
- Excellent executive communication skills, with strong conflict resolution and negotiation capability.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial/Manufacturing Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).
Desired Skills
- Industry experience in one or more of: Automotive, CPG, Pharma/Life Sciences, Chemicals, Oil & Gas, Semiconductors, Heavy Industry.
- Familiarity with platforms such as Aveva/Wonderware, Rockwell FactoryTalk, Siemens Opcenter/WinCC, Ignition, GE Digital, PTC ThingWorx, Azure IoT/AWS IoT, OSIsoft/AVEVA PI, Snowflake/Databricks.
- Experience with data pipelines/ETL, historians, time-series databases, and manufacturing analytics.
- Knowledge of OT cybersecurity (ISA/IEC 62443), ISA‑95/ISA‑88, and CSV/GxP for regulated industries.
- Certifications: PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2, ScrumMaster/SAFe, ITIL, Six Sigma/Lean.
AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a comprehensive background check before they start employment. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws, include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, credit check. Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third party personal data may involve additional background check criteria.
AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business.
Come and join AVEVA to create the transformative technology that enables our customers to engineer a better world.
Skills Required
- 8–12+ years of project or program management experience with industrial software, including MES, SCADA, IoT, manufacturing analytics, edge, or automation
- Experience delivering projects in production or plant environments, including multi-site or global rollouts
- Experience coordinating OT and IT teams and leading integrations with ERP, PLM, or MOM systems
- Strong command of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall, or hybrid project management methodologies
- Experience using project management tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, Microsoft Project, or Smartsheet
- Experience managing projects valued at $1 million–$10 million or more
- Strong executive communication, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Systems, Manufacturing Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Experience in automotive, CPG, pharma/life sciences, chemicals, oil and gas, semiconductors, or heavy industry
- Familiarity with industrial software, IoT, historian, data pipeline, time-series database, and manufacturing analytics platforms
- Knowledge of OT cybersecurity, ISA-95, ISA-88, and CSV/GxP
- PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2, ScrumMaster, SAFe, ITIL, Six Sigma, or Lean certification
AVEVA Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AVEVA and has not been reviewed or approved by AVEVA.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away from work is positioned as a meaningful part of the rewards mix, including paid time off that can increase with tenure and additional paid volunteering days. This breadth is reinforced by mentions of public holidays and emergency leave as part of the overall time-off offering.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing support appears broad and multi-channel, combining counseling access, coaching resources, and region-specific digital wellbeing tools. Flexible work hours and a hybrid model are also presented as lifestyle-supporting elements within the broader rewards package.
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Career-Linked Recognition & Rewards — Recognition is tied to tenure milestones through a formal program that provides rewards and symbolic recognition. Development-linked rewards also appear through learning access, mentorship, and education reimbursement that connects benefits to skill growth.
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What We Do
AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software, sparking ingenuity to drive responsible use of the world’s resources. The company’s secure industrial cloud platform and applications enable businesses to harness the power of their information and improve collaboration with customers, suppliers and partners. Over 20,000 enterprises in over 100 countries rely on AVEVA to help them deliver life’s essentials: safe and reliable energy, food, medicines, infrastructure and more. By connecting people with trusted information and AI-enriched insights, AVEVA enables teams to engineer efficiently and optimize operations, driving growth and sustainability. Named as one of the world’s most innovative companies, AVEVA supports customers with open solutions and the expertise of more than 6,400 employees, 5,000 partners and 5,700 certified developers. With operations around the globe, AVEVA is headquartered in Cambridge, UK. Learn more at www.aveva.com
