Senior PMO Officer

Be part of progress at ASML

Introduction to the job

Raise the bar of portfolio and program management within ASML. Our Program Management Office (PMO) is driving world-class project, program and portfolio management across ASML’s business Lines and Research & Technology. As senior PMO officer you are developing, coaching and guiding new product development and focusing on structural improvements. You will be part of our PMO team of 160 colleagues and will work in one of our 4 different Business Line PMO teams.

Role and responsibilities

Our senior PMO officer is positioned as an independent team member of a business team that is responsible for the development, maintenance and improvement of our state-of-the-art lithography machines. You are focused to manage, together with your business counterpart, a clustering of hardware/software projects which are needed to successfully introduce these next generation machines to our customers.

As senior PMO officer you are:

• Challenging the triple constraint (scope, timing, budget) as a recognized business partner, to optimize business value
• Driving effective decision making on all levels as a trusted advisor of the Product Development Manager and his cross sectoral Product Team
• Acting as the Project Management expert within the cross sectoral Product Team. As a whole, the Product Team, including underlying projects, is responsible for the project deliveries, where our senior PMO officer delivers supportive and controlling aspects
• Implementing and improving project (program) standards and processes, e.g. related to project planning, financial management, product generation process, reporting, change control, risk management and quality. You are the one preparing and facilitating progress reviews and key decision meetings and actively follow-up on agreements made during these meetings
• Providing guidance during the financial forecasting (budget) process and proactively assisting regular financial management and reporting
• Pro-actively connecting, enabling and challenging all stakeholders. Your different stakeholder groups are among others finance counterparts, business line and program counterparts, sector representatives of customer support, and manufacturing.
• Driving completeness of all inputs from deciders in the product generation process.
• Growing people and the team competences of PMO and ASML’s Project Management community. e.g. by participating, leading and implementing cross-PMO improvement projects or have a coaching role to develop other PMO officers in your team

Education and experience

To build a strong relationship with your PM stakeholders in ASML’s Business Lines, you’ll need experience working with complex processes and preferably with high tech products. As senior PMO officer, you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s- or master’s degree in business administration, Economics, Finance, Project Management, Engineering or other relevant fields
• At least 5 years of working experience as PM(O) expert in a complex, multi-disciplinary environment, preferably in a high-tech environment
• Experience to act and influence in a senior stakeholder environment
• Experience with implementation of change and improvement projects
• Experience with MS Project Online or a similar tool
• Experience in an Agile/SAFe environment is preferred

Skills

• Excellent communicator, being able to influence without hierarchical power, and creative in managing a large and diverse range of stakeholders
• Maintains personal effectiveness and people focus under pressure, high speed of change and uncertainty
• Ability to guide, coach and advise at all organizational levels to effect sustainable change and improving the project and process maturity level of the organization
• Team player, enjoys working in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams with the ability to work independently
• Takes ownership, gets things done and pro-actively drives for improvement

Other information

This is a fulltime position, but working parttime is negotiable as long as you’re available for at least 32 hours. At least 3 days per week you'll be working at our headquarters in Veldhoven.

Diversity and 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.

About Us

ASML is a leading supplier of lithography equipment, used by the world’s top chipmakers to print microchips that are increasingly powerful, fast and energy efficient. Working at ASML is inspiring, no matter what field you're in. That’s because we push the boundaries of technology: if it’s moving the world forward, chances are, we’re behind it. In fact, we’re probably a part of the electronic device you’re using right now.

We’re a global team of more than 32,000 people from 122 different nationalities and counting. Headquartered in Europe’s top tech hub, the Brainport Eindhoven region in the Netherlands, our operations are spread across Europe, Asia and the US.