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Senior Software Project Manager

Emerson
Bangalore Posted 4 Nov 2026
FULL TIME
Microsoft Project
Jira
Project Management
Azure Devops
Agile

Job Description

Job Description

We are searching for an experienced Technical Senior Software Project Manager to lead cross-functional teams as they deliver innovative new products. Reporting to the Product R&D PMO, you will oversee software project execution from concept through delivery—ensuring stakeholder alignment, managing priorities, mitigating risks, and supporting teams in achieving successful business and customer outcomes. This position calls for strong leadership and collaboration, along with advanced project management expertise, to coordinate efforts across engineering, operations, compliance, and business groups within a fast-moving product development environment.

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

Project Leadership & Execution

  • Lead the development and maintenance of integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, and risk-management activities.
  • Coordinate cross-functional execution across software engineering, hardware engineering, operations, compliance, quality, and business teams.
  • Facilitate project meetings, establish clear agendas, drive decisions, and ensure completion of action items.
  • Lead milestone readiness reviews and align stakeholders on requirements, deliverables, and project objectives.
  • Monitor project scope, schedule, costs, and resources, identifying variances and driving corrective actions when necessary.

Risk Management & Issue Anticipation

  • Proactively identify risks, dependencies, constraints, and potential delivery challenges.
  • Partner with stakeholders to develop mitigation strategies and escalation plans.
  • Analyze project workstreams to uncover bottlenecks and coordinate resolution activities.
  • Lead recovery planning for unexpected events while maintaining focus on customer and business priorities.
  • Conduct root-cause analyses and ensure effective implementation of corrective actions.

Communication & Collaboration

  • Provide clear, concise project communications, status updates, and executive reports.
  • Drive alignment across functions, organizational levels, and global teams.
  • Promote an inclusive, collaborative environment that values transparency, accountability, and constructive problem-solving.
  • Enable informed decision-making by ensuring stakeholders receive timely, relevant project information.

Process & Continuous Improvement

  • Run project retrospectives and apply lessons learned to upcoming initiatives.
  • Promote New Product Development (NPD) processes, tools, templates, and best practices.
  • Spot opportunities to strengthen project execution, organizational effectiveness, and product-development results.
  • Support consistency and continuous improvement across project management practices.

Who You Are:

You communicate effectively in both one-on-one and group settings, tailoring your message to different audiences and organizational levels. You forecast risks and challenges, assess their likely impact, and take proactive steps to address them. You build strong relationships across functions, cultures, geographies, and organizational levels while encouraging collaboration and trust. You set clear expectations, reinforce accountability, and reliably follow through on commitments to deliver outcomes aligned with customer requirements and business goals.

For This Role, You Will Need:

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • Minimum 5 years of Experience leading technical projects within the test and measurement industry, electronics industry, or a related technology environment.
  • Proven record leading cross-functional teams through structured project execution.
  • Experience using project management tools such as Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, Jira, or equivalent platforms.
  • Strong communication, planning, organizational, analytical, and stakeholder-management skills.
  • Experience working in matrixed organizations and collaborating across global teams.
  • Ability to handle multiple priorities while maintaining emphasis on quality, schedule, and customer needs.

Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:

  • PMP certification or an equivalent project management credential.
  • Experience leading integrated hardware, software, and firmware product-development programs.
  • Knowledge of Agile, Hybrid Agile, Lean Product Development, or related methodologies.
  • Experience driving process improvements within new product development environments.
  • Familiarity with procurement and project-funding processes, including purchase orders (POs) and appropriation/acquisition requests (ARs).
  • Experience supporting technical product development from concept through commercialization.
  • Experience with NI products and Semiconductor software domain.

Our Culture and Commitment To You:

At Emerson, we focus on creating a workplace where each employee is valued, respected, and supported to grow. We cultivate an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse viewpoints—because we know great ideas come from great teams. Our dedication to ongoing career development and building an inclusive culture helps ensure you have the resources to succeed. Through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a meaningful impact. We believe that diverse teams working together are essential to driving growth and delivering business results.

We also recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize offering competitive benefits plans, a variety of medical insurance options, an Employee Assistance Program, employee resource groups, recognition, and more. Our culture includes flexible time off, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation, and holiday leave.

About Us

WHY EMERSON

Our Commitment to Our People

At Emerson, we’re driven by a spirit of collaboration that enables our diverse, multicultural teams worldwide to deliver innovation that makes the world healthier, safer, smarter, and more sustainable. We invite you to join us in our bold aspiration.

We’ve built an engaged community of curious, dedicated people who thrive because they feel welcomed, trusted, celebrated, and empowered to address some of the world’s most complex challenges—for our customers, communities, and the planet. You’ll help advance this important work while expanding your skills through our award-winning employee development programs. As a proud corporate citizen in every location where we operate, we’re committed to our people, our communities, and the broader world—taking that responsibility seriously and striving to create a positive impact through every effort.

At Emerson, you’ll see that our people are at the heart of everything we do. So, let’s go. Let’s think differently. Learn, collaborate, and grow. Look for opportunity. Push boundaries. Be empowered to improve how we make things. Speed up to break through. Let’s go, together.

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About Emerson

Emerson is a global leader in automation technology and software. Backed by deep domain expertise and a legacy of flawless execution, Emerson helps customers in critical industries—life sciences, energy, power and renewables, chemical, and advanced factory automation—operate more sustainably while improving productivity, energy security, and reliability.

With global operations and a broad portfolio of software and technology, we help companies implement digital transformation that measurably improves operations, conserves valuable resources, and strengthens safety.

We provide equitable opportunities, celebrate diversity, and meet challenges with confidence—because together, we can make an impact across a wide range of countries and industries. Whether you’re an experienced professional seeking a career transition, an undergraduate exploring possibilities, or a recent graduate with an advanced degree, you’ll find a way to contribute at Emerson. Join our team—let's go!

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