VP/AVP - Project Management (Railways - Signal & Telecommunication)

e2E Transportation Infrastructure Ltd. | e2E Rail

Location: Bengaluru | Extensive travel across project sites

Designation: Vice President/ Associate Vice President — Projects (Railways)

Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer

Experience: 15–20 years | Railway EPC / Signalling & Telecommunication

About e2E Rail

e2E Rail is building the next generation of railway infrastructure execution in India, with a strong focus on technology-led signalling and infrastructure projects.

As we scale our execution portfolio, we are looking for a seasoned railway projects leader who can take complete ownership of execution — from project mobilisation through commissioning readiness.

This is not a conventional project-management role.

It is a business ownership role requiring someone who can simultaneously think like a project leader, commercial owner, commissioning strategist and people leader.

The Opportunity

As VP/ AVP - PMO (Track Owner — Execution Projects), you will be the single point of accountability for a portfolio of railway signalling EPC projects during the execution phase.

You will own the transition from mobilised project → accelerated execution → commissioning readiness, ensuring that projects move with speed while protecting quality, margin, cash and customer relationships.

The role operates at two very different rhythms:

Execution: Drive relentless progress across BOQ, site productivity, manpower, materials, subcontractors, costs and milestones.

Final-leg commissioning: Orchestrate OEM teams, specialist resources, Railway testing windows, possessions, interfaces and pre-commissioning activities to ensure projects are genuinely ready for commissioning.

The person we are looking for must be equally comfortable on a project site, in a commercial review, with senior Railway officials, and in a CEO-level portfolio review.

What You Will Own1. Portfolio Execution

Own execution performance across multiple signalling EPC projects running simultaneously across Indian Railway zones.

You will:

• Drive BOQ execution against committed project schedules.
• Establish execution priorities across projects and remove bottlenecks quickly.
• Monitor daily productivity, site deployment and physical progress.
• Ensure open fronts, residual works and punch-list items are systematically closed.
• Identify execution risks early and drive corrective action before they become schedule or commercial issues.
• Ensure projects are handed over to the Closure phase only when execution obligations are genuinely complete.

2. Project Commercials & P&L

Execution is where project margins are either protected or lost.

You will therefore carry strong commercial ownership for the portfolio, including:

• Project-level P&L and margin performance.
• Budget adherence and cost deviation control.
• Subcontractor commercial performance.
• BOQ and quantity variance management.
• Variation Orders and scope changes.
• Claims preservation and commercial opportunities.
• Cost optimisation through procurement, subcontractor and manpower productivity.
• Close coordination with Finance, Procurement and Contracts.

You will be expected to understand not just whether a project is progressing, but whether it is progressing profitably.

3. Commissioning Readiness

A major part of this role is ensuring that commissioning does not become a last-minute event.

You will own the orchestration of the final leg of each project, including:

• Design and engineering readiness.
• Material availability.
• Indoor and outdoor readiness.
• Interface dependency closure.
• OEM installation and testing availability.
• Specialist team mobilisation.
• Railway testing and possession windows.
• Pre-commissioning and integrated testing planning.

You will work closely with major signalling OEMs and ensure their availability is secured well ahead of commissioning requirements.

The expectation is simple:

Commissioning should be planned months in advance — not managed as a crisis in the final week.

4. Railway & Customer Management

You will be a senior escalation point for key customers and stakeholders.

This includes working with:

• Indian Railways
• Railway Zonal S&T organisations
• CAO/CSTE offices
• RITES
• Private infrastructure clients
• Senior project and station authorities

You will manage critical dependencies, escalations, formal correspondence and customer commitments while building relationships that enable faster project execution.

The role requires the ability to navigate complex institutional environments while maintaining commercial discipline and delivery accountability.

5. Engineering, Quality & Compliance

You will provide execution-level engineering leadership without becoming a design-office function.

You will:

• Drive timely resolution of design queries.
• Manage engineering changes emerging during execution.
• Ensure changes affecting scope are appropriately routed commercially.
• Maintain Railway and RDSO compliance.
• Drive QA/QC standards across projects.
• Ensure non-conformances and audit observations are closed within agreed timelines.
• Maintain strong safety standards across the portfolio.

Safety is non-negotiable, and this role carries stop-work authority on safety grounds.

6. Materials, Subcontractors & Site Productivity

You will ensure that execution teams have what they need to deliver.

This includes ownership of:

• Material availability and forward planning.
• Procurement coordination.
• Site inventory discipline.
• Vendor and subcontractor performance.
• Subcontractor manpower deployment.
• Site facilities and infrastructure.
• Productivity improvement.
• Rationalisation of consistently underperforming partners.

You will be expected to identify the difference between a genuine external constraint and an execution-management problem — and act accordingly.

7. Cash & Working Capital

The role extends beyond physical project completion.

You will work closely with Finance to drive:

• Milestone billing.
• WIP and unbilled revenue conversion.
• Receivables.
• Collections.
• Debtor ageing.
• Bank Guarantee and retention release.
• Client-side documentation required for cash conversion.

The objective is to ensure that execution converts into revenue, and revenue converts into cash.

8. Leadership & Team Building

You will lead a distributed execution organisation comprising project leaders, project controllers, coordinators and site teams.

Your responsibility will include:

• Building a high-performance execution culture.
• Creating clear ownership across projects.
• Developing project leadership capability.
• Reviewing performance rigorously.
• Identifying critical talent and succession risks.
• Building a strong pipeline of future project leaders.
• Managing attrition and capability gaps proactively.

We are looking for someone who builds leaders, not dependency.

What Success Looks Like

In this role, success will be visible in the portfolio:

Projects move faster.

BOQs get cleared.

Commissioning dates are predictable.

OEM and Railway dependencies are planned ahead.

Margins are protected.

Cash gets collected.

Customers trust the execution team.

Safety and quality remain uncompromised.

And the organisation becomes stronger with every project delivered.

What We Are Looking ForEssential Experience

• 15–20 years of experience in railway EPC / railway signalling projects.
• Significant hands-on experience across execution as well as commissioning.
• Proven experience leading multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience delivering signalling / Electronic Interlocking projects end-to-end.
• Strong understanding of Indian Railway project execution and stakeholder ecosystem.
• Experience working with signalling OEMs and specialist commissioning teams.
• Demonstrated experience in project P&L / commercial ownership.
• Strong subcontractor management and negotiation experience.
• Strong understanding of BOQ, Variation Orders, claims, retention, Bank Guarantees and project commercials.
• Experience managing senior Railway and client stakeholders.

Preferred Background

• B.E. / B.Tech in Electrical, Electronics & Communication, Signal & Telecom Engineering or a related discipline.
• Signalling specialisation preferred.
• MBA / management qualification is an advantage.
• PMP certification is preferred.

Industry Relationships

The successful candidate should ideally have established working relationships across the railway signalling ecosystem, including relevant Railway S&T stakeholders, RDSO and major signalling OEMs.

The Leadership Profile

This role is suited to a leader who:

• Thinks in portfolios, not individual projects.
• Is highly execution-oriented and comfortable operating close to the ground.
• Uses data and dashboards to drive decisions rather than relying on anecdotal updates.
• Escalates early rather than allowing issues to age.
• Can move seamlessly between technical, commercial and operational conversations.
• Understands that commissioning is an orchestration problem, not merely a testing activity.
• Can challenge project teams while building their capability.
• Has the commercial maturity to protect EBITDA while delivering the customer commitment.
• Is comfortable taking difficult calls on subcontractors, manpower, costs and priorities.
• Has the credibility to engage senior Railway stakeholders and internal CXO leadership.

Why This Role Matters

This is a high-impact leadership appointment at a critical stage in e2E Rail's growth.

You will not be inheriting a narrow functional responsibility. You will be given ownership of a mission-critical execution portfolio and the mandate to build the operating discipline required to scale it.

If you have spent your career delivering railway signalling projects and believe that great execution comes from anticipation, ownership, speed and commercial discipline, this is an opportunity to make a significantly larger impact.

Interested

If you are an experienced railway signalling / EPC leader looking to take ownership of a larger portfolio, build a high-performing execution organisation and play a key role in e2E Rail's next phase of growth, we would like to hear from you.

Apply with your profile and a brief summary of the largest / most complex railway signalling projects you have personally led through execution and commissioning.