Location:

Copenhagen, Denmark

Job ID:

R0138859

Date Posted:

2026-07-20

Company Name:

Hitachi Rail Denmark A/S

Profession (Job Category):

Project/Program Management

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

Job Description:

Requirements Manager

About the Role

Requirements Manager contributes to Hitachi’s responsibility to design, manage interfaces, and prepare the documentation needed for installation, test and placing in service approvals. Its specific contribution is to maintain requirements baseline, allocation, traceability matrix and requirement-change impact assessment.

Key Responsibilities

• Define requirements management plan, taxonomy, attributes, baseline rules, traceability model and change workflow.

• Manage capture, clarification, decomposition, allocation and verification-method assignment across all systems.

• Coordinate requirement reviews with engineering, safety, RAM, cybersecurity, quality, IVVQ and customer stakeholders.

• Maintain traceability between requirements, design outputs, tests, deviations, non-compliances and acceptance evidence.

• Report requirement gaps, conflicts, open clarifications and verification status to engineering Governance.

• Apply the Hitachi Code of Conduct in role-specific decisions, including ethical escalation, anti-bribery discipline, confidentiality, data protection, fair supplier/customer conduct and transparent records.

• Maintain requirements baseline, allocation, traceability matrix and requirement-change impact assessment.

• Owns requirements baseline discipline and traceability.

• Can reject uncontrolled requirement changes and escalate requirement-impact issues.

Key Interfaces

• Engineering Manager, Solution Engineering Manager, IVVQ Manager, Work Package Leaders and Configuration & Defect Manager.

• Safety, RAM, Cybersecurity, Quality, O&M, Human Factors and T&C teams.

• Customer requirements owners and supplier requirement managers.

• Design reviews.

• Baseline/change reviews.

• Readiness and acceptance evidence reviews.

Authority & Accountability

• Accountable for requirements baseline integrity and traceability quality.

• Authorised to reject untraceable evidence, request clarification and escalate unresolved requirement conflicts.

• Requirements changes must follow configuration/change Governance; the role manages impact visibility.

Mandate

Maintain a controlled requirement-to-evidence thread that supports acceptance and prevents unmanaged scope interpretation.

Skills & Experience

• Requirements management experience in rail, infrastructure, defence, aerospace or software-intensive systems.

• Competence with requirements tools, traceability, baselines and verification planning.

• Ability to detect ambiguity and drive clarification before delivery impact.

• Resilience and resistance to stress during baseline freezes, verification gaps and customer comment cycles.

• Analytical precision and disciplined change-control mindset.

• More than 5–7 years in requirements management and traceability on complex Projects.

Working in Hitachi:
Our employees are our most important asset and we provide an environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance and we offer a flexible hybrid work environment based on Working from home and office presence (40/60). Your manager will interact with you on a regular basis, ensuring you a career path that suits your needs and ambitions. Beside the traditional benefits like pension, 6 weeks of holidays, canteen etc., we also are proud of offering some good and very professional skilled colleagues.

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Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest, we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more about us and our latest jobs at  https://www.hitachirail.com/careers.

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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