• Define the Project Verification and Validation strategy in the V&V Plan, to ensure proper coverage and demonstration that customer and design requirements are met. Collect the contributions of all involved stakeholders.• Optimize allocation of tests in-house and on-site, favoring labs to anticipate results and increase efficiency and coverage.• Define and agree V&V activity schedule.• Ensure the application and adherence to internal processes and applicable norms, methods & tools, requesting deviations whenever appropriate.• Define the project Requirement Validation Table (RVT) to demonstrate the validation of technical requirements.• Organize and lead documental verification and reviews.• Manage full verification and validation of all configured functions, together with parameters and data produced on the project.• Monitor and follow-up execution and reporting of activities delegated to experts in other departments.• Define needs, architecture, and follow-up implementation of testbenches and analysis tools.• Represent Alstom in front of customers, partners and auditors, for instance to provide overview of Test strategy, progress, issues, risks and opportunities.• Manage the Project Verification & Validation Team and ensure/control their deliverables for the project.• Ensure independence of verification from design.• Select and manage subcontractors.• Cooperate with Test and Commissioning for the definition and follow up of Site Acceptance Tests.• Manage work packages (WP) tasks.