Programme PMO Manager

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A leading premium automotive business and leading to move towards electric autonomous vehicles. WHAT TO EXPECT Come and join JLR on their transformation journey. A successful applicant for thiis role will have excellent experience in programme and people management skills. This role will provide the opportunity to work at the centre of an ambitious and dynamic technology team which focuses on delivering value. This is a newly established SAP S4/HANA iERP Programme delivery organisation and you will play an integral role within the Industrial Operations Supply Chain team. You will have experience working in a complex Programme team and will be capable of leading the delivery of a portfolio of tranformation projects across Jaguar Land Rover. Specifically, you will lead the delivery of multiple strategic projects with a specific bias to SAP, coordinating activities across multiple technical teams, business areas and third parties to ensure successful delivery of applications into the manufacturing, supply chain, purchasing and finance functions. The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate their track record of project delivery using both waterfall and agile methodologies. In order to perform at optimum level, you will need a measured approach to work, and enthusiasm for innovation and smart ways of working. Attention to detail, timely submission of reports, active management of risks, budget and resources are considered essential to the role. WHAT YOU’LL NEED To join our newly formed SAP delivery team, you’ll need to demonstrate that you’re able to support leadership to coordinate across a programme team of Business professionals, monitoring progress through regular reviews. You’ll need to ensure the successful delivery of projects - you will do this through identifying, planning and coordinating tasks, ensuring priorities, interdependencies and resources are managed effectively. A key interaction with this role is working with the resource management team to develop, optimise and monitor the resource plan across the programme, including with external vendors. As a manager, you will need to lead the programme team(s) in determining business requirements and translating requirements into operational plans, as per the relevant delivery methodology. Further duties also include, but are not limited to: Planning, directing, and co-ordinating programme activities to manage an initiative from contract/proposal initiation to final operational stage; plans, schedules, monitors and reports on activities related to the programme, DevOps and Agile initiatives: working with the Product Manager and Scrum Master to ensure required processes are followed to ensure delivery and continuity of service of the software products Partner with relevant process owners and Product Managers to ensure that all project deliverables are met Ensure dependencies are identified and managed between the various workstreams within the project

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Essential: Experience managing complex change programmes/projects with a demonstrable track record of delivery Knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices, as well as the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment. Understands the need for and how to flex leadership style to effectively manage teams working to a Waterfall v. Agile methodology Experience of complex stakeholder management, successfully balancing communications and expectations of stakeholders with different views Skills to identify how one issue can impact on another and put in place the required interventions through support and/or from own knowledge base Methodical detailed approach to work