REQ ID: 121360
JOB TITLE: Programme Integration Manager
SALARY: £60,000 - £75,000
POSTING START DATE: 01.05.24
POSTING END DATE: 15.05.24
LOCATION: Gaydon
JLR is harnessing technology to make driving smarter, safer and cleaner. You can help create a world in which responsible, sustainable vehicles revolutionise the driving experience for generations. Our vision is to leverage the incredible potential of technology to build vehicles that not only offer a premium, all-encompassing digital experience, but that also make our customers lives better.
The Opportunity:
This role will support planning, delivery and co-ordination of specific vehicle projects as a vehicle team Scrum Master and a project manager.
As a Project Manager and a vehicle team Scrum Master, you will be accountable for the delivery of vehicle programme and vehicle team workstreams to agreed time, cost and quality targets. You will lead in creating, maintaining and driving credible plans and establish pre-emptive and effective risk management to avoid issues. You could be dealing with a large cross-functional team across multiple locations and will be responsible for control of programme resources within targets.
WHAT TO EXPECT
As a Project Manager;
- Lead / support on projects and workstreams; from scoping to delivery, cross-functional engagement and stakeholder management ensuring project delivery to required time, quality and cost targets
- Management and governance of changes across all EMA top hats including architecture
- Use wider business experience to guide their own projects and share learning with functional peers across programmes
- Undertake any other work as directed by their line manager in connection with their job
As a vehicle team Scrum Master;
- Guiding and coaching team members in self-management and cross-functionality; (Emphasize Importance of Communication)
- Helping Scrum Team focus on creating high-value product increments that meet the Definition of Done
- Helping removal of obstacles to Scrum Team’s progress (Managing obstacle board reviews)
- Ensuring that all Scrum events take place and are positive, productive and kept within the timebox
- Helping stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach for complex work (from tools and processes usage perspective i.e. change management 1 pager population)
- Evolving new ways to bridge between business tools & processes and Agile WoW
- Ensuring top-down and bottom-up sync between product groups and vehicle group for any activity
- Managing group Product Backlog and ensuring clear and concise Product Backlog items which are linked to stories/features/capabilities
- Facilitating stakeholder collaboration where necessary
- Preparation of vehicle team QBR memo in conjunction with SPM, Prog Chief and PGLs
Key Interactions:
- X-functional vehicle team members
- Programme Chief
- Engineering CoC Leads and Programme Group Leads (PGLs equivalent to HoPC)
- Manufacturing Programme Management (MPM)
- Global Product Strategy (GPS)
- Brand/Product Marketing
- Purchasing
- Finance
- Design
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
Essential :
- Experience in a programme management role with working knowledge of relevant JLR processes
- Demonstrable history of high performance based on end of year assessments
- Experience leading delivery and integration across PCDS programme lifecycle, employing pre-emptive risk and issue management
- Extensive knowledge of change management processes including the process being used in EMA
- Comfortable dealing with ambiguity to pilot new business initiatives, whilst utilising existing programme management skills
- Strong track record of delivering process development and transformation projects with problem solving skills
- Experienced at building effective cross functional relationships with strong stakeholder management skills at all levels
- Evidence of leadership skills and ability to drive positive business outcomes
- Knowledge of Agile mentality and Scrum framework
Personal Profile
- Has a customer first mindset, is easy to do business with and makes people feel special, driven to deliver experiences that are personalised, transparent and dependable
- A self-starter who is results driven, demonstrating tenacity, drive and perseverance with the ability to deliver operational plans in a complex, highly demanding environment
- Capability to combine a short term, pragmatic focus with medium/longer term planning integrity
- Resilient and enthusiastic and responds constructively to new ideas and inputs.
- A good communicator with the ability to convey complex ideas succinctly
- An effective team player who actively develops and supports team members
- Servant leadership skills to enable team members and business to succeed by helping to remove impediments
SO WHY US?
Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you’ll find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, membership of a competitive pension plan, private medical cover and performance related bonus scheme. As a manager, you’ll also be able to select one of our luxury premium vehicles to lease at a fraction of the cost. All this and more makes JLR the perfect place to continue your journey.
This role may offer the opportunity for hybrid working where you can split your time between working from home and in the office. At JLR, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees with more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work, if suitable for their role. Further details can be discussed with the Hiring Manager at interview stage.
JLR is committed to equal opportunity for all.