Project Manager

Job title:

Project Manager

Company:

Europcar

Job description

Company DescriptionAbout Europcar Mobility GroupEuropcar Mobility Group is a major player in mobility markets. The mission of Europcar Mobility Group is to be the preferred “Mobility Service Company” by offering alternative attractive solutions to vehicle ownership, with a wide range of mobility-related services: vehicle-rental, chauffeur services, car-sharing and scooter-sharing. Customers’ satisfaction is at the heart of the Group’s mission and all of its employees and this commitment fuels the continuous development of new services. Europcar Mobility Group operates through multi brands meeting every customer specific needs; its 4 major brands being: Europcar® – the European leader in vehicle rental services, Goldcar® – the most important low-cost car-rental company in Europe, InterRent® – ‘mid-tier’ brand focused on leisure and Ubeeqo® – one of the European leaders in car-sharing (BtoB, BtoC). Europcar Mobility Group delivers its mobility solutions worldwide solutions through an extensive network in 140 countries (including 20 wholly owned subsidiaries in Europe, 2 in Australia and New Zealand, franchises and partners). Further details available at:Job DescriptionUnder the direction of the Head of Program Management you are in charge to plan, execute, and oversee a project from initiation to completion, ensuring it
meets its goals, timeline, and budget, in respect of the project management
best practices and the agile methodology. You coordinate team members, resources, and tasks, while also mitigating risks and resolving issues to ensure successful project delivery.Major areas of accountability : * Project planning:

• Developing project plans, defining project objectives, scope, deliverables, and milestones.
• Creating project schedules, resource allocation, and estimating project costs with the help of impacted teams/tribes.
• Project governance: Participates in establishing project governance structures, policies, and procedures and applies them. This includes defining project roles and responsibilities, ensuring compliance with project management standards, and providing guidance and oversight to project teams.
• Resource/Team management: Building and leading the project team in collaboration with tribes Product Managers and other P&T managers, including assigning roles and responsibilities, providing guidance, and fostering a collaborative and motivated team environment. This may also involve managing contractors or third-party vendors.
• Stakeholder management : Identifying and managing project stakeholders, in collaboration with tribes Product Managers and other P&T managers, as well as clients, end-users, executives, and other relevant parties. This entails understanding their expectations, maintaining effective communication, and addressing concerns or conflicts that may arise.
• Risk management : Identifying potential risks and developing strategies to mitigate them. This involves conducting risk assessments, creating risk response plans, and continuously monitoring and managing risks throughout the project.
• Financial management:

• Managing project budgets, tracking expenditures, and ensuring financial resources are effectively utilized. This involves creating budget estimates, monitoring costs, approving expenses, and maintaining financial records.
• Ensuring project budget is respected, with any deviation properly documented and additional budget requested
• Quality management: Ensuring that project deliverables meet the required quality standards. This includes establishing quality control processes, conducting quality reviews, and implementing quality assurance measures throughout the project.
• Communication and reporting: Facilitating effective communication between project team members, stakeholders, and executives. This includes preparing regular project status reports, conducting meetings, and ensuring relevant information is disseminated to all parties involved.
• Project documentation:

• Creates and maintains project documentation, such as project plans, requirements documents, meeting minutes, and project artifacts. This helps in tracking project progress, ensuring transparency, and providing a reference for future use.
• Ensures project documentation is properly created and updated by the project team.
• Change management:

• Manages changes to the project scope, schedule, and resources. This includes documenting change requests, assessing their impact, and coordinating the necessary actions to address the change.
• Maintains a tracker of changes, and communicating the changes at the right level.
• Project monitoring and control: Monitoring project progress against the established plan, tracking key performance indicators (KPIs), and taking corrective actions to ensure project goals are met. This includes managing changes, issues, and scope creep while maintaining project quality and timeline.
• Procurment and vendor management : Coordinating and managing procurement activities related to the project, such as selecting vendors, negotiating contracts, and overseeing vendor performance.
• Closure and evaluation : Managing project closure activities, including conducting project reviews, documenting lessons learned, and facilitating the transition of project deliverables to the operations or maintenance phase.
• Continuous improvement : Identifying opportunities for process improvement, implementing best practices, and driving organizational learning from project experiences.

QualificationsBackgroundAt least 8 years of proven experience in project management. A significant and proven experience of transversal orchestration/PMO in a product/agile at scale organisation.Technical skills * Project Management

• Good knowledge of Product and Project methodologies, notably Agile@scale.
• Compliance to methodologies, processes and standards
• Expertise in delivering projects and getting things done on time and within budget.
• Used to operating in different geographies and leading international teams supporting a decentralized, growing/evolving business.
• Skill in managing relationships with IT suppliers, ensuring effective service delivery.
• Ability to handle ambiguity and adapt to change.
• Overall IT knowledge : Overall strong experience in IT, having worked not only in “traditional” IT with various “legacy” systems. Has worked with a variety of systems spanning new digital technologies.
• Planning:

• Proficient project planning and execution skills.
• Ability to anticipate and make projections based on the current status.
• Prioritizes and reacts to the priorities of others
• Team/resource Management : Experience managing people and being an operational leader.
• Finance/Budget Management : Intermediate financial skills
• Communication / Negotiation:

• Stakeholder management and communication expertise.
• Communicates regularly and accurately including possibly to C-level management. Adapts communication to the audience.

Language skillsFrench and English (spoken, read, written), Spanish is a plusPersonal skills * Leadership :

• Federative personality, able to coach, motivate their team, create a true Team Spirit and obtain the support of all the actors of the project.
• Ability to listen, communicate, reconcile and manage conflict
• Good level of leadership, commitment and responsibility
• Business acumen: Significant business acumen, beyond technology-savviness.
• Autonomy : Able to work in full autonomy, demonstrate pro-activity
• Organisation Rigor and organization. Planning, attention to quality and timeliness.
• Resistant to stress : Good ability to absorb pressure and build morale for the teams
• Flexibility / Adaptability

• Problem-Solving and Decision-Making: Good analytical skills to address challenges, make informed decisions, and drive solutions.
• Adaptability: Good flexibility to adapt to evolving technologies, changing business landscapes, and dynamic market conditions.

Additional InformationAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin or on a basis of disabilityze

Expected salary

Location

Paris

Job date

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 22:31:36 GMT

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