At the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team, a group of passionate and determined people work to design, develop, manufacture and race the cars driven by seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton and rising star George Russell.
The Team has set a new benchmark for Formula One success during the sport’s current Hybrid era, winning consecutive Drivers’ and Constructors’ World Championships in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, and the Constructors’ Championship in 2021.
The role:
As our Project Manager you will join the IT team at a time of transformational change. Primarily focusing on all aspects of our IT Programme, the Project Manager will be responsible for the day-to-day management and smooth operation of various digital projects, ensuring that they’re delivered on-time and within budget whilst objectives are met. A tech-savvy professional with an in-depth understanding of how technology can help us achieve our business goals, the successful candidate will be methodical and have excellent time management and digital communication skills.
Key Accountabilities
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Collaborate with the stakeholders and target users’ communities to capture projects’ key objectives, success criteria and KPIs.
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Facilitate minimal thus efficient business resources involvement into the different gathering and validation activities.
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Ensure appropriate activity and resource planning of all internal and external contributors against set milestones and deadlines.
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Organise and motivate the project team.
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Ensure or orchestrate the cost estimation activities and manage the budget.
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Implement adequate measurement of the customer satisfaction.
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Analyse and manage project risks and corresponding mitigation plans.
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Monitor the project(s) progress and report about it on a weekly basis.
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Help continuously improve all stages of our Service Portfolio Management process.
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Support other project leaders in adopting and exploiting our PM framework.
Technical Skills
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Experience of delivering medium to large projects at an enterprise level.
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Experience of managing projects in a complex engineering-led environment.
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Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills, with proven ability to motivate people and develop a genuine team spirit.
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Excellent stakeholder management.
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Advanced time management, numeracy, and analytical skills.
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Hands-on experience with project management and collaboration tools.
What we are looking for:
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Experience working in a comparable role in an enterprise environment.
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Strong leadership with ability to foster a true team spirit.
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Excellent communication, influencing and negotiation skills at senior manager level.
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Comfortable working in a fast paced, high frequency change environment.
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Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
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Calm under pressure and happy to meet challenging deadlines.
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Organised, flexible, proactive and results-oriented.
What do we offer:
At the heart of our performance are our people. Every member of our team has a voice and plays their part in contributing to our successes on and off the racetrack.
We take pride in creating an innovative, collaborative and high-performance culture where all of our team members are respected, empowered and valued.
Through our Accelerate 25 programme, we are continuously working to make our team even more diverse and inclusive. We welcome applications from all and are committed to attracting, recruiting and retaining the most talented individuals.
Our riverside campus is powered by 100% renewably sourced energy and features an on-site gym and exercise studio, subsidised restaurant and on-site parking with EV chargers available.
We offer a competitive and attractive package of benefits including a generous bonus scheme, Mercedes car lease scheme, private medical cover, life assurance and 25 days holiday. We pride ourselves on our family-friendly environment, employee well-being programme and offer flexible working opportunities