Contract - Project Manager (Connected Services)

At Honda we embrace inclusion in our policies, with contracts stating hours as required to fulfil the role (minimum 35 hours per week). We offer flexibility for when you work, with regular office hours 08:00 – 16:00 Monday to Thursday (half-hour lunch) and 08:00 – 13:00 on Friday. Daily flex-time start is between 07:00 and 11:00, provided there is no business requirement. While there is no contractual right to work from home, you may request to work from home 2 days per week, again subject to business needs.

Role

Responsible for the successful delivery of key artefacts required for the GC5.0 Programme of work. This includes planning, execution, and delivery of activities in collaboration with internal stakeholders, HM and external development partners. The role requires strong leadership, communication, and coordination skills to ensure that project goals are met on time and within budget.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and execution of activities involving third-party development teams.
• Manage project timelines, budgets, and resources effectively using company agreed tooling (e.g., MSP, Excel, KeyedIn, Jira).
• Own/update the project team’s use of Confluence.
• Coordinate with external vendors and internal teams to ensure alignment and timely delivery.
• Monitor project progress and adjust plans as needed to meet objectives.
• Identify and mitigate project risks and issues.
• Ensure quality assurance and compliance with internal standards.
• Monitor and manage change requests, understand impact and suggest way forward.
• Reporting
• Provide status reports on progress.
• Input into Programme/Steering board updates.

Stakeholder management

• Map and manage stakeholders across impacted business units and external partners.
• Input into Programme RACI.
• Collaborate with end users and stakeholders to align project goals with business needs.

Scope management

• Ensure project goals align with business objectives and defined scope.
• Apply change management processes to control scope.
• Review project proposals to assess timelines, resources, and constraints.

Cost management

• Estimate workload based on the scope and activities defined in the Work Breakdown Structure.
• Monitor the budget using Earned Value Management Technique.
• Define actions when applicable to stay within the approved cost baseline.
• Update the budget and reforecast as necessary.
• Actively look at ways to reduce costs with no impact to the programme.

Schedule management

• Develop project strategies, plans, and tools.
• Assign resources and responsibilities across project phases.
• Monitor progress, resolve issues, and ensure timely delivery.

Procurement management

• Coordinate the procurement activities to define the Procurement Management Plan.
• Work with Procurement department to make the appropriate decision on vendor and/or solution.
• Execute Control Procurement activities to assess whether vendor is delivering according to contract terms and conditions.

Risk management

• Actively engage with HM (GO), HME, 3rd Party vendors, interface SMEs to identify, analyse, document, manage/mitigate risks to the project.

Communication management

• Develop project strategies, plans, and tools.
• Input into current plan and ensure all stakeholders aligned.
• Assign resources and responsibilities across project phases.
• Monitor progress, resolve issues, and ensure timely delivery.

Quality management

• Develop quality assurance test plans in conjunction with Test Manager.
• Direct quality assurance testing.
• Lead the effort in creative approaches to problem solving and quality deliverables supporting business needs.

Qualifications, Skills And Experience Required

• Proven experience managing digital projects with third-party development teams.
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies and project management frameworks.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with digital platforms such as CRM, CMS, or mobile applications.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
• Familiarity with collaborative tools like Jira, Confluence, and SharePoint.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Experience in automotive, retail, or consultancy sectors is a plus.
• Project management certification (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2) is desirable.

Honda is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in the workplace for all employees, temporary workers, contractors, applicants and visitors. Honda also encourages respect for the individual differences and talents of others while making full use of one\\\’s own abilities, based on Honda\\\’s philosophy of respect for the individual. Honda is dedicated to diversity and a fair, non-discriminatory workplace that welcomes the uniqueness and differences of people around the world. We recognise that a diverse workforce allows for different ideas and perspectives, and we encourage everyone to share them. We strive to foster a culture of belonging aligned with Honda\\\’s core values. Honda recruits, hires, trains and promotes the most qualified individuals at all levels without regard to race, origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other protected characteristic.