Programme Manager - German Speaking

Programme Manager – German Speaking

Salary: £50,000 – £65,000 per annum plus benefits

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world

Key Purpose

As a Programme Manager at Ricardo, you will be responsible for successfully leading a number of complex, fast paced projects simultaneously on behalf of diverse global Customers.

Key Responsibilities

• To support or lead projects, with multi-million-pound revenue and multi-year life cycles.
• Be the senior Customer interface for the project, establishing strong and effective Customer relationships.
• Leading project reviews, creation and management of timing plans, minutes, and budget ownership.
• Providing Customer support through the program life-cycle including after-sales.
• Managing and monitoring project scope and leading customer negotiations on change.
• Reporting commercial / financial / project health to senior members of the management team.
• Ensuring projects are delivered in line with project management policies and procedures.

Required Technical Skills and Knowledge

• To be able to speak German (and English) to a level of fluency that supports customers based in Germany.
• Automotive project delivery experience, preferably within motorsport drive train project delivery.
• Engineering degree or equivalent experience.
• Excellent stakeholder management & communication.
• Good working knowledge of MS Office, including MS Project.
• Aptitude for logical, methodical problem-solving using techniques such as 8D etc.

Desirable

• APM member, ideally at full level or similar.
• Able to demonstrate continuous learning throughout their career.
• Good working knowledge of MRP/ERP Systems.

Additional/special features of the role

To be based form the Leamington Spa office with occasional travel throughout the EU.

Working here

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place. We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Work life balance

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.

Benefits

We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are a recognised as a ‘disability confident’ employer.

Next steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.

Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process