Technical Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Gain a deep technical understanding of our products and drive delivery through applying structured methodology and practices (e.g., in planning, requirements analysis, design, coding, unit testing, acceptance testing etc.)
• Develop project schedules, define timeframes, and prioritise tasks to achieve project targets and deliver intended objectives within the agreed timeframes and ensuring that requirements are completed
• Track progress against milestones, ensuring quality and manage risks
• Coordinate bringing together different teams with varied perspectives in a collaborative manner to unblock issues and mitigate risks
• Keep the senior leadership team informed of progress toward or changes to task timing that impacts the project schedule or customer expectations
• Lead proactive risk & dependency management, working with the team and your peers to anticipate dependencies, risks and mitigation planning
• Assess bottlenecks in work processes within teams to streamline and simplify workflow
• Identify the stakeholders within your programme and create communication plans to ensure they are managed appropriately
• Manage the customer expectations through regular checkpoints and status updates being transparent and open at all times
• Provide timely communication to supporting operational teams, senior leadership team and the customer
• Work closely with senior members of our Engineering team to lead each programme
• Bring together our multi-disciplinary teams to deliver an excellent customer experience
• Work in teams across the Toyota Connected ecosystem to deliver flagship products
• Manage and control programme budgets
• Provide timely and accurate financial reporting and forecasts
• When required, assist with presales estimation of effort for new engagements
• Prepare for and deliver steering committee meetings, weekly status updates and additional ceremonies as required by the programme or customer

Qualifications

• Experience building clear, concise, and well-structured functional material (e.g., policies & procedures, guidelines, presentations, messages) and recommends improvements to existing material
• Able to travel to the continent (20% travel)
• Actively seeks diverse feedback on work and anticipates feedback to address it proactively
• Communicates a compelling rationale and narrative to peers and customers alike, about the products and services produced by the team
• Experience of having shaped business cases and delivering tangible benefits to an organisation with the ability to articulate value delivered in a non-technical way
• Demonstrable experience of running successful programmes – comprised of multiple delivery teams using different development processes, including but not limited to DevOps, Scrum, Kanban and lean development
• Demonstrates a critical understanding of functional information (e.g., data/metrics and technical information)
• Proficiency in project management software (e.g., Jira, Trello, MS Project, Asana)
• Lives within a commutable distance to the office
• Ability to provide leadership and focus for the delivery teams, building strong capability and creating an environment that supports TCEU’s Vision and Values, whilst encouraging innovation
• Experience tailoring communications (content focus, style, format, etc.) for different audiences as appropriate
• Degree level education desired; ideally skilled in a number of Project / Programme Management approaches in addition to Agile, e.g. Prince2, PMP, APM
• Previous experience managing a data platform or data services is desirable but not essential

We encourage you to apply even if you do not tick every box. Please apply; we would still love to hear from you.