Project Manager

This is a remote role based anywhere within one of our European countries of operation. You must be a permanent resident of that country and have the right to work in that country.

Our Company

Autovista Group, a part of J.D. Power provides trusted pricing and specification insights for Europe’s automotive decision makers. We have a presence in over 20 countries across Europe and Australia. We focus on the provision of automotive data, insight and intelligence to the automotive sector, offering products and solutions for every stage of a vehicles lifecycle. Deploying our experts’ skills, our depth in data, analytical precision and geographical reach, we are shaping the future of global mobility together with our clients.

The Department

The Programme Delivery Team is an integral part of Autovista Group, driving the delivery of strategic projects and initiatives that are crucial to the company's success. This dynamic team has a wealth of project management and business change experience and leverages industry standards and best practices to ensure the successful delivery of change. By maintaining and following the Project Delivery Framework, the team also have a clear process for prioritizing, initiating, delivering, and closing projects.

The team is not only central to the company's strategy but also highly collaborative, working closely with various functions within Autovista. Their commitment to business change management best practices ensures that new processes and capabilities are seamlessly adopted, maximizing the benefits for the organisation. Being part of this team means contributing to meaningful, impactful change, driving the company forwards and supporting our customers.

The Role

As a project manager you will have the opportunity to manage strategic projects which are highly visible and key to the company achieving its objectives. You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of assigned projects throughout the full life cycle, which includes establishing scope, planning and monitoring progress against agreed cost, quality and time constraints. This extends to planning and managing project resources, risks and issues.

Active management and review of project financial information will also be an essential part of the role. You will establish strong working relationships with project stakeholders from various functions across the business to ensure that the required project outcomes can be achieved. 

The Candidate

You should have at least 3 years of experience in delivering cross-functional projects that involve collaboration among multiple teams across various countries and/or regions, with a budget exceeding €250k. A degree or equivalent qualification in project management, business, or a related technical field is essential.

Strong interpersonal and communication skills are crucial, enabling you to work collaboratively in a cross-country, multi-cultural environment with both technical and commercial stakeholders. You will need to be self-managing, self-motivating, and flexible, with the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously. Your passion and persistence will be key to delivering projects according to the brief.

Excellent planning and organisational skills, coupled with high attention to detail, are imperative. An analytic, critical thinking approach and good problem-solving skills will be heavily relied upon. Additionally, experience in developing and managing project budgets and resource allocation procedures will be highly valuable.

Knowledge of project management methodologies, with recognised certification (e.g. PMP or Prince 2), and expertise in one or more project management tools (e.g. Microsoft Project, Jira) is desirable.

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The Benefits

We have a range of excellent group wide benefits like our fully flexible working policy, a wellbeing allowance aimed at alleviating some of the additional expenditure when working from home, reimbursements for your home workstation, a group bonus scheme, mental and physical wellbeing support including anything from eye care vouchers to online guidance on sleep, fitness, nutrition, stress awareness and more. We also want to see you develop and grow in your career and our learning and development tea, run year round courses to support this.

Autovista Group is a Fully Flexible organisation. Our goal is for our people to feel free to work where, when and how they choose, within their country of employment, to enable colleagues to balance their personal interests with their work commitments and deliverables, to support a happier and healthier way of life. Performance will be judged on output and colleagues will be trusted to manage their working time effectively to meet work deadlines and goals whilst ensuring their wellbeing is prioritised.