Automotive Senior Manager- Vehicle Software Innovation - London, United Kingdom - Capgemini Invent

Description

At Capgemini Invent, we help our clients to embrace innovation and transformation to get the future they want.

By combining strategy, technology, data science, and creative design expertise with an inventive mindset, we partner with our clients to innovate and transform their businesses, helping them navigate today while plotting a course for the future.

About Capgemini Invent

As the digital innovation, design and transformation brand of the Capgemini Group , Capgemini Invent enables CxOs to envision and shape the future of their businesses. Located in more than 36 offices and 37 creative studios around the world, it comprises a 10,000+ strong team of strategists, data scientists, product and experience designers, brand experts and technologists who develop new digital services, products, experiences and business models for sustainable growth.

Capgemini Invent is an integral part of Capgemini, a global leader in partnering with companies to transform and manage their business by harnessing the power of technology. The Group is guided everyday by its purpose of unleashing human energy through technology for an inclusive and sustainable future. It is a responsible and diverse organization of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong 55-year heritage and deep industry expertise, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to address the entire breadth of their business needs, from strategy and design to operations, fuelled by the fast evolving and innovative world of cloud, data, AI, connectivity, software, digital engineering and platforms. The Group reported in 2022 global revenues of €22 billion.

Our brand promise, " Get The Future You Want" , reflects our passion for people and technology and highlights the company's commitment to inclusion and sustainability.

An important aspect of 'Get the Future You Want' is to balance hybrid ways of working between your Capgemini office, home, and client location (where applicable). We recognise that it is an imperative to create flexibility so you can enjoy an optimal work-life balance and feel empowered to achieve success. When you come onboard, or before, please discuss this with your manager so you can agree the best ways of working for your role, team, and client.

Get The Future You Want
In the global auto market, we enhance customer experiences, boost efficiency, and reduce costs for overall business success. Old ways are out; emerging tech, electrification, and evolving expectations lead the change. Our mission is aiding global auto players in facing challenges, evolving digitally, and shaping sustainable business models.
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An Overview of the role

As a Senior Manager in the UK Automotive team, contribute expertise to the dynamic auto industry. Your deep insight, broad network, and hands-on experience in software-driven transformation in OEMs will be key.
The ideal candidate brings solid auto software experience, excelling in sales, client growth, and business development. They must grasp industry standards like AUTOSAR, ISO 26262, MISRA, and A-SPICE, playing a vital role in innovating software for complex vehicles. Similarly, Over-the-Air software updates and connected vehicle features required significant change in the broader OEM organisation to sustain successful operations.
Proficiency in agile methods and a track record in successful client management and exceeding expectations are key. You will excel in creating robust software frameworks, ensuring compliance, and possessing a strategic mindset for tech and business passion. You'll be equally comfortable in working with business people, IT people and engineers.

The work

No matter the project or customer, your work will have a meaningful impact on society, businesses and lives. It's really rewarding. And it's also really varied. You'll potentially work on a huge variety of projects (some larger than others), so you could gain lots of experience in a short amount of time.

Why this role?

As a Senior Manager in the business you'll help set the direction, driving forward the business, model our values and behaviours, and coach and develop junior members of the team. Key expectations from this role include:

• Build a UK go-to-market approach for software-driven business transformation with vehicle OEMs, working with other Capgemini counterparts in Engineering and Technology.

• Build a transformation and delivery framework for vehicle software delivery, using relevant industry standards

• Build a partner ecosystem of complimentary vehicle software vendors and innovators, working with other Capgemini technology teams

• Help build a capability around Agile/ SAFe for to help client teams improve their software delivery methods and quality, working with our Business Technology consulting teams.

• Advise clients on software operating models, frameworks, organisation design and governance.

• Lead client transformation projects relating to vehicle software, working with other Capgemini teams in Engineering and Technology

• Reporting to the Head of Automotive in Capgemini Invent UK.

As part of your role you will also have the opportunity to contribute to the business and your own personal growth, through activities that form part of the following categories:

We'd love to meet with someone with:

Hands-on experience leading vehicle software projects and managing broader transformation initiatives in automotive OEMs.

• A balance of experience in technology, engineering and business transformation.

• A strategic view on the evolving challenge and opportunities to do with the 'software-defined vehicle'.

• Proven ability to be successful in a matrixed organisation and to enlist support and commitment from peers in selling and delivering consulting solutions.

• Entrepreneurial flare and experience in proposition building and delivery.

• Currently working in a major Consulting firm and/or in industry but having a Consulting background.

• Business development – utilising a combination of the organisation's broader pre-existing relationships, company relationships and your network, you'll be generating c.£1m of consulting revenues.

Why Capgemini is unique?

At Capgemini we don't just believe in Diversity & Inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Active Inclusion Campaign, we build environments where you can bring you whole self to work.
We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. Through our New Normal campaign, we are looking to embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.
Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained 'Mental Health Champions' across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

Collaboration and Innovation

We really believe in creating a partnership with our customers. Using our Accelerated Solutions Environment (ASE), you'll get to know the customer's needs and challenges, demo innovative solutions and quickly solve problems. It'll help you discover unexpected answers together.

Learning and Development

There's an endless amount to learn at Capgemini, and an endless number of ways to do so. So, you'll also have unique training opportunities to take advantage of. Some of our consultants even have the chance to go to Les Fontaine (near Paris, France), where we host a conference. Outside of dedicated training, everyone makes time to help and support one another - collaboration is encouraged across all of our teams.

CSR

We're also focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. So, we're working to reduce our own carbon footprint and improve everyone's access to a digital world. It's something we're really serious about. In fact, we were even named as one of the world's most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year. When you join Capgemini, you'll join a team that does the right thing.

Whilst you will have London, Manchester or Glasgow as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice.

We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent grade and on company and personal performance.

In order to commence a role with Capgemini UK plc you will be required to provide documentary proof prior to joining the Company that you are entitled to live and work in the UK.