Project Coordinator - Gaydon, United Kingdom - Jaguar Land Rover

Jaguar Land Rover

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Gaydon, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

REQ ID:
73102

JOB TITLE:
Project Coordinator

SALARY:
Competitive

POSTING END DATE:
03/05/2023

LOCATION:
Gaydon

We're re-examining our vehicles and what a vehicle means in the emerging world of automation, connectedness, electrification and the shared economy.

New ideas, new technology, and new approaches to mobility are our business. Join a team of next generation thinkers.

WHAT TO EXPECT

This role is an opportunity to be at the cutting edge, developing Jaguar Land Rover's technology platform, including its next generation of assisted & automated driving system, infotainment, connectivity and body systems, acting as a technical project planner.

This role will enable the delivery of projects and their interdependencies, it will involve senior stakeholder management, prioritising activities and directing and managing others to complete activities on time, to cost and quality targets.

It will involve evaluating (and evolving) the assessment of maturity of the architecture, ideally based on experience working with vehicles' electrical architecture (including hardware, software and systems development).

As part of this team, you will drive a key area of JLR's transformation of its digital platform, covering both on-vehicle technologies and off-board cloud infrastructure, and be at the cutting edge of JLR's development into an Agile, tech focussed organisation.

In this role you will join a welcoming, inclusive team, focussed on the project management of the vehicle architecture and operating the Agile organisation for Jaguar Land Rovers 'Digital Product Platform' function (covering >2,500 staff globally).

As a team, we operate as an Agile squad ourselves, to operate as efficiently and collaboratively as possible.

Key Performance Indicators

Programme gateways successfully delivered to preagreed timing plan, on budget and to necessary level of quality
Risks categorised and actively mitigated to support delivery
Resolution of disconnects between architecture delivery timing and vehicle programme requirements

Key accountabilities and responsibilities

Deliver projects utilising project management techniques to ensure the delivery and achievement of strategic business objectives
Work with the operational business to understand current processes and to document and prioritise requirements for changes and additions
Support of required Governance, including milestone reporting, project status reporting, and risk and issue management
Manage stakeholders to ensure projects add value and are aligned to stakeholder expectations
Lead process improvement activities to ensure PM team activities are efficient in enabling the delivery by Digital Product Platform and other Engineering Technical Centres
Plan for and manage project risks, issues and dependencies to maximise likelihood of project success, escalating upwards where necessary
Undertake and support scenario planning as required
Effective stakeholder management to ensure projects add value and are aligned to stakeholder expectations
Undertake any other work as directed by their line manager in connection with their job as may be requested

Key Interactions

Engineering
Digital Product Platform team

Purchasing

Programme purchasing team

Finance

Programme Finance representative
Engineering

chiefs from relevant areas

Quality
Programme quality senior manager

Manufacturing

Programme manufacturing team

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential:

Previous experience of working in a Project Planner role with a track record of successful delivery
Experience of project planning or development of vehicle electrical architecture hardware/software/systems
Proven Stakeholder Management experience, specifically the ability to confidently advise and influence stakeholders
Commercially astute with an ability to understand the business function that this role supports, including proven experience of collating and analysing business cases and their associated metrics (ROI, NPV etc.)
Methodical detailed approach to work
Strong analytical and problemsolving skills to identify how one issue can impact on another and put in place the required interventions through support or from own knowledge base
Ability to manage significant risks and issues
Negotiation and adaptability

Relevant degree or equivalent experience preferred

Desirable:

Experience of working in Agile environment, preferably operating with experience of Agile at Scale
Good working understanding of basics of vehicle electrical content and feature delivery management (Electrical Distribution Systems, networks, systems engineering practice etc.)
Relevant qualification and/or training in a recognised appropriate Project Management methodology
Experience of both vehicle programme, including key vehicle programme milestones, requirements etc
Understanding of factors driving software delivery quality

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