Seamless & Smart Energy PMO - Charging
Posted 5 days ago by CONTECHS
£34 Per hour
Inside
Undetermined
Warwick
Summary: The role of Seamless & Smart Energy PMO - Charging involves coordinating the release of value from supporting Portfolio Epics within the Seamless and Smart Energy theme. The position requires collaboration across domains to ensure alignment with customer experiences and strategic goals. The individual will manage the product backlog and act as a liaison between stakeholders and development teams. This contract position is based in Gaydon, West Midlands, and is classified as inside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own the product backlog, ensuring it is up to date, prioritised and reflects stakeholder needs.
- Escalation where required.
- Overall plan alignment with respect to timing and delivery.
- Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and development teams.
- Facilitate regular communication with internal and external stakeholders in order to align priorities and expectations.
- Manage competing priorities and negotiate with stakeholders to balance short-term needs with long-term goals.
- Responsible for the co-ordination and governance cadence of the Theme including QBR/BRP ceremonies and Theme level sprint showcases as required.
- Collaborate across the Theme to ensure synergies are captured and dependencies are highlighted.
- Lead the Clients' Charging Customer experience landscape.
Key Skills:
- Customer first mindset.
- Good understanding of automotive industry, including competitor and market awareness.
- Project management, leadership and planning skills are essential, along with good teamwork and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strategic thinking is also essential.
- Able to combine a short term, pragmatic focus with longer term strategic view.
- Significant knowledge & practical experience of High Voltage Electronic Charging systems.
- Knowledge & practical experience of the Charging Communications protocol and software development processes.
- Knowledge of Powertrain Units & Systems design principles and attributes.
Salary (Rate): £33.88 per hour
City: Gaydon
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
Order Ref: 37124795
Position Title: Seamless & Smart Energy PMO - Charging
Duration: Contract
Location: Gaydon
Based in West Midlands
£33.88 per hour (Inside IR35)
*Applicants MUST have proof of immediate, on-going and valid eligibility, to work full time, and travel within, the UK*
Duties:
- Seamless & Smart Energy PMO - Charging
- Seamless and Smart Energy (S&SE) is responsible for the customer experiences within this theme.
- As the Charging Product Owner within the S&SE theme you will be responsible for co-ordinating the release of value from all supporting Portfolio Epics and their respective owners in line with an agreed quarterly ambition.
- You will collaborate across domains and work on problem-to-solution engineering, ensuring that Technologies, Services and Features are aligned with Modern Luxury, House of Brands and the Theme.
- In addition, you will manage the interface with Portfolio Epic / Capability owners and their delivery teams, working collaboratively to define and deliver the key work packages each Quarter.
Main Responsibilities:
- Own the product backlog, ensuring it is up to date, prioritised and reflects stakeholder needs.
- Escalation where required.
- Overall plan alignment with respect to timing and delivery
- Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and development teams.
- Facilitate regular communication with internal and external stakeholders in order to align priorities and expectations.
- Manage competing priorities and negotiate with stakeholders to balance short-term needs with long-term goals.
- Responsible for the co-ordination and governance cadence of the Theme including QBR/BRP ceremonies and Theme level sprint showcases as required
- Collaborate across the Theme to ensure synergies are captured and dependencies are highlighted.
- Lead the Clients' Charging Customer experience landscape
Skills:
- Customer first mindset
- Good understanding of automotive industry, including competitor and market awareness
- Project management, leadership and planning skills are essential, along with good teamwork and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strategic thinking is also essential.
- Able to combine a short term, pragmatic focus with longer term strategic view.
- Significant knowledge & practical experience of High Voltage Electronic Charging systems
- Knowledge & practical experience of the Charging Communications protocol and software development processes.
- Knowledge of Powertrain Units & Systems design principles and attributes.
Desirable Skills:
- Ability to rapidly understand the key concepts of the system of interest and to lead groups of subject matter experts to design and architect these systems
- Ability to resolve complex, cross functional and cross-domain systems engineering problems
- Experience operating inside an Agile framework
- Knowledge of programme delivery systems and lifecycles
- EVSE/ energy aggregators
Education:
- Degree or relevant equivalent experience.
Why work through Contechs?
Contechs is a leading Automotive, Design, Engineering, Technology and Innovation Recruitment Consultancy. Founded in 1997, with an inhouse Contractor Care Team to support all external employees, acts as an employment agency for permanent and contract recruitment.
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