Agile Project Manager, Stockholm

About the assignment:

- Location: Stockholm
- Duration: 12 months
- Start: TBD
- Apply: as soon as possible
- Extent: 100%
- Please note that the mandatory requirements have to be met in full in order for us to present your profile to our Customer.


Description

Welcome to apply for the role Agile Project Manager in Business Tech.

As an Agile Project Manager, you will be responsible for managing complex cross-cutting initiatives, involving many parts of Business Tech and of the global business organisation within the organisation, as well as the external marketplace partner. These initiatives typically require a wide range of activities from business development to tech implementation, including new product development as well as coordination of participating teams across the Group, of which many are distributed globally. The job often includes strategic analysis as well as technical and functional development.

An additional focus area within the role is to support continuous refinement of the product coordination processes by using existing and new tools to achieve the expected outcome of cross cutting initiatives.

Your tasks consist of, but are not limited to:

- Leading, managing and executing large cross-cutting projects, involving colleagues from Product Teams across the tech organization, from Business Functions in the global business organization, and from the external marketplace partner tech and business functions.
- Examples of projects:
- - New warehouse in existing company market with sales through external marketplace
- - Expansion with new marketplace partners globally
- Collaborating with business stakeholders to achieve complex changes that require synchronized backlogs and activities
- Collaborating with several product teams within areas such as assortment, fulfilment, order management, accounting and BI, as well as cooperate with the external marketplace partner and warehouse partner.
- You will be the speaking partner towards the external partner around solution creation, development roadmap and backlogs.
- Taking ownership for planning, issue handling and all kinds of project management activities, all adapted to the agile environment within Business Tech




Mandatory competence and experience:

Functional Knowledge:

- Agile Project Management and coordination
- Stakeholder management
- People leadership
- Agile methods
- Prioritization and planning
- Objectives and Key Results
- Fluent in English both written and verbal


Additionally:

- We believe you have several years of experience of leading people and teams in a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency, safety, and trust.
- You are confident in giving feedback, provide inspiration and to motivate others in their day-to-day work.
- You are well versed in the Agile methodologies and can identify interdependencies within a dynamic product landscape and complex organization. The work is executed with a focus on business results, value creation, growth, and serving customers with full ownership and accountability.


Furthermore:

- you are an excellent communicator with experience of forming alliances and bringing together multiple stakeholders, both internally and externally to execute on a common mission.
- You understand the need to ensure alignments of goals and plans to ensure the overall success of the projects at hand.
- You are eager to develop a thorough understanding of business processes and technical challenges, and you ensure learnings are documented and shared with others.


Preferred competence and experience:

We would prefer that you have experience from e-commerce and/or marketplaces and understand the processes and logic, i.e. order management, fulfilment, accounting processes etc.,and you understand the bigger picture and work to improve the cooperation between the Business Tech organisation and other stakeholders at clients organisation, as well as building a successful long-term partnership with clients external marketplace partners.





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How to proceed with the process

- Apply for the assignment through this ad.
- State your preferred hourly rate in the application.
- Upload your CV in word format.
- We will revert to you if we need further information or clarification regarding your application.
- The Customer usually reverts to us within 10 working days from the last application date. We aim to get back to you promptly with any new information regarding your application or the assignment. If you have not received any information from us within this time frame, please contact us through our platform.


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About Shaya Solutions

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