Project Manager at H&M Global Marketing & Communications

Company Description
Are you a skilled strategic Project Manager with a passion for fashion who wants to be part of building one of the biggest global fashion brands targeting women?
With over 171,000 colleagues from different backgrounds across the world, H&M group is dedicated to creating the best experience for our people as well as our customers. We share a value-driven way of working, based on a fundamental respect for the individual. Our shared values help create an open, dynamic and down-to-earth company culture where anything is possible and you can truly belong, being truly yourself.
Marketing & Communications is a global function that consist of 450 employees at the Head Office in Stockholm. We support all 74 markets around the world. The department has the responsibility to build the H&M brand, internally and externally: specifically, when it comes to brand awareness, attraction and loyalty. The department constantly drives change making sure that H&M’s communication is customer oriented, relevant, and aligned with our brand DNA. We are now looking for a skilled Project Manager for Account Women in the Agency that is part of H&M´s Global Global Marketing & Communications department. Account Women is responsible for all marketing communications targeting the female fashion interested consumer and consists of 55 employees.
Job Description
As a Project Manager you will develop the strategy and lead the implementation of global marketing communications projects targeting fashion interested women. You report to Account Manager and work closely with internal clients such as Head of Marketing for Womenswear. One very important part of the Project Manager role is to lead, motivate and align the project team to deliver the best possible results. The project team can consist of between 4-15 team members, and you have the responsibility to allocate and prioritize tasks between team members and make strategic decisions to find the best way to deliver on business and marketing KPI’s. If an external creative agency is contracted for a project, you are the main contact and responsible to make sure they deliver upon the assignment.
As Project Manager key responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Validate client briefs to ensure alignment on goals and deliverables
Ensure projects are delivered on time, on brief and on budget
Develop insights-driven activity strategies together with project resources
Ensure all project deliverables (strategies, concepts, content, etc) deliver on set goals and KPIs
Allocate resources and distribute/prioritize work between team members
Lead, inform, motivate, and align project team to deliver on shared goals
Empower and inspire team to challenge the status quo and create innovative solutions
Participate in sourcing and negotiations of creative talent and services
Learn a lot, make an impact, have fun

Qualifications
We believe you are a social and ambitious team player, full of drive and optimism. You are a results-driven entrepreneurial spirit who dares to innovate and challenge the status quo. To be successful in this role you have a creative personality with interest in fashion, brand development and communications. You have a customer first-perspective and have no problem challenging conventions and breaking boundaries. Apart from courage and energy, this role requires diplomacy but also a natural ability to both prioritize and make decisions. You never forget to involve, anchor and communicate with your fellow team members and stake holders.
Besides your personality we see that you have:
Extended experience from senior project management and strategic work, preferably from an advertising agency
Experience and/or a great interest in the fashion and/or lifestyle, industry
Solid strategic understanding of all disciplines of marketing and communications
Experience of and interest in the digital and social media landscape
Good understanding and knowledge of PR is a plus
Experience of setting and following up on project budgets
Knowledge of setting and following up KPI’s to demonstrate return of investment
Experienced in leading, motivating and aligning cross-functional teams
Experience and ability to manage senior stakeholders
Ability to communicate vision and strategy

Additional Information
Does this sound like you? Please upload your CV (English) as soon as possible but at the latest 3 th of October. Due to GDPR, we only accept applications through our career page. This is a fulltime, permanent position, based at our Head Office in Stockholm, Sweden. Start date as soon as possible.
We look forward to receiving your application!
We know that diversity is what makes us strong. Our teams should consist of great mix of people that share and combine their knowledge, experiences, and ideas. It leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, what we perceive possible and how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world.