Lead Program Management - Zalando Direct (f/m/d)
- Employer
- Zalando
- Location
- Berlin
- Closing date
- 17 Feb 2022
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- Function
- Operations
- Level
- Manager
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Job Details
As a Lead - Program Management (f/m/d) you will drive initiatives from end to end, using your multidisciplinary expertise in business, product, and tech to define scope, manage risk, and ensure quality.
You are a self-starter and can work autonomously to manage schedule, resourcing, and scope, and are a custodian of alignment, both vertical and horizontal. You have exemplary communication and stakeholder management skills. Furthermore, you are a true project management aficionado: you will mentor and support other project managers both within and outside of Zalando Direct, function as a program management team lead, help refine ways of working, and be a vocal, visible contributor to the community of practice.
WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
We celebrate diversity and are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
ABOUT ZALANDO
Zalando is Europe's leading online platform for fashion, connecting customers, brands and partners across 23 markets. We drive digital solutions for fashion, logistics, advertising and research, bringing head-to-toe fashion to more than 46 million active customers through diverse skill-sets, interests and languages our teams choose to use.
You are a self-starter and can work autonomously to manage schedule, resourcing, and scope, and are a custodian of alignment, both vertical and horizontal. You have exemplary communication and stakeholder management skills. Furthermore, you are a true project management aficionado: you will mentor and support other project managers both within and outside of Zalando Direct, function as a program management team lead, help refine ways of working, and be a vocal, visible contributor to the community of practice.
WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
- This is a senior, business-centric program management role in which you will lead and be accountable for the most complex programs and projects end-to-end, and assess, analyse, and consult on broader business goals, risks, constraints, and dependencies in structuring these highly complex initiatives.
- You will lead, inspire and mentor a team of Project and Program Managers in an effort to both support their growth as well as achieve the highest levels of quality and success.
- In setting up projects and programs, you will contribute to defining which problems the business wants to solve, helping support the design of solutions, risk assessment, and provide perspective on business impact. You will have a view on project resourcing in terms of existing and future commitments.
- Raise the bar: You get things done, and also can constructively challenge the status quo. You are able to quickly identify critical success factors and provide clarity to sponsors and stakeholders alike. You are able to adjust your approach for each project and can exercise your program and leadership skills as if you were an in-house consultant, business analyst, or product owner.
- You are a natural communicator (written and spoken), an active listener, and exhibit strong situational leadership. Using your refined soft skills, you can autonomously find and engage the right people to support delivery of programs and projects on time, scope, quality, priority, and with respect to risk management and resource constraints.
- You quickly establish and care for stakeholder relationships. You can steer stakeholders and sponsors with data-driven recommendations, often thinking two steps ahead, and are able to persuade and challenge assumptions based on due diligence from the initiative. You are solutions-driven, know how to manage disagreements constructively, and will leave your ego at the door.
- You will be able to take on additional leadership duties and support the program management leadership team.
- You have at least 5 years of end-to-end project and program management experience of progressively more complex projects and programs. You have managed the delivery of complex, cross-functional projects across business, technology, and digital products, with agile teams and in traditional project management environments.
- We value diversity at every level and understand that experience comes in many forms. Therefore, we encourage other perspectives and challenge the norms.
- You collaborate closely with high-level Sponsors to define problems, business requirements, priority, acceptance criteria, performance standards, and establish goals for complex programs that involve multi-disciplinary teams across multiple business units.
- You will be a go-to resource & consultant on programs and projects you do not own, and act as project management and business impact expert within our Business Unit. You will be a leading figure in the project management community of practice to help evolve and support our scalable growth.
- You work at all functional levels within the organization, such as Product, Design, Engineering, and/or other relevant functions and stakeholders.
- You collect and analyse requirements and dependencies to validate the most relevant scope in order to achieve the defined objectives of a program and its relevant projects in the most efficient and effective way. You define how to implement and further validate the overall solution. You focus on quality and consistency in project management and help evolve the standards.
- You are a highly-motivated, self-starting team player, and an expert in managing priorities and constructively managing conflict with functional teams, product owners, and other stakeholders. You are fully accountable for your tasks, and work in an independent and structured manner.
- Together with your team members you seek to continuously improve project management practices. You are an innovator by heart and are able to assimilate and advocate for better ways of working. You are able to put new tools and concepts into practice in a diverse, growing organization.
- You are highly self-aware and pay attention to the emotional and mental states of others, can regularly reflect on your own work, and can share and accept constructive feedback.
- A workplace run on trust, empowerment and feedback; positive, inspiring working atmosphere
- Competitive salary, employee share shop, 40% Zalando shopping discount, discounts from external partners, centrally located offices, public transport discounts, municipality services, great IT equipment, flexible working times, additional holidays and volunteering time off, free beverages and fruits, diverse sports and health offerings
- Mentoring and personal development opportunities and an international team of experts
- Relocation assistance for internationals, PME family service and parent & child rooms
We celebrate diversity and are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
ABOUT ZALANDO
Zalando is Europe's leading online platform for fashion, connecting customers, brands and partners across 23 markets. We drive digital solutions for fashion, logistics, advertising and research, bringing head-to-toe fashion to more than 46 million active customers through diverse skill-sets, interests and languages our teams choose to use.
Company
Zalando is Europe’s leading online platform for fashion and lifestyle. Founded in Berlin in 2008, we bring head-to-toe fashion to 35 million active customers in 17 markets, offering clothing, footwear, accessories and beauty from over 3,000 international brands.
Our platform is a one-stop fashion destination for inspiration, innovation and interaction. As Europe’s most fashionable tech company, we work hard to find digital solutions for every aspect of the fashion journey: for our customers, partners and every valuable player in the Zalando story.
Our goal is to become the starting point for fashion. We focus on the fashion industry and therefore operate in a variety of business areas.
- Fashion Store
Zalando online shops are tailored to local customers’ needs in 17 different European markets. The range extends from renowned global brands and fast fashion to local brands and is supplemented by our private labels.
- Offprice
The Offprice business of Zalando serves the sale of previous season’s assortments. As part of a shopping club, the Zalando Lounge offers registered members exclusive sales campaigns at discounted prices.
- Zalando's Private Labels
Zalando’s private label assortment includes shoes, clothing and accessories for women, men and children. With a total of six private labels, Zalando creates its own products, covering the entire value chain from design to sales.
- Zalon
Zalon is our style advice service, via which customers can consult and get inspiration from selected stylists regarding individualized purchases.
- Zalando Marketing Services
The entirety of Zalando’s expertise and scope is bundled in Zalando Marketing Services, which now offers personalized marketing solutions for our brand partners.
- Zalando Fulfilment Solutions
Zalando makes its own logistics capabilities available to external partners, so they do not have to be concerned with infrastructure issues but can concentrate fully on their core competence in the fashion business.
- Zalando Partner Services
Zalando helps other players in the industry to be successful in the digital world. For example, by connecting warehouse stocks with multiple retailers, by digitizing processes involved in fashion wholesale and by integrating offline businesses into our Zalando platform.
With a strong workforce of around 14,000 employees of over 130 different nationalities, Zalando unites diverse people, capabilities and concepts. Consolidating our effort and ideas scales our impact as an innovator in Fashion, Technology, Digital Marketing and Logistics Operations.
Company info
- Website
- https://jobs.zalando.com/
- Telephone
- +49 (0)30 2759 4693
- Location
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Zalando SE
Valeska-Gert-Straße 5
Berlin
Germany
10243
Germany
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