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Senior Project Manager (m/f/d)

Employer
Zalando
Location
Berlin
Closing date
3 Feb 2022

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Function
Operations
Level
Senior Manager

Job Details

As a Senior Project Manager for Retail Core, you will be responsible for strategy, planning and management of the rollout and adoption of our applications to our users. You will be responsible for coordinating with different teams to create a roadmap for the rollout / monthly releases, have a clear communication and on-boarding plan to support this, tracking progress and taking corrective actions.
WHERE IS YOUR EXPERTISE NEEDED
  • Drive mid to long term cross-functional projects from project scope and target definition, project planning and management of work streams and stakeholders, to implementation and retrospective. Oversee & manage the progress of all your projects in a structured way, present to various stakeholders and solve newly arising problems on-the-go.
  • Leverage project management tools and techniques and best practices to ensure the highest quality of project content and structure.
  • Get things done, challenge the status quo, understand critical success factors and change complexity into clarity.
  • Overcome obstacles, identify and remove bottlenecks and push your projects to success with a collaborative and solution-oriented mindset.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
  • A Bachelor's degree. Your grades reflect your drive, passion and intellectual ability.
  • 6-8 years of professional experience, ideally most of which is spent on managing complex multi-stakeholder project initiatives.
  • Proven track record of working in a tech environment. You speak the language of business as well as engineering and understand the process of moving from first ideation to eventual go-live and handover.
  • A highly motivated team player, and an expert in managing conflicts and priorities with both teams and stakeholders. You build strong relationships quickly and are able to clearly articulate and contextualize prioritization and trade-off decisions to stakeholders at all levels in the organization.
  • Excellent writing and speaking communication skills in English and a proven ability to build consensus between multiple stakeholders.
  • Change management experience / successful working experience with resistance to change
  • Consulting background preferred
PERKS AT WORK
  • 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 45 million active customers through diverse skill-sets, interests and languages our teams choose to use.

Please note that all applications must be completed using the online form - we do not accept applications via email.

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
Telephone
+49 (0)30 2759 4693
Location
Zalando SE
Valeska-Gert-Straße 5
Berlin
Germany
10243
Germany

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