Strategic Project Lead
3 weeks ago
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Strategic Project Lead to join our team at Ocado Group. As a key member of our project delivery team, you will play a pivotal role in guiding and supporting the Technology mission in successfully delivering critical and essential projects and/or programmes.
Working alongside our Engineering and Product teams, you will act as a bridge between the technical and business worlds, leveraging your deep project expertise and experience to support critical project and/or programme delivery. You will work with others around the Ocado Group business to find great solutions which support the continued growth of our International clients.
The ideal candidate will have experience with managing programmes, across different domains, built by engineering and product teams. You will also have knowledge of multiple functional areas in addition to the project craft, including product management, Engineering, UX/UI and Data Science.
In this role, you will be a go-to person for the projects you lead, with great expertise, problem-solving and knowledge sharing, as well as the go-to person for other Project Managers to learn from. The focus for this role will be to work in project areas of high strategic importance, complexity or with projects that are earlier in their evolution.
Key Responsibilities
- Build effective partnerships and foster unity with positivity and respect.
- Lead with empathy to effectively balance competing needs between project teams and stakeholders.
- Mentor and coach others in the Project Management Craft across the organisation.
- Create a strong sense of purpose and mission for the project team.
- Champion business requirements and communicate these in a compelling way to the project team.
- Make effective, strategic decisions, with a clear rationale and using appropriate tools for the scenario.
- Role model behaviours and apply Ocado Technology principles in day-to-day work.
- Lead stakeholders at all levels across the business.
- Promote the craft of Project Management throughout Ocado Technology, and share best practice with colleagues.
About Ocado Group
At Ocado Group, we are transforming the way the world shops. We are a technology-driven retailer, developing our own groundbreaking technology, opening multiple sites at an accelerating rate, and engaging in exciting new business partnerships around the world. We are looking for the Everyday Pioneers to lead us into the next stage of our evolution: enhancing our capabilities, inspiring our teams, and developing new ways of working.
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