Solera is a global leader in data and software services that strives to transform every touchpoint of the vehicle lifecycle into a connected digital experience. In addition, we provide products and services to protect life's other most important assets: our homes and digital identities. Solera processes over 300 million digital transactions annually for approximately 235,000 partners and customers in more than 90 countries. Our 6,500 team members foster an uncommon, innovative culture and are dedicated to successfully bringing the future to bear today through cognitive answers, insights, algorithms, and automation. For more information, please visit solera.com.
Project Manager – Spain
The Role
We are looking for a virtual Project Manager to drive companywide high-visibility and high-priority software development and IT projects. This critical hire must have exceptional communication and organization skills, be highly collaborative, and have a deep understanding of independent and interdependent IT organizational structures, tools, and teams. With an emphasis on discovery and soft skills, this individual will work with leadership and teams across the globe to create meaningful and positive change. Pragmatic, innovative, data-driven, detail-oriented, and self-motivated are skills crucial to the success of this role, as well as the ability to leverage and implement project management tools, processes, and KPIs to increase visibility, create stability, and ensure success. The ideal candidate will be accountable for key projects and will coordinate the logistics and resources, conduct planning and working sessions, and build lasting relationships to meet project objectives.
What You\'ll Do
As the Project Manager, you will work directly with Product, Development, and IT leadership to kick off, oversee, and manage key projects. You will collaboratively define the scope of work, identify appropriate resources, set goals, develop schedules, and track and report progress while ensuring that the overall approach is refined and can be leveraged by junior Project and Project Managers. Along with managing key projects, you will:
Drive implementation of multiple, complex project management initiatives, working closely with cross-functional teams and resources to achieve milestones within established timeframes
Communicate with project stakeholders, executive and senior management, and provide reporting insights on issues through root cause analyses
Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders
Coach, mentor, motivate, and supervise project team members and contractors, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work
What You\'ll Bring
Bachelor\'s degree (B.A.) or equivalent work experience
6 - 8 years experience in project or project management
5+ years experience creating and driving large-scale technology and data-driven project management transformation plans
Advanced knowledge of business applications such as Microsoft Word
Highly effective in Microsoft Excel, Project, Teams, etc.
Demonstrated ability to:
Proactively and effectively communicate and present ideas in a clear and persuasive manner to all organizational levels
Persuade, encourage, enroll, and motivate others
Work collaboratively at all levels within the organization
Plan, prioritize, and quickly adapt to overcome obstacles and resource constraints to ensure objectives are achieved
Develop strategies, action plans, and metrics to ensure visibility, proactively identify risks, and have the objective information to address issues
Quickly identify problems and create mitigation plans to minimize risk, issues, bottlenecks, and obstacles
Be accountable, trustworthy, transparent, and dependable
Have a high level of emotional intelligence, self-regulation, and self-control to adapt and ensure success in challenging situations
It is not possible to list every requirement for or responsibility of any position. The Company may adjust, add to or eliminate any aspect of the above description and may require additional or different responsibilities to meet business needs.
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