Commercial Programme Lead

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Commercial Programme Lead to drive team processes and manage plans that align with the overall commercial strategy. In this dynamic role, you will support individual departments, track critical milestones, and implement effective processes to enhance business operations. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a collaborative environment, where creativity and initiative are valued, and your contributions will directly impact the success of innovative automotive projects. If you are passionate about project management and thrive in a fast-paced setting, we want to hear from you!

Qualifications

• Detailed understanding of PMO best practices for large cross-functional programmes.
• Experience in delivering multidisciplinary projects with stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Align functional activities within the Commercial team to the overall commercial strategy.
• Monitor critical path delivery for key Commercial Programme launches.

Skills

PMO best practice

MSP

SAFe / Agile methods

Stakeholder management

Project delivery documentation

Tools

Business project tool

Job description

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Story so far

Since Sir Jim Ratcliffe announced Project Grenadier in 2017, our team at INEOS Automotive has grown rapidly. From a start-up to the scaled business we are now, we’ve hit some huge milestones along the way. Despite some global challenges, we brought our first vehicle, the INEOS Grenadier, from a vision to prototype and to market in just five years. And now, as the first customer deliveries of our INEOS Grenadier have begun, we look to the future with our first all-electric vehicle.

People and Culture

With around 1500 employees, 10 locations and 44 nationalities, we’re an international team working together to challenge the ordinary. We welcome people who mirror our values: Spirit of ownership, who take responsibility and make things happen. Delivering quality work, with ambition to deliver outstanding results and who have a community mindset, believing together everyone achieves more. Creativity and initiative are encouraged to support your career development.

We’re doing things differently.

If this sounds like you, let’s talk.

Position Overview

The Commercial Programme Lead will drive Commercial team processes and manage the Commercial team’s plans, ensuring they support and align with the overall Commercial strategy, and ultimately with the company’s goals and objectives. This includes monitoring and supporting individual Commercial department plans, suggesting adjustments and raising associated risks, issues and dependencies as necessary, and ensuring they all align to one another. The Commercial Programmes Lead will track against the overall Commercial timelines, help to implement processes to aid day to day business operation, and develop strong relationships with key stakeholders across the Commercial team.

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Responsibility for aligning individual functional activities within the Commercial team, to the overall commercial strategy
• Supporting each of the Commercial functions with maintaining and tracking plans to represent their key activities, and employing appropriate control to ensure individual stakeholders maintain these plans to support project delivery
• Reporting critical milestones as well as risks, issues and dependencies in to the Commercial Programmes Manager
• Monitoring especially the critical path delivery for all key Commercial Programme launches within each of the key functional departments
• Comfortable challenging and assessing functional timelines to identify any key risks
• Assistance maintaining the business project tool across Commercial, ensuring buy in from key Commercial stakeholders
• Process implementation support across the wider Commercial team, alongside suggestions of areas for improvement
• Refreshing and expanding the pool of PM resources and templates

What we are looking for:

• A detailed understanding of PMO best practice and the practical application of this practice in conjunction with established standards for large programmes that are cross regional, cross business and cross functional
• Knowledge of MSP, SAFe / Agile methods for complex programmes
• The ability to compile, track and control all elements of project delivery documentation, including the ability to define and complete reports, meeting and information packs and material that may be used through to executive level
• Experience in Automotive Product development, Product Engineering, Product Marketing programmes. Not essential, but preferred
• Demonstrate experience in delivering multidisciplinary projects with key stakeholder management

If the role sounds of interest and you want to learn more please apply. Please include a covering letter that supports your application along with any other supporting information.

If your application is successful one of the team will be in touch to arrange an initial conversation!