Project Lead

Mission Description

Stellantis is a leading global mobility player guided by a clear mission: to provide freedom of movement for all through distinctive, appealing, affordable, and sustainable mobility solutions.

Our Company's strength lies in the breadth of our iconic brand portfolio, the diversity and passion of our 300,000 people, and our deep roots in the communities in which we operate.

In this new era of mobility, our portfolio of brands is uniquely positioned to offer distinctive and sustainable solutions to meet the evolving needs of customers, as they embrace electrification, connectivity, autonomous driving and shared ownership.

As the connected vehicle market is growing rapidly and is expected to dominate the automotive market in the coming years, Stellantis has created a Software entity called SWX for SoftWare driven eXperience.

The SWX ambition is to lead Stellantis into a fundamental transformation within the automotive industry and make the group an industry leader in software for the customer experience in the fields of autonomous driving, smart cockpit and connected services.

To achieve its ambitions, the new Software Organization is seeking a motivated and adaptable Project leader to operate for one of the four main innovative areas which compose the future of our onboard and offboard solutions:

- our future Electrical Architecture (STLA Brain),

- the next generation of autonomous driving solution (STLA AutoDrive),

- the future of connectivity and infotainment (STLA SmartCocpkit),

- and all the Connected services and digital solutions.

Your Role

Directly reporting to the Chief Engineer of any of the programs mentioned above, and in strong relation with our engineering and strategy divisions, you will have the full responsibility to deliver the features, components and/or subsystems on a given perimeter, according to the expected Quality, Costs, Timing, Performance objectives and the expected Purchasing and Industrial orientations.

You will mainly interact with the Strategy division, the Product teams, the Engineering entities, the Production plants and the Purchasing team.

Your responsibilities

You will perform the global delivery of the solution with respect to vehicle program timelines and the overall project schedule, by coordinating all the skills and abilities at your disposal.

You will lead the solution scope definition, the staffing phase, and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value.

You will create and lead effective communication across development teams and all the project stakeholders, organize and lead solution status and working meetings, prepare and distribute progress reports, then relate constructively to all levels of an organization while managing risks and issues.

Profile

Your basic qualifications

You have a bachelor's degree and can prove a minimum of 5 to 8 years of professional experience in any domain related to software and a customer-oriented product (consumer electronics industry .), with exposure to product development organizations, engineering teams and operations.

Your English is fluent, and a second language would be a plus.

You have a good understanding of software development life cycle models as well as knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices. Ideally, you can blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment.

You display strong communication, organizational, analytical, critical thinking, and team-building skills. You have experience collaborating with diverse teams to build successful solutions.

The experience you bring

Your experience in the automotive sector would be a plus, but not mandatory.

Your experience in other fields will give you the opportunity to challenge our models and bring disruption to our software-driven way of thinking.

You have already been successfully involved in any Project management role related to future mobility solutions, with a proven track of records.

You have a sufficient level of technical background to provide credible leadership to development teams and to be able to evaluate complex project risks and issues accurately and objectively.

You are strong in building long-lasting and trusted relations with your working relations.

You are a creative, natural leader, eager to learn about a new domain, a fast learner, a great listener, ready to evolve in a fast-growing environment, and eager to guide and coach people in a multi-cultural & international organization.

You demonstrate strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands.