IT Project Manager

GKN Automotive is the market leader in conventional, all-wheel and electrified drive systems and solutions. With a comprehensive global footprint, we design, develop, manufacture and integrate an extensive range of driveline technologies for over 90% of the world’s car manufacturers. GKN Automotive has a turnover of circa £5 billion and 25,000 employees across 19 countries.

As a GKN Automotive Project Manager, you will lead transformation across our business delivering new technologies including infrastructure, applications, and processes throughout the organisation. You will be a key delivery contact for executive managers and stakeholders across our organisation directing internal and external partner teams to manage projects and deliver change.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive professional and effective project management for assigned initiatives using relevant Project Management methodologies and best practice tools/techniques, ensuring high quality delivery.
• Delivery of projects to time, cost, and quality forecast.
• Lead activities with external partners and suppliers to ensure effective integration of systems.
• Build strong and enduring relationships between IT, business, and partner functions.
• Innovate to build continuous improvement in delivery with strong project governance.
• Build high performing teams that can work flexibly to deliver the required outcomes.

Skills

• Proven relationship management skills and the ability to drive and deliver transformation.
• Highly developed ability to own and resolve conflicts and project issues and to manage multiple and complex project risks dealing with uncertainty.
• A trusted advisor with excellent communication skills and the ability to influence at all levels of the organisation.
• Proven leader with a good understanding of business processes including manufacturing and a track record in successful delivery of complex projects.
• Experienced in contract and commercial management with a focus on budget control and forecast management.

Experience

• Successfully operated as a Project Manager for several years, with strong infrastructure and application knowledge ideally within a manufacturing organisation and understanding of business functions.
• Extremely client focused with an ability to guide a business through complex change and proven relationship management skills negotiating at high levels.
• Project management certification in recognised best-practice and frameworks such as MSP, APM, PMI, Prince2.
• Experience engaging with different project/program leads.
• Role location is flexible but will be based within one of our existing sites.

Education

Bachelor's Degree required, Master's Degree preferred.

Reporting Line

This role reports directly into our IT Portfolio Manager.

Location & Working Model