IT Project Manager M/F

Volkswagen Financial Services has been supporting the development of the Volkswagen Group brands - Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, Cupra, Skoda and Volkswagen Utilitaires - and their dealer networks for over thirty years. We thus play the role of a mobility vector for our end customers, individuals or companies, by providing them with a full range of financing and leasing solutions, as well as complementary services and insurance adapted to customer needs. In 2023, for the 4th consecutive time, we were certified "Great Place to Work" and are also ranked 18th in the Best Workplaces rankings. Find all the latest news from Volkswagen Financial Services on our LinkedIn space: https://www.linkedin.com/company/volkswagen-financial-services-france/mycompany/ Website: https://www.vwfs.fr/

As part of a replacement, we are looking for an IT Project Manager M/F to join our DSI.

Your missions will be as follows:

Mission 1: CARRYING OUT THE PRE-PROJECT (scoping, requirement qualification, decision support)

• You will initiate the project (scope/planning/tasks/deliverables/methods/risks), to satisfy requirements from the start of its realization
• You will organize the pre-project, the scoping, the qualification of the need, supervise the progress, coordinate and lead all stakeholders
• You will identify, analyze and measure the impacts and risks of the project
• You will propose, if necessary, possible scenarios (solutions, macro-estimates, schedules) in support of decision-making
• You will prepare IT documents, internal validations from stakeholders
• You will prepare summary documents, organize and lead steering committees and present them to the project prioritization committee for Go / No Go decisions

Mission 2: PROJECT PLANNING (structuring, organization and projection of realization)

• You will determine the human needs necessary for achieving the objectives (team, expected workload, skills)
• You will implement the project organization and its operating rules (methods, steering tools, indicators...) in coherence with the company's processes and tools
• You will estimate and forecast the workloads, needs and costs associated with the implementation of the project
• You will plan the project phases according to its life cycle and ensure the update of the planning

Mission 3: PROJECT STEERING AND MONITORING (cost, deadline, quality)

• You will organize the project launch in agreement with department heads and monitoring bodies
• You will supervise the progress of the project with the business project manager and will be responsible daily for its progress
• You will organize, coordinate and lead the entire project team, the project resources within the budget
• You will coordinate, synthesize and ensure the quality and compliance of the decisions made
• You will manage relations with service providers until final validation of the project
• You will arbitrate decisions within the project team and ensure communication with the technical management (maitrise d’œuvre)
• You will guarantee compliance with the specifications (deadlines, costs, quality)
• You will propose, during the project, to the business or project owner (maitre d’ouvrage), possible modifications to objectives (quality, cost, deadline) related to realization constraints and/or changes in the environment
• You will be responsible for compliance with Quality methods and the drafting of associated project documentation
• You will deliver the documentation and pass the project Quality Gates according to the methodology
• You will organize, with the test manager and the business project manager, the IT testing phases and the UAT
• You will identify and manage interdependencies between projects, changes and defects

Mission 4: PRODUCTION DEPLOYMENT > STABILIZATION > PROJECT CLOSURE

• You will prepare the production deployment documents, ensure the validation of deliverables
• You will prepare the cut-over plan with the help of the Cut-over manager, especially for high-risk projects
• You will coordinate the deployment of the new application and/or new service
• You will organize the skills transfers for the operational readiness of the application, user support, and, if necessary, participate in user training
• You will guarantee stabilization and post-production improvements
• You will write the project report, conduct project lessons learned with other teams

Mission 5: CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP

• You will organize and lead project committees, steering, or project meetings
• You will ensure reporting and communication with all stakeholders
• You will maintain a relationship of trust between the project owner (MOA) and the Project teams
• You will support and advise the MOA (functional monitoring, evolution/use of tools)

Profile sought: You have completed higher education in IT (Master's level/bac+5)

You have a minimum of 8 years of experience in project/program management and continuous improvement in the area of responsibility

You are comfortable in managing/leading large-scale IT projects (software integration/development), planning and coordination of missions/tasks, and continuous improvement

Key skills: English is imperative

Project management

Organizational skills, time management

Adaptability

Proactive, autonomy

Transversality

Listening skills

Negotiation and persuasion

Knowledge of modeling and development languages

Use of planning and workload tools

Position based in Roissy-en-France, teleworking possible for an average of 2.5 days per week