Project Manager

Project Manager

Salary: Competitive

Mission

Who We Are

Founded and continuously led by inventor and entrepreneur Tony Aquila, Solera is a global leader in digital technologies that connect and secure life's most important assets: our cars, homes and identities. Since its inception in 2005 as a garage-based startup, Solera has grown aggressively with over 50 acquisitions across its platforms. The company's current product solutions include Audatex, Autodata, AutoPoint, cap hpi, Colimbra, Digidentity, Enservio, Explore Data, Hollander, Identifix, Inpart, LYNX and TitleTec, as well as the company's flagship Digital Garage application. Today, Solera processes over 300 million transactions annually for approximately 235,000 partners and customers in over 85 countries across six continents. Unified by a strong culture that values uncommon entrepreneurial thinking and continuous "do-it-different" innovation, Solera's global workforce of 6,700+ associates come from diverse forward-thinking industries that include automotive technology, artificial intelligence, software development, data sciences, cybersecurity, cognitive design, and digital identity protection.

cap hpi provides decision support data and software solutions spanning vehicle valuation (new, used and future), validation, collision, mechanical repair, and total cost of ownership. We help our customers to make smarter automotive decisions by providing one source for data and software solutions that uniquely span the whole vehicle lifecycle. cap hpi puts technology at the centre of all data activities, from collection and processing, through to delivery and the development of new applications. We operate from an international hub in Leeds, UK; ensuring our systems, coding, data collection processes, and valuation methodologies are consistent, scalable, repeatable and of the highest quality for every country.

The Solera Way

Solera’s uncommon culture is based on three simple principles: Think 80/20 (Focus), Act 30/30 (Efficiency), and Live 90/10 (Accountability). We define our mindset using Our 3H’s: Humility, a Hunger to succeed, and a desire to Hunt for opportunities to win. We train our team to engage with each other modulating between their intellect (IQ) and emotional intelligence (EQ) using our 3Fs: Facts, Finesse, and Force. Solera has become a global technology leader that is constantly growing in the double digits. The principles, drills, and values associated with the Solera Way have been fundamental to Solera’s success and our ability to grow, continuously change, and innovate.

Our Space

• Location-wise, we are based across the road from Leeds station
• Our office setting is open plan and we work collaboratively as a team
• Smart casual is our dress code and we are open to flexible start and end times and some remote working (with agreement from your manager)
• To break up the day and to allow time away from your screen we have table football and a pool table in the office, we offer weekly fruit to keep the team healthy!
• Once a month we have an informal ‘’beer and crisps’’ get-together where we catch up on new developments and wins
• We also like to celebrate company success, funding legendary summer and winter parties
• Teams also take part in a quarterly incentive which is linked to our performance against financial targets
• There are frequent opportunities internally to learn and grow into other fields / disciplines. Career progression is important to us.

Are You Uncommon?

We are looking for a Project Manager with a strong change delivery record who is willing to take end-to-end ownership, in order to successfully deliver results in a fast-paced and dynamic business environment. As part of the Data Operations team, you’ll partner closely with Technology, Product, Sales and Operational teams as well as customers and vendors to deliver strategic cross-functional projects.

Position 80s

What You’ll Be Doing with the Project Manager Role

At Solera, we believe in providing clarity and focus to what our employees are responsible for – their mission. The 80’s, as we call them at Solera, are the employee’s priorities associated with their role or mission. The mission 80’s for this role, are:

• Delivering projects in an Agile environment to time, cost and quality objectives, working with product owners and teams working within an agile framework
• Navigating through ambiguity, managing and coordinating multiple project assignments simultaneously in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, accepting ownership and accountability of the process and delivering on commitments
• Managing cross-functional project teams to execute complex projects, ensuring accountability and responsibilities are clear, with owners held to account on delivery of their commitments
• Co-ordination of publication, review and sign-off of major Project Management deliverables
• Definition and management of desired project benefits, ensuring realisation plans are place and embedded into the business
• Ensuring project plans are created and maintained, deliverables tracked against time and cost, and resource utilisation is monitored
• Monitoring and reporting on progress of the project to the Senior Management Team and all stakeholders
• Co-ordinating quality activities to meet quality objectives. Managing project risks, issues and change control, communicating the impact to the project
• Monitoring projects against time, budget and quality standards
• Implementing project governance structures and ensuring effective Steering Committees and Working Groups take place, working with and suitably challenging staff of all levels as required
• Hunting out revenue opportunities during project delivery and where there is a business case to do so, establishing environments in which these can be exploited
• Innovating to improve customer experience and continuously seeking out opportunities to reduce cost in our value chain
• Insuring all change is fully embedded into the business so benefits can be realised
• Playing a critical role in building project management excellence by providing guidance and mentorship to all levels of leadership, as well as serving as an outstanding role model

Qualifications

Are You Qualified for the Project Manager Role?

Self-motivated and enthusiastic with a proactive approach to work

• Ability to think strategically and execute methodically
• High attention to detail including proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
• Experienced in all stages of the project lifecycle, from definition to closure
• Can-do attitude with a willingness to roll up sleeves and do what is necessary
• Excellent written and verbal communication (English)
• Strong communicator at all levels through to executives
• Comfortable to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Customer facing and commercially orientated
• Recognise inefficiency and have the drive to recommend / implement improvements
• Excellent organisation and ability to prioritise time
• Passion for technology
• Adaptable and flexible to meet workload demands
• Excellent Stakeholder management

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