Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

The management of projects, typically (but not exclusively) delivery of IT infrastructure in adidas premises (offices, showrooms, warehouses, retail). The role acquires and utilizes the necessary resources and skills, within agreed parameters of cost, timescales, and quality. The adoption and adaptation of project management methodologies based on the context of the project and selecting appropriately from predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches. Additionally, the Tech Project Manager is capable to manage technology focused projects and understands hardware and software solutions or system architecture.

For this position we are looking for candidates who will be part of EMEA Tech Project Management Team responsible for effective solutions roll-out delivery across sub-markets/countries based on business priorities. The role requires great project management (predominantly waterfall practices), internal stakeholders/vendors management and communication skills preferably in the following areas: Retail; Workforce Management; Partner Program; Wholesale.

What can you expect?

Project management

• Defines, documents, and carries out small projects or sub-projects (typically less than six months, with limited budget, limited interdependency with other projects, and no significant strategic impact), alone or with a small team, actively participating in all phases.
• Identifies, assesses, and manages risks to the success of the project.
• Applies appropriate project management methods and tools whether predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches.
• Agrees project approach with stakeholders, and prepares realistic plans (including quality, risk, and communications plans) and tracks activities against the project schedule, managing stakeholder involvement as appropriate.

Portfolio, program, and project support

• Takes responsibility for the provision of support services to projects.
• Uses and recommends project control solutions for planning, scheduling, and tracking projects.
• Sets up and provides detailed guidance on project management software, procedures, processes, tools, and techniques.
• Supports program or project control boards, project assurance teams and quality review meetings.
• May be involved in aspects of supporting a program by providing a cross program view on risk, change, quality, finance, or configuration management.

Business analysis

• Investigates operational requirements, problems, and opportunities, seeking effective business solutions through improvements in automated and non-automated components of new or changed processes.
• Assists in the analysis of stakeholder objectives, and the underlying issues arising from investigations into business requirements and problems and identifies options for consideration.
• Contributes to selection of the business analysis methods, tools, and techniques for projects, selecting appropriately from predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches.

Requirements definition and management

• Contributes to selection of the requirements approach for projects, selecting appropriately from predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches.
• Defines and manages scoping, requirements definition and prioritization activities for initiatives of medium size and complexity.
• Facilitates input from stakeholders, provides constructive challenge and enables effective prioritization of requirements.
• Investigates, manages, and applies authorized requests for changes to base-lined requirements, in line with change management policy.

Relationship management

• Implements stakeholder engagement/communications plan.
• Deals with problems and issues, managing resolutions, corrective actions, lessons learned and the collection and dissemination of relevant information.

What are we looking for?

• Education with focus on Business Administration or IT or related areas, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Proficient spoken and written command of English
• At least 7-year experience in IT and at least 4 end-to-end projects executed as project manager
• 5 years of experience in relevant area. Solution roll-out experience across countries/markets is big advantage.
• 2 years of experience in team management
• Strong understanding & knowledge of regional and global market landscape and the respective customer
• Managed critical elements and cross functional and regional projects

What are we offering?

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Hybrid work policy and flexible working hours
• Sports and work-life balance incentives
• Upskilling and internal growth (local and international)
• International and diverse work environment
• State-of-art office space and conditions