Software Factory Program Manager (f/m/x)

SPREAD ENTHUSIASM. SHAPE THE FUTURE.

SHARE YOUR PASSION.

At the BMW Group, everything starts with passion. It turns a profession into a vocation. It drives us to keep reinventing mobility and bring innovative ideas onto the roads. Enthusiasm for joint projects turns a team into a strong unit where every opinion is valued. It is only when expertise, highly professional processes and enjoyment of work unite that we can shape the future together. 

The BMW management board funded in 2021 the program SOFTWARE FACTORY (SWF) that bundles initiatives to professionalize inhouse vehicle software development processes, methods, and tools. We focus on initiatives regarding software architecture, integration and release, software validation, and software quality. Hence working with us means to set the base for state-of-the-art software processes, methods, and tool solutions within BMW, that meet current and future software development demands.

What awaits you?

• You will be responsible for budgetary, procedural, and organizational aspects of the program in close collaboration with SWF’s Program Lead.
• Additionally, you will be responsible for committee management as well as for the templates of the regular upper management reports and the collecting of all necessary input on time.
• The program’s governance framework including time plan, risk management and reporting based on the various products, components, suppliers as well as the compliance to the program milestones are part of you field of activity.
• You work in close collaboration with our Practice Leads and Initiative Leads to continuously improve and develop the program strategy, portfolio, content and resources.
• Thereby you will also help to foster Customer Relationship Management, steer and track program-wide topics, set the base for program internal as well as internal and external workshops and organize all BMW internal public relations as well as marketing output.
• Finally, you will take care of the financial forecasts and the real-time foresight into project resourcing and guide all program members through all budgetary issues in strong collaboration with our financial departments.

What should you bring along?

• Master’s degree in economics, business informatics or any similar qualification.
• At least 5 years of working experience in program/project management and optionally product management and/or finance.
• Expert knowledge of agile working tools (Jira, Confluence etc.) as well as a good understanding of programming. 
• Professional knowledge of MS Office, especially in Excel.
• Fluent in English and German language.

You are independent, communicative, you can set priorities correctly and you describe yourself as an entrepreneur? Apply now!

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What do we offer?

• 30 days of holiday.
• Attractive remuneration.
• BMW & MINI promotions.
• Career development.
• Flexible organisation of working times.
• High Work-Life Balance.
• Mobility offers.
• And many other benefits - see bmw.jobs/benefits

At the BMW Group, we see diversity and inclusion in all its dimensions as a strength for our teams. Equal opportunities are a particular concern for us, and the equal treatment of applicants and employees is a fundamental principle of our corporate policy. That is why our recruiting decisions are also based on personality, experience and skills.

Find out more about diversity at the BMW Group at bmwgroup.jobs/diversity

Earliest starting date: from now on

Type of employment: unlimited

Working hours: Full-time

Contact:

Arjeta Hasi

BMW Group Recruiting Team

+49 89 382-17001