Program Manager

Summary

Join lastminute.com as a Program Manager and lead projects from inception to completion. This fully remote position requires managing stakeholders, creating roadmaps, and delivering updates to management. You will set program management standards, support Value Stream owners, and ensure alignment among teams. The ideal candidate possesses strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills, along with 3+ years of relevant experience and a related degree. Enjoy a shorter work week, flexible hours, professional development opportunities, and various other perks.

Requirements

• Degree in Business, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or related fields
• 3+ years of proven experience in a similar role
• Proven experience in managing stakeholders
• Excellent program / project management, planning, analytical skills
• Strong problem-solving skills: comfortable tackling complex problems and breaking these down into manageable pieces
• Strong interpersonal skills, especially listening
• Outstanding ability to communicate, influence and adapt communication at different levels of the organisation
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Knowledge of agile and waterfall required
• Fluency in English is a must

Responsibilities

• Own and lead planned programs and projects from scoping through results and success
• Create program and project charters and roadmaps, ensuring involvement of all stakeholders
• Engage stakeholders to ensure proper execution, facilitating their interaction, collaboration, and alignment through ad-hoc decisional frameworks
• Deliver updates to top management and stakeholders, proactively informing them about challenges, risks, and opportunities
• Handle all related communications through the company’s official channels, Slack and Workplace
• Set program and project management standards and methodology for the entire organisation
• Build rapport with all stakeholders across Tech, Product, Value Streams, Platforms, supporting the organisation on ad-hoc needs
• Support Value Stream and Business Platform owners during internal Strategy Meetings to cascade company OKRs
• Support Value Stream and Business Platform owners in building business cases for their initiatives including budget requirements
• Ensure alignment among Engineering Managers, Product Owners and stakeholders during the Roadmap Planning phase to create a backlog/roadmap

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of other languages is a plus

Benefits

• An inclusive, friendly, and international environment (you’ll be working with colleagues from 10+ countries and over 48 nationalities)
• Shorter working week (36h as full time), with a half working day on Fridays
• Flexible start and end of the working day with core hours from 10:00 to 4:00 pm
• Possibility to work from anywhere for a period of time per year defined according to local regulations
• Fri-Yays: half a day on Friday morning with a no-meeting mandate and dedicated to deep work, personal growth, learning and training and/or focus time
• Professional and managerial skills development training paths, access to e-learning platforms such as O’reilly, Udemy, Coursera (depending on the department), and to our internal platform offering bespoke training content
• 2 paid days off per year for volunteering purposes
• Occasional social events to foster connections among colleagues
• Travel industry discounts and flash exclusive staff fares
• We support our employees through life's significant moments with leave options (e.g parental responsibilities, marriages, bereavements, relocations, etc.) in line with local laws