Shopping Program Manager for 7 months (hybrid)

For our client, a well-known technology company (active in the areas of hardware and software development), we are looking for an enthusiastic

Office Location: Zurich, CH (near the main station “Zurich HB”)

Your responsibilities

Overall the Shopping Merchant Org  is focused on building experiences and features that Merchants use to get onto the platform, grow their business, and engage with shoppers. Specifically, the program management team is responsible for driving a number of Product/Engineering (SW) projects that support key initiatives for the Shopping Merchant Interfaces team.  

As a Shopping Program Manager on the team, you will

• Be responsible for end-to-end planning, execution, monitoring and transfer of projects and processes, continuous improvements across a variety of fields, as well as ad-hoc advisory and guidance for stakeholders on best-practices of execution.
• Work with Technical Program Managers, Product Managers, Engineering Team, Analytical leads  and other functions to ensure successful delivery on projects planned for the teams.
• Develop and maintain plans/trackers, manage bug filing/ tracking, run effective meetings,  organize and communicate clearly project status, risks and dependencies to key stakeholders. 
• Implement project management tools/processes to streamline Dev velocity 

Your skillset

• 3-4 yrs relevant work experience as a Program Manager (preferable: T/PgM)
• Skilled in partnering with Product and Eng teams and working in a cross functional set up, including BD, Marketing, Legal, Operations, etc
• Good communication across the varied stakeholder set including communicating both upwards and to the teams
• Understanding software product lifecycle and program structuring through phases: Ideation, UX and UXR, Setting Program Objectives, Workstreams, Milestones, Tracking development, Testing, Roll out, etc

Your application

Would you like to be part of the Shopping Program Management team? We look forward to receiving your online application and assure you of the necessary discretion. If we’re able to consider you, we will contact you as soon as possible.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me (Lucija Zovak, Consultant, Gi Group).

About Gi Group: Gi Group is part of Gi Group Holding, a global ecosystem of HR services and consulting that supports the development of the labour market and helps to change people's lives in 37 countries around the world. In Switzerland we operate with the brands Gi Group, Grafton, BauTech, Gi Life Sciences and former Kelly Services. We are active in temporary, permanent and professional staffing as well as in a variety of complementary HR Services. With a direct presence in 35 locations across Switzerland and over 250 employees, we are one of the leading staffing companies in the Swiss recruitment market.

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