Sr. Project Manager/Scrum Master

This is Lyondellbasell

As a leader in the global chemical industry creating solutions for everyday sustainable living. Through advanced technology and focused investments, we are enabling a circular and low carbon economy. Across all we do, we aim to unlock value for our customers, investors and society. As one of the world’s largest producers of polymers and a leader in polyolefin technologies, we develop, manufacture and market high-quality and innovative products for applications ranging from sustainable transportation and food safety to clean water and quality healthcare. For more information, please visit www.lyondellbasell.com or follow @LyondellBasell on LinkedIn.

This is the role

Reporting to the Program Delivery Manager within the IT Business Process Excellence team, this position provides leadership for planning and delivery of IT projects and other product backlog items. He/she is responsible for implementation of business and IT solutions, new applications, and upgrades. The position ensures successful delivery, meeting the targets related to scope, time, cost and value. Following DevOps principles, he/she ensures a seamless transition of project outputs to product teams. Overall, this position works closely with business and technology leadership, serving as a leader and trusted advisor for quality delivery of IT solutions.

Roles & Responsibilities

This is a position of influence, negotiation and expectation management as well as hands-on delivery management:

• Successful delivery of projects and product backlog items;
• Collaborates with product team leaders and business process owners for value creation through technology investments;
• Is an active practitioner and coach of LYB Agile project delivery methodology, which is based on agile and lean principles;
• Coaches and mentors project and product teams, involving both IT and business participants;
• Prepares project plan, resource and cost estimates;
• Liaises with resource managers to secure resources required for successful delivery;
• Manages budget, scope and schedule;
• Facilitates organizational change management; manages risk and issue resolution;
• Manages stakeholders in business and IT, including senior leaders;
• Reports into project steering committee or equivalent body; ensures regular status reporting;
• Ensures that the project delivers benefits outlined in the business case and meets reasonable expectations of end users;
• Contributes to continuous improvement of LYB project delivery by applying lessons learned and external leading practices.

This is who you are

• Excellent program and project management skills with demonstrated track record;
• Demonstrated people leadership and team-building skills; ability to work in matrix organization;
• Strong presentation and communication skills; negotiation skills to influence stakeholders;
• Experience in managing multi-cultural teams and work across multiple onsite and offshore locations;
• Experience in financial planning and analysis, and cost benefit analysis, in project economic metrics like NPV, IRR, payback (preferred);
• MBA is a plus;
• Current PMI PMP or Prince2 certification and Certified Scrum Master a plus.

This is what you bring

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, information systems, business administration or related field or equivalent experience;
• A minimum of 10 years of IT and business/industry related experience with large, global organizations;
• A minimum of 8 years in a project management role, managing medium to large global teams;
• Five plus years of leadership responsibility in managing medium to large projects and teams and influencing senior management and stakeholders;
• Experience in technology projects in one or more of the following business domains: Manufacturing (preferred), Health Safety and Environmental (HSE), and Procurement;
• Experience in implementing projects on SAP platform, and preferably also in managing operations on SAP platform;
• Experience in implementing SaaS solutions (preferred);
• Experience in Azure DevOps and agile (preferred).

This is what we offer

We offer an environment where we encourage personal and professional growth and where you will be rewarded for your performance and results. You will have the possibility to work with specialist on all fields to develop innovative solutions and to extend your national and international network. In addition, we offer you a competitive salary package. The Company's Global Remote Work Policy allows eligible employees the option to work up to three days a week from home. LyondellBasell is committed to advancing diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) to ensure a positive experience for all employees.

Interested?

Please feel free to contact our Senior Corporate Recruiter at james.smeets @ lyondellbasell.com for more details. 

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