Role : Senior Project Manager (KEC & Compliance) - Mobile & Device Services

Function : Infrastructure Services

Reports to : Portfolio & Delivery Manager

Location : Bangalore

Business Context and Main Purpose of the Role :

- Unilever is the global company behind powerhouse brands such as Dove, Persil, Flora and PG Tips. The Unilever corporate strategy (The Compass) sets out an ambitious growth and sustainability objective for Unilever: to double in size and become an - 80bn business by 2020, while cutting our environmental impact in half at the same time.

Technology helps Unilever to grow :

- Technology in Unilever is at the forefront of genuine globalization. Technology touches every part of our organisation enabling our business to move faster and with more confidence than ever before. As the pace of business gets faster, and as consumer behaviours evolve more rapidly, technology is the way we create competitive advantage for Unilever.

- Unilever faces a drastically changing business context, and the demands on the business are going to get more challenging, not less. The business world is changing and we are working in an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world - and so mobility is not an option for Unilever, it is a prerequisite for success.

- There are more devices, in more configurations, being used to do an increasing number of activities, with greater integration with cloud services and so there are more options available to us to unleash the power of mobility than ever before. Employees are importing their behaviours from the consumer devices and services they use in their personal lives and so our people want, need, and deserve, mobile tools that will help them realize the agile dream.

- The need for this increasingly Agile and Mobile workforce is happening while the sheer volume of available devices and services required by the business is dramatically multiplying. However, at the same time the business needs us to deliver robust mobility services whilst relentlessly driving down cost. The Mobile and Devices team plays a pivotal role in enabling the levels of mobility and agility that Unilever needs to succeed.

As a part of the Mobile & Device Services team, the purpose of the Senior Project Manager (KEC & Compliance) role is to support the Portfolio & Delivery Manager by :

- Driving Evergreen / Compliance delivery in line with InfoSec & Audit requirements.

- Managing and evolving the Evergreen Strategy for Keeping the Environment current.

- Ensure adherence to process and execution of delivery in accordance with deployment plans / cycles.

- Drive & communicate high levels of compliance through detailed reporting and dash boarding.

- Hold suppliers accountable to deliver against contractual obligations, in line with jointly developed processes and schedules.

- Transform the way we deliver KEC / Evergreen components to our devices globally.

- Managing escalations and issues through to resolution in conjunction with Service Management.

- Represent the service line as an SME for Evergreen and Security Compliance.

- Working in conjunction with Solution & Capability to develop joint technical delivery plans.

As our focus shifts more and more to InfoSec, the candidate must also interface heavily with the relevant teams to understand requirements for enhancements / changes to our environment, defining clear scope of work and delivery plans to support an ever changing world.

The Senior Project Manager (KEC & Compliance)reports to the Portfolio and Delivery Manager.

Main Accountabilities :

The Senior Project Manager (KEC & Compliance) will be accountable for the following:

Core Accountabilities :

- The Senior Project Manager (KEC & Compliance)is responsible for delivering the KEC & Compliance project across the Mobile and Device portfolio from Feasibility through to Launch. The Senior Project Manager (KEC & Compliance)is accountable for defining ways of working, optimizing processes and for ensuring the change initiatives are delivered in line with defined scope and requirements, within budget and timelines and activated through strong business change and comms adoption.

To underpin these areas of responsibility, the Senior Project Manager (KEC & Compliance)will define, manage, introduce, embed the following principles / practices :

Management Control :

- Ensuring progress is regularly monitored against the baseline, ensuring delivery remains on track and strategically aligned. The role should achieve this through regular progress reporting, staging and phase gates. Overall KEC management responsibility for c100k laptop and PC devices globally.

Resource Management :

- Management of Analyst resource(s), external global vendors and technical SME's to support the underpinning initiatives required to deliver the various aspects of KEC and compliance across the device estate.

Risk / Dependency Management :

- Ensuring the consistent and effective management of the projects exposure to risk, as well as managing both in service line and cross service line dependencies.

Stakeholder Engagement :

- Providing a consistent approach to stakeholder engagement and communication, ensuring the right stakeholders are kept abreast of delivery across various levels of the organisation.

Specific deliverables within this role include but are not limited to :

- Ensure Project deliverables meet agreed time, cost and quality measures.

- Core Application packaging requests in conjunction with the supplier, holding them accountable to deliver the defined service to SLA and according to business requirements.

- Management of Core Application catalogue and Core Application lifecycle through the global vendor.

- Ensure Crawl and Walk phased deployments of KEC components ahead of mass (Run) release globally.

- Managing and collating pilot user feedback through the various channels adopted by the KEC team, managing pilot user lists through Geography IT and communications channels / content.

- Reporting compliance to KPI's across Core Applications and Compliance / Audit activities.

- Supporting portfolio level reporting and governance management alongside the Mobile & Device Portfolio Manager.

- Accountable for Evergreen and Compliance release schedules and change control.

- Working alongside the Activation and Enablement lead to develop, review and activate Communication material in accordance with the release schedule.

- Develop and enhance processes and workflow documentation as the Evergreen strategy evolves.

- Manages risks and issues register.

- Produce governance documentation and support project delivery through the various project delivery phases.

- Ensure that incidents and problems are identified, diagnosed, analysed and resolved.

- Acts as a point of escalation for issues or problems related to KEC & Compliance delivery raised by users, suppliers and or Geography IT.

- Liaise with Service Management and Portfolio Management to support monthly reviews with Geo IT teams in relation to planned and in progress delivery.

- Build strong cross-region and cross service-line relationships to ensure that solutions are fully understood, planned and executed by project delivery teams.

Resources :

- This position will involve direct line management responsibility for Analyst(s) (contract and permanent) and a complex network of suppliers.

- The position will require the ability to manage complex virtual teams and network of stakeholders.

- The position will also involve close collaboration, partnership and working with key Vendor delivery teams.

Direct Reports :

Through a combination of internal, contract and third party suppliers the role will manage :

- Analysts

- Comms resources

- Financial resources

- Global Device & Client Supplier

Key Interfaces :

- Finance BPs

- Procurement Managers

- Geo IT

- Solutions and Capability

- CTO

- EST PMO

- Comms and Activation

- Suppliers

- InfoSec

- Audit

Critical Success Factors for the Role :

Relevant Experience :

Essential :

- IT experience in Unilever or at least one other global organisation with similar industry, project management, and supplier/client relationship management focus.

- Proven experience of managing all aspects of Project Delivery / Governance.

- Strong appreciation of Windows OS and Client Management principles.

Desirable :

- Excellent knowledge of structured service delivery methodologies such as ITIL

- Excellent project management skills in line with best practice such as PRINCE2 and /or six sigma

- Experience of ITT and RFP with a range of suppliers for infrastructure and application environments.

- Excellent commercial awareness and understanding of providing TCO models

Key Skills :

- Excellent business awareness, understanding the broader context in which IT delivery has an impact on overall business performance.

- Supplier Relationship Management.

- Flexibility to adjust to changing business requirements.

- Confidence and influencing style, being able to make immediate positive impact with employees, suppliers and users to build strong lasting relationships.

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills to build effective relationships with suppliers, stakeholders and users.

- Experience and awareness of working in a global role.

- Demonstrate awareness and empathy to our many cultures and social needs.

- Customer and service centric mind-set.

- Ability to work under pressure.

- Strong Reporting capabilities.

Competencies :

Service Orientation : Outstanding individuals operate from the customers- perspective, using their understanding of the customer's business, the market place and unique issues they face. They add value to customers by providing business solutions that acknowledge commercial as well as technical needs.

Passion for Growth : Personal drive that enables individuals to go that extra mile in delivering excellent performance.

Holding People Accountable : Commitment to holding both self and others responsible for delivering agreed growth objectives. They ensure that goals and expectations are clear and individuals are consistently measured and rewarded.

Strategic Influencing : Uses strategic Influencing to build commitment to their growth agenda and to influence others without using hierarchical power to adopt a specific course of action.

Organisational Awareness : Demonstrates organisational awareness by knowing who to approach and how to get things done, through understanding the influences, which shape how the organisation works. Traces the implications of these influences and uses this understanding as a basis for Strategic Influencing to drive business growth and achieve growth goals.

Team Commitment : Show a high degree of team commitment, working co-operatively with others across the organisation to achieve shared goals. Place high value on being part of a team and act to further the interests of the team, or the organisation, above their own.

General Skills :

- Significant self-motivation and focus to achieve the objectives of the role.

- Ability to form strong relationships within Unilever and with key individuals in partner organizations to quickly establish effective virtual teams designed to deliver against demanding objectives.

- Ability to communicate well with people at all levels in the Global IT Team and relevant Unilever organizations, and to present recommendations clearly and positively to ensure they are accepted and actioned.

- Strong focus on Customer Service, to keep the Customers- requirements constantly to the forefront, and to ensure that the activities of the team align closely with these requirements.

- Service / customer focus ~ Fully Operational

- Communication ~ Fully Operational.

- Change Management ~ Fully Operational.

- Business strategy formulation ~ Fully Operational

- Business Process Design and Management ~ Fully Operational

- Business Planning and Implementation ~ Fully Operational

Professional Skills :

- Project Management ~ Fully Operational

- IT Management ~ Fully Operational

- Customer Management ~ Fully operational

- Service Management (ITIL) ~ Fully Operational

- IT Policy Framework ~Fully Operational

IT Technical Skills :

- Good appreciation of technical area.

- Ability to manage complex teams of project and technical staff.

- Ability to work well with peers and demonstrate lateral influence.

- Excellent communication and team building skills.

- Good customer/service focus.

- Sufficient appreciation of Mobile and Devices services in order to identify opportunities for enhancement of the environment, and to assess proposals arising from the team, and others.

- Strong customer service focus to keep customers- requirements constantly to the forefront, and to ensure that the activities of the team align closely with these requirements.

Value Indicators :

- Supporting the management and delivery of service through strategic partners.

- Delivering agreed results for service levels, customer satisfaction.

- Managing large and complex virtual teams.

- Managing customer expectations.

- Resolving complex issues and risks.

- Significant budget management.

- Establishing governance process and teams.

Behaviours :

- Deliver what you promise.

- Build Relationships.

- Develop Yourself, Develop Others.

- Work as a Team.

- Take Responsibility.

- Develop an External View.

- Bring options not issues.

Leadership Behaviours :

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