Project Manager - Hybrid/Southfield, MI

Location

Southfield, MI | United States

Job description

Title: Project Manager

Location: Hybrid/Southfield, MI, US

Job Type: Full-time with Benefits  

Who We Are

For more than 25 years, MSX International has been a dedicated partner to leading automotive brands around the world. We support them in transforming their businesses and in managing their operations across the areas of Customer Experience, Repair Optimization, Learning and Insights. We focus on helping our clients generate more value for their customers. With over 5,000 employees based in more than 80 countries worldwide, our teams provide industry-leading expertise. We have combined our deep industry expertise with cutting-edge technology solutions to help our automotive clients increase revenue and reduce costs, while enhancing operational efficiency and improving customer satisfaction.  Our goal is to help our customers reach their full potential and to excel as their global partner of choice.

Summary

MSX is launching a new data driven startup team. This team will be built from individuals who want to be entrepreneurs and create new innovative digital products for the mobility industry. We are looking for individuals who exhibit curiosity, are extremely resourceful, enjoy being creative, bring lots of energy & have grit.

This position will serve a critical role to bridge the gap between business users and agile development teams. Product analysts work closely with software developers, project managers and our business users to write user stories, manage the product backlog, perform release planning, and escalate issues, as necessary. They must have an excellent understanding of the business needs that they represent, the technology on which they are building and ensure a great end-user experience. Candidates must have strong communication, documentation, and facilitation skills, with a proven record of leading complex projects with multiple business partners. Strong project management and Agile skills are required with a proven track record of delivering projects on time, within budget and exceeding adoption targets.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create, document, and manage business conceptual data artifacts, such as conceptual models, critical data element inventory, and define the data based on business usage.
• Manage data requirements elicitation, analysis, and documentation processes to capture business needs. 
• Manage and understand business process efforts that take data in, manipulate the data through business rules and produce data outputs.
• Manage multiple requirements gathering efforts at one time and be able to assimilate into cohesive end to end data requirements when there is data overlap.
• Oversees deliverables and documentation as required.
• Work with cross functional team to create and validate User Interface designs and wireframes
• Work with business project managers to translate customer needs into a backlog of user stories for software engineers and accept these user stories as they are completed
• Act as the voice of the project with data analysts, business team, ISC (InfoSec Compliance), IT, senior leadership, and development teams

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in relevant discipline.
• Familiarity with software used for project management (Monday, Microsoft Planner, JIRA, etc.)
• Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Excellent time management skills.
• 2+ years of experience in software Product/Business Analyst role.
• 2+ years of experience in agile development.
• Excellent analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills; ability to adapt communication style based on the audience.
• Experience leading and documenting recurring project status meetings.
• Excellent Reasoning skills.
• Enthusiastic, highly motivated and ability to learn quickly.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 1-3 years automotive operations experience, or similar business (quick-paced environment).
• 2+ years of experience in customer experience design, product development and/or Software Development.
• Experience managing and curating a product backlog.
• Previous external client facing experience.
• Familiarity with Software Development Life Cycle.
• Experience communicating with external clients.
• Familiarity with Governance, Risk, and Compliance processes and standards (NIST, ISO 270001).

MSX VALUES

• We get it done – We are decisive, solution oriented, and results focused. Motion is our first instinct.
• We are exceptional teammates – We put collective success before individual achievement. We back each other, embrace diverse perspectives, and win as one team.
• We prove our words with our actions – We are proud of the journey. We are guided by our values to do what is right for our clients, our company, and our teammates.
• We deliver on our commitments – We share openly, question respectfully, and once a decision is made, own it fully. We are accountable to one another, acknowledge our mistakes, and take positive action.
• We are fearless explorers – We are unafraid to discover new roads. We harness our creativity to find better ways of navigating the future.
• We create a better tomorrow for our clients every single day – We guide, advise, and drive our clients towards superior outcomes.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Full Professional Proficiency in English is required 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:

• Call, video, email, message and communicate with dealers and co-workers 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Hybrid Office environment (2-3 days per week) / Southfield, MI
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

MSX International is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer committed to employing a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

Please note, MSXi did not provide any salary data for this position. If there is a salary range included in the posting the data was estimated by the job posting site and does not reflect our company's actual salary ranges. Actual starting salaries are determined based on job requirements and level of experience. 

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